Up and down...
It's up and down here, as we continue to try to settle into a new routine. Every now and again I have a sob session in my cubicle, or on the bus, or in a store; I don't have control over when that happens, and while I do try to be discreet, I frankly don't care if anyone notices. Actually, people don't really look at each other anyway. Or care, if they do.
It was bitterly cold on the weekend, with a snowstorm on Sunday afternoon/evening. (Some of you in Canada might have heard about the 30+ car pileup on highway 401 in our city on Sunday afternoon, with one fatality and a few still in critical condition.) Derry spent much of the weekend doing a face-plant into the cosy blanket on the couch.
I made a batch of chili on Sunday, not vegetarian, but with added zucchini, fresh mushrooms and green onion for extra flavour. Yeah, once in a while I do cook easy stuff. :-D
Below, the view on campus on Monday morning. We got 13 cm of snow all told.
I hope we get another warm-up to get rid of it.
I ended up doing some online shopping for Derry over the weekend: toys, a tunnel, scratchers, a sisal mat...just don't tell him and ruin the surprise. :-)
He's a hard one to persuade to play, though. He loves his feathered stick, and the red dot too, but my goodness, he has the patience of Job. He can sit and watch me endlessly, and feign enough interest that I keep trying to get him to move. LOL. He needs to move, he's so obese!
Yeah, that's not quite cutting it, Derry. (Above, snapped this morning.)
Anyway, I'm counting down the remaining work days till our Christmas break. That's the bonus of working at a university--being closed between Christmas and New Year's. It's only 8 days this year (including the weekend), one of the shortest breaks we get because both holidays fall on Wednesdays, but I'll take it with gratitude. I haven't any plans, will just take the days as they come and hope for a peaceful, uneventful holiday.
I'll leave you with a couple of cute Pinterest cartoons. Everyone take care and have a good week.
Peace.
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the dog food aisle, out of habit, when we had our second bulldog put to sleep..it's OK to cry...
gets it outta ya.
the chili looks great and I hope those hospitalized will be ok :(
and while I can't stand the stuff; the second snow picture IS awesome...
derry; dood.....ya got de rite eye dea ....two cold for out doorz tho we gotta ask ...BURD SKIN toyz buddy......seer ee iz lee ~~~~~~~~~ ;)
♥♥
I'm still waiting on Nicki's ashes and paw print (it's the paw print that's taking so long to be fired, glazed, painted, whatever), but I thought I might put his favourite toy mouse beside the urn, when I finally get it. Every now and again I'd hear him yeowling in the night and I knew he was carrying it around, doing...whatever it was he did with it. Happy memory. :-)
Derry sounds like Saku. When he wants to play AND I have the right toy, all is good otherwise he just watches me make a fool of myself.
I'm so grateful we haven't had the huge dump of snow you got. We get 3-4 inches max - that's quite enough! It's sad people don't drive appropriately during the nasty weather, or better still stay off the highways.
Take care!
It is important that you let your emotions go freely, it doesn't help for keeping it all in and pretending.
You have the right attitude about other people.
It is wonderful having some time off to look forward to and it will be here rather soon!
Time is flying, not so much when your kitty is sick but yes, it does. Barty just ate some more supper and that makes us both happy.
Hugs,
Mariette
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Hugs to you and Derry. I hope you manage to stay warm, and that Derry decides to do some playing. :)
XO
Think Derry has too many comfy spots to snooze to get him motivated to play. MOL!
I’m thinking he’s helping you play... not the other way around.
Derry is adorable when he sleeps. Your chili looks delicious! I kinda look forward to colder weather simply because it means chili weather!
My cats are tough to motivate with play. Raleigh loves it, Neville is into it. Tucker, rent and Josie will indulge me sometimes but it is hardly exercise: they lie on the floor and wait for the toy to come to them…
I think it is sometimes sadder when pets die than humans. It’s not that they matter more, but I find it very sad that animals die and most of the time they don’t understand what is happening. Or perhaps they do, and better than we.