Aww.
Rose has a new toy.
Adam bought a bunch of pipe cleaners in various colors, and Rose is having the time of her life. She's snagged a glittery silver one and is galloping around the living room with it in her mouth.
Also, I think she's singing.

I still hurt. But it's a little better.

At work, we get multiple copies of The American Lawyer, a particular news source for all things lawyer-ish. The October issue's cover features the headline, "In A Down Market, Oil And Energy Prices Boom." The image accompanying the words is a thick, dripping black oil slick resembling blood, with words carved out: "There Will Be Lawyers." I just ( Read more... )

So exhausted ( Read more... )

Rose woke me up this morning. She pounced across the bed, landed on my chest, and began enthusiastically doing mashy paws, purring and chirping right next to my ear. Then she stuck her nose right up against my mouth ( Read more... )

*sniff ( Read more... )

Adam will be home this evening. When he called this morning at eleven, he was driving through Ohio ( Read more... )

Adding this to the list of Stuff I Never Really Did Before: Having a small kitten curl up on my chest or shoulder and tuck her head under my chin -- and stay like that. Rose climbed up my leg, onto my lap, stretched up her little paws for a hug, then settled onto my breastbone, just above my right breast. If I was a bigger cup size, she'd have a ( Read more... )

Adam will be gone for a week. He leaves this afternoon for St. Louis, Missouri. He'll be driving the fourteen hours and 850 or so miles with a coworker, stopping to sleep in hotels along the way. He'll need to be there by Monday morning, to meet the NASA people in charge of the project. NASA is one of his company's biggest clients, and they'll be ( Read more... )

Not going to talk about pain levels right now ( Read more... )

"Kung Fu Panda" is an adorable movie. Sure, it's got the predictable classic themes of believing in yourself, etc etc. But it's visually stunning, very funny, and just downright cute. I recommend it. Especially for the battle scene with bowls of dumplings, where Shifu trains Po using food ( Read more... )