Monday
I went to work; it was rather uneventful day… until they started calling overtime for some groups. Not for me though! 20:30 came and I was gone, baby, gone! I talked to
I came home.

Sissy the Wonder Kitty is now craving attention.

::: hears meowing from another room :::
Great. I probably closed Xena in the pantry again. Cats. *sigh* Back in a minute…

::: checks pantry :::
No Xena. Meowing continues.

::: checks balcony :::
Enter Xena, running across the living room and down the hall.

Hmmm. I checked the balcony before I closed the sliding door; I didn’t see either cat. Of course, I probably should have turned on the light when checking since both cats have all-black fur. *shrug* Oh, well. I’m sure that the time in the fresh air was good for her.

I went into the bedroom and laid down on the bed to administer some reassuring petting. Apparently, this translates into the native cat language as “Climb up and lie on my chest.” (Note: If anyone has a Human-to-Cat dictionary, please let me know where I can get a copy.) I pet her, she purred and nuzzled my hand; this was good. A few moments later, I discovered that if the whole “being a housecat” thing doesn’t work out, Xena has a potential future in the lumberjack games that they show on ESPN: I rolled over, in an attempt to get her to jump onto the bed so that I could get up. No go. She simply ‘walked’ as I rolled, maintaining her position; if someone had been watching, I’m certain that it must have looked like the log-rolling¹ event.

That’s all the news for now. Tune in tomorrow morning for traffic and weather updates every :10, starting at 7 AM.

Peace.

¹ Log-rolling:

  • Place two logs in a river/lake/body of water.
  • Add one (1) lumberjack per log.
  • Have each lumberjack walk along the circumference of the log as it rolls in the water.
  • Have lumberjacks increase their pace.
  • See who can stay atop their log the longest.
  • Drink beer! (Optional)

    Variant Method

  • Place one log in a river/lake/body of water.
  • Add two (2) lumberjacks atop the log.
  • Have lumberjacks walk along the circumference of the log as it rolls in the water.
  • Have lumberjacks increase their pace and/or change direction of rotation.
  • See who can stay atop their log the longest.
  • Drink beer! (Again, optional)