At about 5:15 AM, my phone rang. It was a cell phone in Virginia, but no one responded to my half-sleepy, half-panicked "Hello?" I suspect it was my dear friend Robocall trying to remind me to vote. Curse of the gods on the owner of said cell phone. Seriously ( Read more... )

The short version:

• My Bear broke.
• I finally quit the job from Hell.
• The car broke.
• The cat broke.
• Our trip to Kublacon was cancelled.

I've been less than assiduous in updating. I feel very busy recently and every time I've had an hour or two to spare, I've spent it slaying heathen on Age of Empires II where I don't have to think too hard ( Read more... )

I have cat urine in my fridge. I always assumed I couldn't adequately describe how strange my life is, but I think that about sums it up.

I am going to superglue the cat to the floor. He has taken to charging out the back door when someone is putting out or bringing in the dog. (He usually targets The Boy, because Crookshank isn't as stupid as he looks.) Damn feline can move his fat butt awfully fast when he wants to. Grr. If I were less... me, I would just wait for him to come home ( Read more... )

The kids are not asleep yet.

Crookshank is getting into fights in his dreams.

( 7th Sea Spookiness or Ruh-Roh Ravalons! )

Don't know if I mentioned it already, but when we leave here next year we are almost definitely going back to Monterey, CA. This is a Yay as these things go. If I have to leave Japan, that's a great place to spend another year. After that, it will likely be either Virginia or Germany ( Read more... )

So, I spent the weekend terrified, certain that my cat was dying. Stupid cat. ( He faked me out. )

Connecting is a pain in the butt. Staying connected can be even more fun ( Read more... )