How can an orchid be brought back to life?

Lately, I feel like my creative juices have died, just like the orchid by the front door. As I've mentioned in my last post, I am cat AND plant sitting for my boss and his wife, Wendy. There is an orchid by the front door in a glass tube that I am supposed to take out everyday or every other day, soak the roots in this bowl of water for 10 minutes, and then place it back into its glass tube.

The day that I moved into this apartment to cat/plant sit, I remembered to soak the orchid. I began to pat myself on the back, too soon, about remembering to take care of the orchid, and the next thing you know. . I had forgotten about the orchid soaking in the water for an hour or so. I frantically tried to dry the roots and put it back in the glass as an orchid bud that had drowned (i assume) fell off of the stem. Three more have fallen off since. .

If I had a video camera attached to my hand at all times, I would have a video to send in to "America's funniest home videos" after what happened this evening. Around 6 PM it began to rain, so I closed the back door to the patio. Then the cat would not stop meowing and scratched me, so I opened up the door and let her out onto the wet patio. She was all flustered this evening to begin with (just running around everywhere) and before I knew it, she sprinted back into the house. As she was bolting across from the patio to the inside of the apartment, her wet paws caused her to slip, slide, and collapse/flop hard straight onto her side and into the chair legs under the table in the dining room. It was brutal, and it was hilarious. If only I had recorded that, I would upload it onto this blog post. For those of you out there worrying about the cat: she is fine. She has apparently fallen off of the balcony before, lol, so this is nothing new for this crazy cat. . . I am still laughing out loud thinking about this.

Grace