A quiet office, a kitten walk, and the ongoing saga of scruloose's tattoo -_-
1) My office is eerily quiet! It's been getting cool at night, so 
scruloose took the large box fan out of our bedroom window and put it away, and took the smaller one out of my office window and put it in the bedroom. White noise is important to me when I'm trying to sleep, and since we're not ready to run the humidifier at night, I approve of having the small fan in there. But it's been running constantly in my office for months, so now when I'm in here it's a little creepy. O_O Hopefully it'll only take a couple of days for me to adjust.
2) Tonight we took the cats out for a proper ramble in the common area for the first time in a few weeks. The last couple of times they were out it was pretty hot (and I was tired, IIRC), so it was more a case of me and Ginny sitting out on her comfy bench and hanging out with the cats on their leashes there. I think maybe Claudia took it to heart, because we got out there tonight and while Jinksy promptly led
scruloose off, Claudia stayed on our little paved area until I experimentally carried her off and put her on the grass, and then she was off like a shot!
On this venture, they met a dog (a beagle, I think), which went well.
scruloose and Jinksy met dog and owner first, and then Claudia and I came upon the four of them. The cats were raised with dogs, but haven't met any since other then than once or twice in passing through the door of a carrier. Claudia approached the dog and they sniffed noses, and then the dog stepped away. Claudia ambled after him. The owner says that they used to live with a cat who used to swat at the dog for no particular reason and maybe that was why the dog was being wary? He kept walking a bit away, and Claudia kept following, but the dog never seemed more than cautious, and Claud wasn't stalking him or being aggressive. But she took the hint after a couple of repetitions of this, and we all parted ways.
scruloose and Jinksy also met a cat in their wanderings. The cat, who was just out and about, didn't like Jinksy being there. :/ He hissed in Jinksy's face and ran off.
scruloose says Jinksy seemed mildly puzzled by it all. Meanwhile, Claudia and I met the neighbor from the very end of our row of townhouses when she opened her back door and Claudia beelined for it. ^^; (The neighbor was friendly but said she was allergic and not going to pet Claudia, which is entirely reasonable, but I did give her the quick spiel on "actually, she's hypoallergenic!" just in case it was of interest.)
Here, have a picture I tweeted of Claudia exploring while we were out. ^_^
3) Today was supposed to be
scruloose's four-hour tattoo appointment that would hopefully FINALLY get the whole thing finished. He called yesterday to confirm! It was all good! And then while I was at a GP appointment this morning, the tattoo studio him called to say that the artist had dental surgery yesterday and hadn't recovered enough to come in today. Which is reasonable, obviously, but taken on top of the previous delays, it's pretty frustrating. So now
scruloose has two appointments in December (a two-hour slot early in the month and a four-hour slot later; too bad they're not reversed), and apparently the artist (who owns the studio) and the receptionist will try to find an opening sooner than that. :/ Poor husband.
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scruloose took the large box fan out of our bedroom window and put it away, and took the smaller one out of my office window and put it in the bedroom. White noise is important to me when I'm trying to sleep, and since we're not ready to run the humidifier at night, I approve of having the small fan in there. But it's been running constantly in my office for months, so now when I'm in here it's a little creepy. O_O Hopefully it'll only take a couple of days for me to adjust.
2) Tonight we took the cats out for a proper ramble in the common area for the first time in a few weeks. The last couple of times they were out it was pretty hot (and I was tired, IIRC), so it was more a case of me and Ginny sitting out on her comfy bench and hanging out with the cats on their leashes there. I think maybe Claudia took it to heart, because we got out there tonight and while Jinksy promptly led
scruloose off, Claudia stayed on our little paved area until I experimentally carried her off and put her on the grass, and then she was off like a shot!
On this venture, they met a dog (a beagle, I think), which went well.
scruloose and Jinksy met dog and owner first, and then Claudia and I came upon the four of them. The cats were raised with dogs, but haven't met any since other then than once or twice in passing through the door of a carrier. Claudia approached the dog and they sniffed noses, and then the dog stepped away. Claudia ambled after him. The owner says that they used to live with a cat who used to swat at the dog for no particular reason and maybe that was why the dog was being wary? He kept walking a bit away, and Claudia kept following, but the dog never seemed more than cautious, and Claud wasn't stalking him or being aggressive. But she took the hint after a couple of repetitions of this, and we all parted ways.
scruloose and Jinksy also met a cat in their wanderings. The cat, who was just out and about, didn't like Jinksy being there. :/ He hissed in Jinksy's face and ran off.
scruloose says Jinksy seemed mildly puzzled by it all. Meanwhile, Claudia and I met the neighbor from the very end of our row of townhouses when she opened her back door and Claudia beelined for it. ^^; (The neighbor was friendly but said she was allergic and not going to pet Claudia, which is entirely reasonable, but I did give her the quick spiel on "actually, she's hypoallergenic!" just in case it was of interest.)
Here, have a picture I tweeted of Claudia exploring while we were out. ^_^
3) Today was supposed to be
scruloose's four-hour tattoo appointment that would hopefully FINALLY get the whole thing finished. He called yesterday to confirm! It was all good! And then while I was at a GP appointment this morning, the tattoo studio him called to say that the artist had dental surgery yesterday and hadn't recovered enough to come in today. Which is reasonable, obviously, but taken on top of the previous delays, it's pretty frustrating. So now
scruloose has two appointments in December (a two-hour slot early in the month and a four-hour slot later; too bad they're not reversed), and apparently the artist (who owns the studio) and the receptionist will try to find an opening sooner than that. :/ Poor husband.
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