Sometimes the Little Guy Wins

It’s ten o’clock, and I’ve only been home from the vet’s for a few minutes. Clueless is holding his own, but in spite of me grossly overfeeding him he’s failed to gain any weight. It’s concerning, but at least any overt signs of illness have pretty much been banished for the present. I hadn’t intended…

I joined Weight Watchers originally on 3/8/06. I hit goal in about twelve months (I need to look up exactly how long it took me). I stayed at/below goal until August, 2009, when I got laid off from work and began hosting an eighteen-month long pity party, with myself as the guest of honor and…

she’s asleep speawled across my lap and chest. my right hand is pinned beaneath her head. if i can’t type it singlehanded with my left hand, it doesn’t get typed. this was going to be a real entry, but right now nothing is more important than the grey one’s comfort. I thought I needed to…

My company has decided to have two four-day weeks in August. It will give maintenance a chance to do a few large jobs in a couple of departments. The four days we work will be extended days, so the hourly workers shouldn’t be hit by lost time. Salaried workers are salaried, so it won’t affect…

So last night I looked in on Waldo just after dinner time and found him in the standard “J” position of a caterpillar preparing to pupate. According to the book, that meant he was due to pupate in 24 hours. This morning Waldo was still “hanging in there”. Around 10:00 this morning I went downstairs…

It never really occurred to me that anyone would notice my absence for a couple of days. Especially if I kept making comments. So when I started seeing my name in the title lines of people’s diary entries today I was taken aback a tad. At first I started making personal explanations as to what…