I think the very best thing about going freelance is exactly the reason why I’ve always wanted to go freelance: if I can’t get focused, that’s okay, because I make my own schedule. I’m not punching a clock, and I don’t have to be productive during a set span of Read more…
It has been a tiring week, dear readers, mainly thanks to my own biology sapping me of energy and giving me aches and pains for the last three days. When I found myself with some downtime between client projects, I was initially jazzed to have time to work on my Read more…
Meet Boudica. Meet, also, the only successful picture I’ve been able to take of her face, so far. All of my other attempts were thwarted by a swift head-butt to the camera. It’s not the best shot, and fails to adequately show off her bright green eyes and completely lops off her big ears, and she’s not all that distinguishable from Niblet; but at least it’s not a blur, and so it gets to be her first impression on the world.
We began to notice this cat lurking in and around our yard early last week. She must have been casing the joint and sizing us up, and apparently she liked what she saw, because come Sunday night, she met us out front while we were taking out the garbage and proceeded to get her flirt on, big time. We of course, being the total suckers that we are, completely fell for her chirpy little meows and big, big green eyes and exotic markings and her considerable charm. Her prominent hip and rib bones sure didn’t hurt her case, either. It took less than ten minutes for us to go from “Aww, cute kitty, where do you live?” to “Maybe we should take her to a shelter” to “Let’s put some kibble out for her” to trapping her in our garage and making plans to take her to the vet.
And now we have three cats.
[Cross-posted from SleepyJean.net] Holy granola, it’s June already? Where did the first half of this year go? The last week of this month will mark my sixth month of unemployment, a landmark I sure didn’t expect to reach, and one that makes me really grateful to the Obama stimulus package Read more…
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