Friday, September 03, 2004
Ahhh… Friday…
Ahhh... Friday...No longer feeling like doing the work on my desk, I now feel like goofing off.
In doing so I have enlightened myself in some of the political commentary that is going on in the blog world. I really enjoy this guy: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ - "Joshua Micah Marshall is a writer living in Washington, DC. He is a Contributing Writer for the Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill. "
I know - you really don't care about all the bio stuff - but his writing is pretty interesting to me. He is definitely a democrat - but an intelligent one. He makes some very good points and observations.
I also went in search of a squishy head toy at the University Bookstore. They didn't have the squishy head I was hoping for - but instead I got this great book Darkside Zodiac by Stella Hyde. It cracks me up! It's pretty true to the title - it's all the bad things about a sign. Take Capricorn for instance - it states, "On the Darkside, this makes you a cold, cruel, petty-minded slave driver with unsuspected yet unquenchable ambition and an addiction to tight-fisted penny pinching." And that is only a taste - it's pretty funny (and also a little true.)
Cleo Update:
She's making quick progress - she jumped into her usual position between the shower curtains as I was taking a shower this morning. She is also limping a lot less. She also made her way to the screen door this morning (a place she has been avoiding since her flight.) I need to get chicken wire this weekend and put that up so she can go back outside. Until I have the wire firmly in place she is NOT allowed outside.
Horoscope for Scorpio today:
Horoscope for Scorpio today:Everyone will be in the mood to take care of business now -- everyone but you. You'll want to immerse yourself in sensory pleasures. Fortunately, it won't be too hard for you to persuade someone to become your equally hedonistic companion.
How do they know these things????
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Stamps Rock!
Stamps Rock!And they just got even better!
PhotoStamps: Home
Thanks to Photo Stamps.com - you can now put ANYTHING you want on a stamp and send it off.... how freakishly cool is that????
In other news - Cleo is doing okay. She is VERY sore and limping around like a big baby... but other than that she seems to be fine. She slept all day yesterday and all night - but she was up this morning, limping to her food dish and complaining about the lack of treats it contained, just like always
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Wonder Cat…
Wonder Cat...Last night, just as I was falling asleep, I heard this strange noise coming from my balcony. I should say 4th floor balcony. I got up to check and see what it was and realized that I had left the screen door open. Soon after I realized that the cat was gone.
Horrified I checked the living room, looked under the bed, checked the shower, looked again just to make sure. Gone. I ran downstairs, searching, looking at the ground, calling her name... She was gone.
I called Freeman, made him come over and look through the apartment, made him walk with me around the neighborhood. Gone. She was gone.
To say I was distraught was to put it lightly. I was bordering on hysterical.
Finally I calmed down enough to at least lay down. Though I didn't really sleep. I was exhausted. I was worried. She is such a little thing. Where could she be? How could she just be gone?
I couldn't lay in the bed anymore. It was 3 in the morning. I had been out on the balcony several times throughout the night - looking, checking...
I sat on the futon. I was in shock. How? Why? Was she dead? Did she land in the trees below? Was she hurt? She was alone, she must be so scared....
I must have dozed on the futon.
Suddenly I heard this cry. It was Cleo. She was downstairs. She was outside. I flew downstairs - she was on the other side of the fence. I got her to come to me - picked her up and clutched her as I carried her into the apartment building.
She was okay. She sprained her knee and is bruised and a little emotionally battered. She's okay. She's home.
Freakin Cat. What was she thinking? I live on the 4th floor! I swear, she must be watching too much TV when I am not home...
Needless to say, she isn't allowed on the balcony until I figure out a way to Kitty Proof it. No way. Not having this happen again any time soon. I get the feeling she agrees as she won't come out from under the bed.
Big, no HUGE thanks to Freeman for coming to my rescue.
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
