Recently, a co-worker sent me one of this "psychoanalize yourself!" tests which circulate by email. The questions were like : ' You are walking in a forest with another person. Who is this person?" - the answer was supposed to mean that person is the most important to you. The second question was "An animal crosses your path. What is the animal?" - the answer was supposed to mean the problems you encounter, so its size and qualites symbolise your problems. There were other questions but I will stop here. Because SD and I answered the same : a cat. Now this is supposed to mean our problems are small. But I also wonder if it was a literal answer and not a metaphor..because a cat is the problem in real life! A misterious and invisible cat who jumps our fence and fouls in our growing wild flower lawn. And not only fouling, but it moves the soil, disturbs the seeds and we are afraid this is going to spoil the wild flower lawn, as it is still growing and quite small and weak. We've tried citron pellets (cats are likely to hate them) and pepper powder (well, that makes them sneeze and annoys them!) but to no avail. The damn cat has come back. Again. What is one to do, then? We are not at home during the day. We cannot catch and scare the horrid thing. Worries, worries, worries...although one cannot help feeling annoyed, one is also happy this is the biggest problem we seem to have at the moment..isn't it?


Una colega me envio, recientemente, un test de los que habitualmente circulan por email, del tipo 'psicoanalizate a ti mismo!". Las preguntas eran, mas o menos : "Paseas por el bosque con otra persona. Quien es esta persona?"- la respuesta significaba la persona que mas te importa. La segunda pregunta era : "Un animal se cruza en tu camino. Que animal es?" - la respuesta simbolizaba como ves los problemas en tu vida, el tamanio y caracteristicas del animal serian pistas del tipo de problemas y como los ves. Habia otras preguntas, pero no vienen al caso. Porque la historia esta en que SD y yo contestamos lo mismo : un gato. Asi que se supone que nuestros problemas son pequenios. O los vemos pequenios, sin gran importancia. Pero tambien puede ser que nuestra respuesta fuera mas literal que metaforica. Porque es verdad que hay un gato misterioso e invisible que nos esta fastidiando desde hace un tiempo. El dichoso gato salta la verja de nuestro jardin y se dedica a hacer marranadas en nuestro cesped de flores salvajes, que esta creciendo lentamente y esta en su momento mas vulnerable. Y no solo marranadas, sino que encima mueve la tierra de un lado a otro y excava agujeros. Hemos probado varios metodos para ahuyentar al felino. Esparcimos bolitas de limon, que se supone los gatos odian por su olor. Hemos tirado polvo de pimienta, ya que les hace estornudar y no les gusta. Pero nada. El gato vuelve. Y ahora que hacemos? No estamos en casa durante el dia, cuando el gato aparece y hace de las suyas. No hay manera de darle caza y captura para darle un susto de muerte. Problemas, problemas, problemas...sin embargo, por otro lado, es para alegrarse de que nuestro unico gran problema ahora sea un gato destrozajardines, no?

The weather today:
Fair
15C
UV Index: 2 Minimal
Wind: From the East Northeast at 18 mph
Dew Point: 1C
Humidity: 39%
Visibility: 6 miles
Barometer: 1,011.9 mb