I drove the Sparrow to work this morning and ran over a squirrel on the way back. I felt so horrible about it. I was cruising along and the squirrel ran out across the road. I braked, and he was all the way to the side as I was about to pass him. It was then that he inexplicably decided to turn around and run right back out into the road and he ( Read more... )

I only have Spotify because the Sparrow pays for a family account so we, and his siblings and mother, all are able to use the same subscription. I don't use it very often. I tend to only listen to songs out there I don't yet have in my iTunes... er, "aPpLE mUsIc". They released their 2024 "Spotify Wrapped" thing which breaks down all the numbers. ( Read more... )

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... )

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 can already tell I am not going to achieve all the things I've set out for myself to do on this year's Thanksgiving break ( Read more... )

It's snowing outside and the temperature dropped in the past 24 hours. The kittens still seem tired but quite contented. I got the TV in the back garage working with the antenna so we could watch 'Survivor' out there last night and sit with them. I am not sure I mentioned a white/light tan cat that was coming around the past week. He hasn't been ( Read more... )

The kittens are back home now. They seem so happy to be. Doralee especially just seems exhausted, though of the two she was the more calm one when I got them back and for the car ride home. I was out there with them for a bit, but I think my presence made Miss Mona want to stay awake and be active. I've left them alone most of the day now and they ( Read more... )

It's a rainy, gray morning. The temp feels like it has dropped outside, in the brief second I stuck my head out the back door. I don't have an issue with it, though I would like things to dry out at some point so I can mow the lawn/chop up the leaves one last time ( Read more... )

It's starting like it always does. All these mystery issues and little hen-pecking problems at the Meat Packer as we get closer and closer to Thanksgiving week ( Read more... )