I went and visited the kittens on lunch. Apparently Miss Mona is just the star of the show there right now. Super friendly, climbing on people's laps and such. I think she'd heard my voice when I first came in because she was standing in the little hallway right inside the cat room door, with her ears perked up as I talked to the woman behind the ( Read more... )

The email migration is a-go at the Meat Packer this weekend. It's really not a difficult task as far as my part goes. Their consulting team is doing all the technical stuff. I am basically reinstalling their version of Office 365 and setting up profiles. The uninstall/reinstall of the software I can do Friday night ( Read more... )

When do enough coincidences happen together that it is no longer conceivable that it is all coincidence ( Read more... )

I had a horrible thought this morning when I woke up at 4 AM. There's a chance my mother could live another ten years. It was only bolstered by the info from the hospital today that her vitals are amazing and she is likely going home tomorrow. It also made me remember how, when she broke her arm in 2020, the doctors were shocked at how fast the ( Read more... )

I got to the hospital and things between my sister and I were cordial. She was definitely hyper emotional, but still not much different than her usual, toxic, narcissistic self. She wasn't in the room yet where they finally moved my mom in the ICU. I am sure this bugged her, not being able to go in there like the bombastic, self-aggrandizing, ( Read more... )

My sister called earlier when we were trying to wrap up decorating. I did not answer. She immediately called again. I did not answer. She called a third time and left a voicemail, which I read while going to the bathroom ( Read more... )

Today feels like it is just going to be marked with frustration. I feel overwhelmed and incredibly, highly, overabundantly irritable ( Read more... )

I was kind of excited about staying home for the holiday. Being able to relax at home all day. No obligation to be anywhere. No need to go driving out in the cold. No long day miles away. Just home... and who doesn't want to be home ( Read more... )

The Sparrow did not set his alarm last night. I am usually up like clockwork at 5:30, either by my own internal clock or because the cats are walking all over me. Both of us, however, were dead to the world until he sat up at 6 AM and was poking me saying he forgot to set that alarm. I was exhausted last night, just physically and mentally, and I ( Read more... )

I felt sick to my stomach when I woke up this morning. I feel genuine dread about going to my mother's house. I will be walking into a trap essentially. Whether or not my sister would actually show up, which I am not afraid of if it does happen, my mother will still be employing her various tactics. I am not sure she will directly confront any of ( Read more... )