I Can't Think of Pithy Post Title

I really can't, I'm stumped. This is just an update, miscellaneous items.

I had a great long Easter weekend. Could have done with the Monday off too, as shops were closed both Friday and Sunday.

I got everything done I had wanted: The priming and painting of the vanity (put three coats on it, looks fresher, now I want a nicer counter top), the guest room closet painting, errands on Saturday, even reading time in. Plus a friend and I went for coffee on Sunday--Starbucks was open of course. He had a good idea as to what to do to give the sides ("arms") of the stairs a more finished look, so when he takes me for paint on May 7th, I'll get the trim too. It's lovely of him to do that, saves me the $50 delivery fee on about $30 of trim. Coffee's on me this time!

My Easter Sunday choice of food! Never mind how many additional scoops of topping I added after I took the pic!

Mr. Handyman has not been back. He was going to pop over Saturday AM to go over what I want done, but it was pouring rain, really nasty, so I told him to wait for a dry day. I must email him to touch base, find out when he's available.

Work's okay, the usual. Except I (and another co-worker) got my new computer yesterday. The tower, if you recall, not a new monitor. Towers are pretty cheap these days, and the campus computer store doesn't stock many, as most staff/faculty opt for laptops now.

I did some of the set up yesterday (always a pain to have to install the software and customize everything), more today. Then our building's IT guy, who really is very laid back and accommodating, came down to work on a few things. He'll be back tomorrow AM to finish off. Unfortunately, all the time I spent setting up my profile was wasted, as he had to create a network profile for me. So I was left having to customize yet again. At least all the software already was loaded, it was just a matter of pinning things to the taskbar and start menus, customizing the look of the desktop, transferring files, etc. I have a few more things to do, but mostly am ready to go.

The boys seem fine, knock on wood. Interestingly, on Saturday, just before heading out for errands, I got a foot cramp and was doubled over, making loud "OW" sounds, when Nicki came running over to me, purring at full volume. That's the first time I can recall one of the boys coming to see if I was okay--that was Annie's job. Mind you, my tears don't bring either of them to check on "mom!"

And there were lots of tears yesterday, with Sweet Praline's passing (for those of you who participate in the Cat Blogosphere). The decision her mom had to make brought back the situation with Annie, so it was doubly hard.

I'm reaching my saturation point with all the cat blogs I follow. Maybe trying to follow several hundred isn't a good idea after all. I'm feeling burned out trying to keep up and comment on everyone's post, every day. Which is why I've been doing very little of that for the past several days and don't even feel like doing a new post for the boys. So I'll see how things go there. I wouldn't stop blogging, but I might need a break.

I don't think there's anything else to cover. Ah, the minutiae of daily life.

A few more snapshots from Good Friday's walk in the neighbourhood.

 

Blessings and Light to All Beings.