That Was the Weekend That Was

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 05:11:48 GMT

There was no brain for writing, this weekend - Saturday was the usual come-home-fall-over, after an 11-7 shift, and Sunday started early with a trip to the farmer's market, and then I got hit with a lot of winery-related stuff that needed to be done in addition to the actual tasting room hours. Which is all good, and I got it one, and there's a definite feeling of accomplishment about that. But the last 6 pages of the novella still need to be polished up, and there's a chunk of work that's resisting the polish. Grr. Argh.

Patreon stuff to get done, too, and harass my editor once again about my not-yet-arrived revision letter. And CampCon starts on Wednesday!

And, in all this, CatofSize has decided to be a grouchy old bear, including giving the Kitten a what-for at the foot of the bed, at 4 this morning. Thankfully, even half-asleep I know better than to put my hand into a catfight, but my voice was enough to send them running for opposite sides of the apartment. and then I had to spend half an hour calming both of them down.

They're still not particularly on speaking terms, but there hasn't been a repeat of open hostilities. This happens every now and again - the rest of the time they're affectionately tolerant of each other, which is about as good as you can hope for, with two unrelated male cats of different ages (CoS is 14, the Kitten is 4). I suspect I will wake up tomorrow with everything back to normal. I hope so, anyway. Two 4am wakeups in the row, an I might forget I really don't want to dropkick them out the sliding doors.

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Catjinks

Mon, 01 May 2017 23:47:48 GMT

Being home sick means I get to see a full day of catjinks. My conclusion: both my cats are mildly hypeactive dorks.

Just now: CatofSize gets off the sofa where we've been sitting, and walks slowly over to the Kitten, who has been more or less minding his own business, sprawled on the rug. The Kitten sits up, and stares back. I'm watching, wondering who is going to be the first to thwap.

Then the Kitten, still staring, reaches out and places one paw firmly on CoS's head, and then - as though astonished by his daring, dashes off across the room.  

CoS then continues on his way to claim the cat tree perch, while the Kitten pretends nothing whatsoever just happened...

This holds for about 5 minutes, then they reclaim their original positions.

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