Busy, busy, busy

[pbray]

Household chores piled up, but I did manage to write, and to catch up with Jennifer jennifer_dunne who returned from Florida yesterday. I was taking care of Jennifer's cat during the week, and the cat stayed true to form. She's good for a few days, but by day six without her regular human she starts getting cranky and begins to make her displeasure known.

Writing: 2,220 words today. We discover just what Lady Ysobel is doing with those pretty boys, and the fine art of bargaining so the other side believes they are getting the advantage.

Listening: Steve McDonald's Legend and Devotchka's How it Ends.

Reading: Venice, a maritime republic by Frederick Lane, and Roman Cookery by Mark Grant. I'm the second person to check out the Venice book since the central library acquired it in 1974, but somehow I suspect that they'll still want it back.

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Cat displeasure

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

And what Tricia isn't mentioning is that the cat's displeasure almost always involves bodily functions. No ripping the sofa covers for this cat. Instead, she pukes up neat and tidy piles of cat food in the center of doorways, or declares the floorspace directly in front of heating vents or closet doors to be her new litterbox. Basically, she positions things you don't want to deal with when you're tired and returning home from a trip, in places where you can't miss dealing with them.

Thanks for cat-sitting, Trish!