Near Misses
I went by the animal control center to check for my kitten; as expected, he wasn't there. I've been checking their website every day to look at the photos, but there were a couple with no photo in the last couple of days. I figured it was a long shot at that point, but checked anyway.
Then I drove by the vet's place to drive around the neighborhood a little. When I stopped to ask, the guys in the tiny auto repair garage near the vets said they saw my kitten today, a few blocks from there. They even showed me where, though he wasn't around this evening. I gave them one of the pictures I'd printed with my phone number on it. At least they said he looked healthy and energetic. I'll go back tomorrow and try again.
The fish store had just sold their last tube of silicone; I could get some at the hardware store, but I want to be sure to get a fish-safe brand. And supporting the store is a good idea too.
Once shrunk to ion size, the lettering on my first attempt at this donor-appreciation icon was too small, so I fiddled with that today. You can see the revision here.
Edit: Well, no wonder no one could read it at "ion" size!
And I got news that one of the stories I'd recently submitted was rejected. The e-mail starts, "it's a really good try, and we like the world you have established, but..." the rest, though short, was great feedback and probably exactly what I'd have decided if I'd had time to ignore the story for a month and re-read it fresh. I'll do a little more research and rewrite it.
Then, when I got to Walgreens, which doesn't normally sell the Red Mtn. Dew, they had a sale on Pepsi products with a huge new display that used the Code Red boxes to spell NFL. So I bought most of the L, to the consternation of the staff, who really hadn't planned on deconstructing the display (as I left, they were filling in the hole, so the display wouldn't collapse on anybody).
And the pharmacy was busy, so I can call in my prescriptions and go back again tomorrow. And get more soda. They're making money off of me, so I don't feel too sorry for them!
Oh, and I have a job interview scheduled for Monday.
So here's hoping that scoring the soda at Walgreens is the beginning of a trend.
Then I drove by the vet's place to drive around the neighborhood a little. When I stopped to ask, the guys in the tiny auto repair garage near the vets said they saw my kitten today, a few blocks from there. They even showed me where, though he wasn't around this evening. I gave them one of the pictures I'd printed with my phone number on it. At least they said he looked healthy and energetic. I'll go back tomorrow and try again.
The fish store had just sold their last tube of silicone; I could get some at the hardware store, but I want to be sure to get a fish-safe brand. And supporting the store is a good idea too.
Once shrunk to ion size, the lettering on my first attempt at this donor-appreciation icon was too small, so I fiddled with that today. You can see the revision here.
Edit: Well, no wonder no one could read it at "ion" size!
And I got news that one of the stories I'd recently submitted was rejected. The e-mail starts, "it's a really good try, and we like the world you have established, but..." the rest, though short, was great feedback and probably exactly what I'd have decided if I'd had time to ignore the story for a month and re-read it fresh. I'll do a little more research and rewrite it.
Then, when I got to Walgreens, which doesn't normally sell the Red Mtn. Dew, they had a sale on Pepsi products with a huge new display that used the Code Red boxes to spell NFL. So I bought most of the L, to the consternation of the staff, who really hadn't planned on deconstructing the display (as I left, they were filling in the hole, so the display wouldn't collapse on anybody).
And the pharmacy was busy, so I can call in my prescriptions and go back again tomorrow. And get more soda. They're making money off of me, so I don't feel too sorry for them!
Oh, and I have a job interview scheduled for Monday.
So here's hoping that scoring the soda at Walgreens is the beginning of a trend.