But I am not hurt. Orlith, my car, suffered damage to her taillights that makes her legally undrivable but she seems to be otherwise ok besides the taillights and cosmetic damage. Fortunately, I kept full coverage. Unfortunately, it didn't cover rental and I will probably be renting for the next two weeks ( Read more... )

He's big, he's beautiful (in my eyes) and he's friendly. Right now, he's isolated by two doors and several feet of air space until the vet can check him out tomorrow. Any ideas about where we can place him? I'd love to keep another but don't have room ( Read more... )

Shinutsu is feeling better. She managed to avoid a second trip to the vet by figuring out what I was asking her to do and providing the necessary urine sample ... damn smart cat. Not many humans would have figured it out with the same amount of clues and she wasn't desperate to go, or anything. It was a bout of interstitial cystitis.

The Faerie ( Read more... )

although given the color scheme of it (I'm not really the floral type), I can't resist quoting Bram Stoker's Dracula (the movie not the book):

The green faerie in the absinthe wants your soul - but you are safe with me

Any takers? Anyone remember who said that and in what scene?

I don't understand why this happens, particularly when I'm so tired .... seems I'll be up for a while though

or at least, faking it. i have some catching up to do in an online xml course, so i had to take this drastic measure ( Read more... )

no, I'm not PMSing.

and no, I don't know why.

tune in later to find out - maybe.

... code chatter all around me ... as if i didn't have enough chatter going on in my head ( Read more... )

i will have to find a way to chill & sleep early tonight. would be nice to have a "permanent" position, rather than a contract, as i do now, and i have a phone screen and pre-interview tomorrow.

chocolate cravings - dreams of Ghirardelli, Toblerone, Godiva, Lindt stream across my idle, agitated brain...

ACK!

calls from rabid headhunters, out of nowhere, offering me more money ...

all right, i did ask for that one, but Mother, I didn't think it would happen so fast, particularly since i wasn't doing anything about it ...more confusion on my dealings with bureaucracy, I don't know how to grok those, and yet I seem to be keeping my head above water ( Read more... )