Shallow Insight of the Day

Cats. Why did I think I wanted cats? Until things get settled, I’ve been keeping our three cats separated at night. The Warrior Princess has the bedroom with me, since she’s the most likely to settle in at the foot of the bed and patiently wait for morning. Clueless Wonder Jr. gets the spare bedroom,…

The Professor retired early last night at around 9:00. I had a few things to file, and get ready for today, so I stayed up another hour or so. I took care of most of what I had to, and went to take a shower. I nearly took a picture of the cats as I…

You know that feeling you get the day after you injure yourself? Imagine that you’re hammering nails, and manage to wing your thumb instead of the nailhead. You don’t do any real damage, but it hurts like hell afterwards. Then the day after, your thumb doesn’t hurt any more, but it still remembers that it…

I think the lack of sleep is finally getting to me. I hit my first totally black depression in a long time last night, after five successive nights of four or less hours sleep. I had been staving it off for a few days, I think, but then last night the Socialist threw a tantrum…

So greetings, one and all. Sorry I haven’t been updating recently, but my right hand’s been a little under the weather. The tendonitis has been getting progressively worse since it first cropped up in May, to the point where I was referred a hand surgeon, who evaluated it this morning. I have a brand new…

I just finished making two dozen cupcakes (from a box mix) to take with me on my triumphant return to the workforce tomorrow. Baking is not my forte, but how wrong can you go with mix, one cup water, half a cup of oil and three eggs? The cupcakes came out really nice looking, and…