So while I’m working I play music because the background noise, believe it or not, helps me focus. It’s like when I was a kid and I would do homework, I would have the TV on much to my mother’s chagrin. She would scream at me to turn the TV off but I had to tell her that the background noise helped me focus. She gave up.
This is the playlist I usually play…pardon the eclectic mix – I’m weird like that.
I asked for an octopus wet specimen for Christmas and my sister delivered. The weirdo in me was like, “Cool…this would be interesting to look at on my desk every day while I work.” However, I didn’t sign up for caring for a dead pet.
Continue reading “My “Pet” Octopus”It hasn’t been a bad month but not a very good month either. In less than 30 days, I found a new therapist (she’s great), my husband had knee surgery, I witnessed a shooting, and now my dog has to be medicated because he’s too anxious and gets excited about everything – if that makes sense.
Continue reading “I’m Going To Start Liking This Little Life – Eventually”
I’m writing this on the plane on my way back home from a business trip.
My sister’s cat passed away suddenly last night due to feline heart failure. I was walking back to my room when my sister texted me. I broke down. I raised that cat from when he was a kitten. I was the one who picked him out with his sister over 11 years ago. It hurt. It always does when a pet passes away – unexpectedly or otherwise. You never get used to it. You never get desensitized to it.
I was going through an old Flickr account and found some gems that I haven’t seen in over a decade. These are just some I dug out. These images brought a smile to my face. I’ll probably dig more pictures up from the past and post them sometimes.
Continue reading “Rediscovering Old Gems: A Decade Later”
