Updates

 Mercy and I are fine. She still climbs with all claws extended which has given me lots of scratches and wounds on legs, arms and hands but she is learning and has also grown affectionate with purrs, head butts. licks and a desire to stay near or follow me around. She is also no longer sequestered in the bathroom at night and now sleeps either with me or in her pet stroller and blankets.

I'm sorry about the soup recipe. In future, I'll write down recipe components for anyone interested.

In other news my above stairs neighbor refused a polite offer to have her running toilet fixed at no cost to her from a general conteractor we both know. It would have been a simple install of new parts and possible prevention of the same problem or worse in the future.  She now maintains there is nothing wrong with her toilet and has refused, at the same time admitting she clogged the toilet with dog feces. 

So, if she knew the toilet was clogged and running, why did she not shut off the water to the tank at the knob behind the toilet in her bathroom, especially if she planned to be away from home for a period of time?? Furthermore, why put dog feces down the toilet if one has doggie poop bags and can do so in the dumpster?? We live in a building with fifty-year-old pipes. and if she was going downstairs to leave anyway. the short trip to the dunpster would have been no big deal.

I await the estimate and ceiling repair. And, yes, I do have an opinion about this person and one that has not changed significantly since she moved in eight years ago.

Cheers!