Hack in the Saddle Again
Sep. 9th, 2012 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feldmanHaving agreed with FBF that the best way to get back into writing is to write (in my lifelong struggle with my contrary resistance to the fucking obvious), I'm back in the saddle once more.
Howdy! Instead of trying to backfill the story so far, which hasn't worked so well in past attempts, let's try in media res.
*The CMonkey has outgrown her moniker, as she is six, in first grade, reads and writes, and owns an intro level chemistry set (basic kitchen experiments made awesome with glow in the dark powder!).
*Ancient Cat is now 19, which is 98 in cat years. She's a bit creaky, but is enjoying life now that we're not in Connecticut. Her affection remains undimmed, despite being characterized by a hamhanded plausible deniability--'I just happen to be sleeping tucked under your chin, it doesn't mean I missed you, it's just that your breath is warm.' Like some elderly cats, she has bouts of inexplicable yowling in the night, but we're chalking it up to a newfound interest in Klingon opera.
*I think it's hilarious when squirrels use the sidewalk.
*My brother and sis-in-law and my parents are both within blocks of my house. We're not really this provincial, honest! But it's quite handy, since I like my family, to have them in walking distance.
*My eyebrows are going selectively grey in the middle section where I've plucked since age 14. I'm experimenting with only plucking the brown hairs and leaving the silvery white ones. They remind me of butterfly antennae.
Howdy! Instead of trying to backfill the story so far, which hasn't worked so well in past attempts, let's try in media res.
*The CMonkey has outgrown her moniker, as she is six, in first grade, reads and writes, and owns an intro level chemistry set (basic kitchen experiments made awesome with glow in the dark powder!).
*Ancient Cat is now 19, which is 98 in cat years. She's a bit creaky, but is enjoying life now that we're not in Connecticut. Her affection remains undimmed, despite being characterized by a hamhanded plausible deniability--'I just happen to be sleeping tucked under your chin, it doesn't mean I missed you, it's just that your breath is warm.' Like some elderly cats, she has bouts of inexplicable yowling in the night, but we're chalking it up to a newfound interest in Klingon opera.
*I think it's hilarious when squirrels use the sidewalk.
*My brother and sis-in-law and my parents are both within blocks of my house. We're not really this provincial, honest! But it's quite handy, since I like my family, to have them in walking distance.
*My eyebrows are going selectively grey in the middle section where I've plucked since age 14. I'm experimenting with only plucking the brown hairs and leaving the silvery white ones. They remind me of butterfly antennae.
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Date: 2012-09-10 12:02 am (UTC)No she's not. I remember when you were pregnant with her! I remember BEFORE you were pregnant with her! It's not that long ago. It can't be. What?!
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Date: 2012-09-10 01:45 am (UTC)