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A watermelon shot my paw!
So SG brought home a small (though not miniature) water melon, which I quartered. We were each working on our piece in the living room when the babies had to come over and inspect. Stella crawled up in my lap and just went sick house on the rind, growling and swatting. -
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So what is up with my crazy student dreams lately? last week I dreamed that the only student I had in class was one of my female Saudi students (who has since moved on to a higher level, so she wasn't even technically my student) was the only person in class. I was trying to teach her about commas and oysters ( Read more... ) -
a lovely Easter Eve
So, I'm all set for a lovely, long Easter/spring break. I'm catching up on grading, with a bit of intermittent screwing off and video gaming for variety. I'm also doing a bit of paid editing work for a girl from Taiwan. This morning SG spent some time playing his video game, then we took a nap, then I went to the grocery store. Zooma and I had a ( Read more... ) -
unfinished from some time ago
Ollie has gotten more and more adventuresome lately.I could as easily title this 'things ollie has broken' lately. It all started when he destroyed my two prosthetic orchids in the bathroom. Since there weren't any flowers in the pots anymore, I moved the bowls and he lost interest in the ba ( Read more... ) -
Soap Box Time!
What the hell is with people these days who do not understand the concept of telephone etiquette? This morning a woman called asking for Sugar Glider and I was forced to get rude to find out it was just a previous employer wanting a corrected address for his W2. A while back a woman called from the East Coast, waking me up at 6am on a Saturday, ( Read more... ) -
Montezuma's revenge
I really don't want to go into it just now, but it looks like I will be officially leaving the program. I'll write more later, just wanted to memorialize. -
The "Big Lots" Story
So, I'm standing in line at Big Lots, waiting to pay for my new set of glasses. There are three or four people in line ahead of me and one lady with a little girl, maybe four years old, behind me. The kid's screwing around, chattering away, looking at stuff . . . doing the kinda things kids do, so I don't really pay any attention. Then she she ( Read more... ) -
Lap Kitty is now a house kitty
Well, it's been six months and now lap kitty is officially a house kitty. Oh, yeah, and we got a house ( Read more... ) -
Lap Kitty!
So, after hundreds of dollars spent on cat food, both crunchy and moist, and hours and hours of delicately enticing Mycat into greater and greater liberties, I now have a lap kitty. Yesterday she was in just the right position to allow me to sit down on the ground with her (normally she skits off when I try to get closer like that), and she ( Read more... ) -
My cat, Mycat
Well, it's not perfect, but it looks like stray kitty's name is officially "Mycat". When we pulled up Sunday she was sitting on the Impala, keeping watch. Sugar Glider, the Veal and the Great Hamster High Priestess did a great job of taking care of her, and she was just as affectionate as ever, maybe more so. My absence may have actually been a ( Read more... )