► I'm not sure how much of it is Stormy getting closer to me, or whether I'm just the warmest thing in the apartment available to him since the temperature dropped, but for the past week he's been sleeping with me a lot. When I woke up today I was surprised to discover him curled up atop of my groin. After awhile he moved down to my thighs, then ( Read more... )

► It's only Monday and yet I'm already jittery and anxious about Friday. With my first therapy appointment in 5 weeks, and the anticipation and worrying about my new TV arriving at the Sears that day and worrying that it'll be okay, I just seem to be... well, worried a lot. I think I just thought things would be a lot smoother and I'd be on ( Read more... )

► The heat did break yesterday evening, and we had a nice cool breeze wafting through the apartment for several hours. The odd part is that today has been much sunnier and brighter than it's been in almost a week, despite the much cooler temperature ( Read more... )

► There was an incident this morning with the cat that scared the hell out of me. I was spending the morning in bed reading, when Stormy kept jumping up on my desk and repeatedly shredding at my bulletin board. He did this at least 5 or 6 times in a row, getting squirted with a water gun each time. My nerves haven't been very good this week, ( Read more... )

► And once again, I expect nothing to happen ( Read more... )

► While my nerves aren't that bad now, I'm still feeling as "off" as I did yesterday. The "drained exhaustion" sensation is still lingering. Struggling to get any sleep hasn't helped matters. Hopefully I'll get some sleep tonight, since Dad's picking me up tomorrow.

► Baring any foolish splurges, I now have just four packages I'm awaiting:► ( Read more... )

► Just before 6:00am the power flipped off for a moment before coming back on. When this happened there was an audible "pop" sound. Deana was in the front room watching a DVD and she heard it too, on the other end of the apartment. Neither of us could tell which direction it came in, or whether it from inside the apartment or outside. I checked ( Read more... )

► For the past week or two Deana has left a novel on the bathroom counter and I've been reading bits and pieces of it as I use the facilities. The book is a ghost thriller by Dean Koontz titled What the Night Knows. I was just finally getting used to Koontz's odd purple prose phrasing when I finally hit a section where the main character's ( Read more... )

► Today is one of those days where I can't seem to shut my brain off and I keep thinking and worrying about a bunch of issues. Mostly concerns about dwindling money, my dying computer which I can't afford to fix or replace, regular concerns about the cat, the growing heat and humidity of the apartment, among many other things for greater and ( Read more... )

► A couple of days ago on Facebook I asked for some advice and suggestions regarding scents that cats don't like that I might use to dissuade Stormy from climbing the window screens and mantle. I was told citrus (lemons and oranges), cayenne pepper, vinegar, cedar wood chips, and a few other things that I've forgotten. I had mentioned it to Dad ( Read more... )