Having A Roommate Again ^_^;;
Boots is back! Sure is nice to have someone to talk to other than myself without being at a microphone and keyboard, hehe (Though y'all know I love ya guys. :D ). Hopefully she'll help me whip some structure back into my life. Though she sure prolonged my sleep by constantly interrupting it with claws then lulling me back into it with purrs. ^_^;;
On the trip over, she was yowly this time, but can't blame her; it's been a very long time since she's been in a car, and never in the Probe, which makes a lotta engine noise. Still, even between meows, she was rubbing and nuzzling on me and purring. Silly girl. She stayed relatively out of my way so I didn't have to leash her to the passenger side this time.
Back here, my one rule is that when I'm eating she has to leave me alone, and I'll save her some when I'm done. She's having a bit of trouble getting the hang of it since it's been so long, and it goes against kitty instinct, but by the second meal she has already improved a lot. I figured she'd still adjust well to everything, and she is. I put the toilet-trainer litter box on the toilet and put away her original one, and instead of being puzzled she looked at it like, "Oh, ok." and hours later used it without missing a beat. We'll see if we can get her toilet trained. If any cat can do it, she can.
Got more pay, yay, so I can at least make rent and a couple bills this month, guaranteed. I do need more work though. I keep seeing ads begging for workers, in jobs that I've applied for MONTHS ago and KNOW I'm well qualified for. I'm pretty darn confident I carried myself well at the interviews, and trust me, I HAVE to have done well, for me to actually feel confident about something I've done. :P So I guess I'll have to bug them again and remind them I'm still here. The typist job for an advertising newspaper looks good, that'd be pretty cut-n-dry, low stress as far as I know. I'll also bug the pet stores again, cuz working with animals would make me super happy.
Hopefully I can actually put my art degree to use soon enough. All that exhaustion from before though, and prolonged stress, has made it feel like a useless chore to draw. But now that I have time, have gotten a lot of recovery in, and have my spunky kitty back, hopefully my inspiration will return.
Edit: Oh yeah, hehe... More or less by accident I found "Jurassic Park" for the original Nintendo... yeah, 8-bit! Based on the book obviously rather than riding on the coattails of the movie. The graphics look amazing for the time it was made. Anyway, this was on ebay, and nobody was bidding, it was at 99 cents, free shipping. I figured hey, worth it. I plan to get a NES anyway someday. But mostly, this game rated a B on all rarity scales I could find, so it might be a good investment in the future.
Thing is, it cost the poor guy $1.35 shipping according to the envelope! I felt guilty and Paypalled him an additional 40 cents with a message of my thanks and insisting that he please keep it.
I woulda just felt lousey had I not done that. I feel a lot better now. ^_^
On the trip over, she was yowly this time, but can't blame her; it's been a very long time since she's been in a car, and never in the Probe, which makes a lotta engine noise. Still, even between meows, she was rubbing and nuzzling on me and purring. Silly girl. She stayed relatively out of my way so I didn't have to leash her to the passenger side this time.
Back here, my one rule is that when I'm eating she has to leave me alone, and I'll save her some when I'm done. She's having a bit of trouble getting the hang of it since it's been so long, and it goes against kitty instinct, but by the second meal she has already improved a lot. I figured she'd still adjust well to everything, and she is. I put the toilet-trainer litter box on the toilet and put away her original one, and instead of being puzzled she looked at it like, "Oh, ok." and hours later used it without missing a beat. We'll see if we can get her toilet trained. If any cat can do it, she can.
Got more pay, yay, so I can at least make rent and a couple bills this month, guaranteed. I do need more work though. I keep seeing ads begging for workers, in jobs that I've applied for MONTHS ago and KNOW I'm well qualified for. I'm pretty darn confident I carried myself well at the interviews, and trust me, I HAVE to have done well, for me to actually feel confident about something I've done. :P So I guess I'll have to bug them again and remind them I'm still here. The typist job for an advertising newspaper looks good, that'd be pretty cut-n-dry, low stress as far as I know. I'll also bug the pet stores again, cuz working with animals would make me super happy.
Hopefully I can actually put my art degree to use soon enough. All that exhaustion from before though, and prolonged stress, has made it feel like a useless chore to draw. But now that I have time, have gotten a lot of recovery in, and have my spunky kitty back, hopefully my inspiration will return.
Edit: Oh yeah, hehe... More or less by accident I found "Jurassic Park" for the original Nintendo... yeah, 8-bit! Based on the book obviously rather than riding on the coattails of the movie. The graphics look amazing for the time it was made. Anyway, this was on ebay, and nobody was bidding, it was at 99 cents, free shipping. I figured hey, worth it. I plan to get a NES anyway someday. But mostly, this game rated a B on all rarity scales I could find, so it might be a good investment in the future.
Thing is, it cost the poor guy $1.35 shipping according to the envelope! I felt guilty and Paypalled him an additional 40 cents with a message of my thanks and insisting that he please keep it.
I woulda just felt lousey had I not done that. I feel a lot better now. ^_^