2 posts tagged “kittens”

I couldn't think of a good title or theme to this entry -- so I am using the word "knish." It is a fun word to say...

I had lunch with a faculty member today, an older gentleman who has retired, but is still teaching one class a semester. It was quite lovely -- he's a sweet man, a gentleman in the truest sense. I really enjoyed it. I am also bemused by the number of faculty on campus who are disappointed that I am not working there full-time. Unfortunately, these people don't control reality at work, so there you go.

I had a gluten-free pizza last Friday that was pretty good -- the pizza place called this afternoon to ask how we liked them, and they told me about a new gluten-free place opening this Saturday in my town. Score!

Still no full-time employment on the horizon. Depressing... Don't know how badly this is going to screw up our lives.

I want cats. Our landlord will only get them if he can either a) look at their previous home environments and gauge the amount of damage they do, or b) if we declaw them. Seeing as I refuse to declaw my kittehs, and the humans in this house do more damage to the carpets than a kitteh, would, we are at an impasse. Sigh.

D is probably ADHD. No surprise. We will talk with the doctor Monday about what this means for a boy who is getting tested for possible inclusion in the gifted program this Saturday.

I miss snow. Gimme!

What better way to start off a new month than with an ankle brace? I sprained my ankle on my birthday (the 30th, for those of you keeping score) -- apparently, while walking around the library teaching. So yesterday, I got to go to the urgent care clinic, after doing lots of workers comp documentation. No fractures, according to the x-rays. But the brace they gave me is giving me blisters. (Good thing I have Hello Kitty bandaids.) I may decorate the brace with stickers, to amuse myself.

Of course, this means that I most likely can't get a pedicure at the spa I am going to next weekend (to celebrate my mother-in-law's 60th birthday, a bunch of us are having a weekend at a spa in Wisconsin -- I love the Midwest in October!). Maybe I will just have to get a manicure instead, or a hot stones massage.

I've been eating gluten-free cupcakes since Sunday. I ordered 3 dozen, since I get tired of baking my own cakes. They're very yummy, even if getting a little stale. The mocha frosting on the chocolate cupcake is my favorite.

I wonder if anything mystical will happen, because I went to bed at 10:01pm on 10-01. I muttered "rabbit, rabbit" to myself, but maybe that was the wrong thing to say.

I want a kitten. I want a Rocking Nut Road Snickers. Sadly, only one of these items is in my purse. (Or, maybe this is a good thing.)

A listserv made up of people from my coed literary fraternity have been haiku fools lately. And some of them are combining politics and lolcats delightfully. It's pretty awesome.

Holy cats! My nose
Runs and runs -- sniffle sniffle
I really hate colds.