Five Cat Samba

Well, it's certainly been a while since I posted here.

Sorry about that. A lot has been going on.

To start off with some great news, I'm back in school! I've begun classes once more, going for a Technical Communications major. So far, it's been going really well! It's going to be a lot of writing, but I think I can definitely handle it. I'm going to be focusing on a more graphics-prone side of the field (so, website design, letterhead designs, logos, etc.), and I think I'll do really well.

Keeper has also started classes once more, and we're both going to be relatively busy this quarter with our class and work schedules. But I'm sure we'll still find time to invite over a few friends every once in a while and have some fun. :)

In case you haven't read my previous posts (from a month or more ago), we now have FIVE cats. FIVE. Let's read that again: FIVE cats. It's rather crazy! Savannah has adjusted incredibly well! In the past month, she's gone from hiding in the bedroom almost nonstop, to coming out into the living room and completely chilling with everyone else! She's even begun playing (that's right: playing!) with Bolo! She sleeps between Keeper and I almost every night, which, upon talking to Dad H. about this behavior, she never used to do this at her old house. She even usually comes on the bed a little before bedtime, to lay down between us, purring, while Keeper reads bedtime stories! It makes me quite happy to know that she enjoys living here.

In some rather unfortunate news, Keeper and I have decided that Pooh Bear needs to be declawed in front. She's become something of a terror to the rest of the cats, and I can assure you that neither Keeper nor I particularly enjoy having needles in our legs when she tries to cuddle with us. When I first got her, I didn't think that her nails would be too much of an issue. However, even after living with her for a year, she simply refuses to let either Keeper or me trim her nails. While I think that declawing her in front will cause her to not enjoy some activities that she currently enjoys (i.e. claw-hugging the bottom of the climbing tree thinger we have, clawing our legs to no end when trying to cuddle, lashing out at the other cats when they appear too close to her personal bubble, etc.), I know that she'll still be able to enjoy much of her life without the claws (especially mousing, cuddling, eating, etc.).

I have taken to making a list of every book that I have read that I really enjoyed, as Keeper made the mistake a couple weeks ago of asking me "What's your favorite book?"... In asking me that question, he told me that it couldn't be a book series (after I responded "Kushiel Series"), and it had to be more than 50 pages (after I revised my response to "The Monster At The End of This Book"). Talk about a difficult question. Since he asked me that damn question, I have been going through Borders.com, page by page, looking at titles and covers and authors, trying to find my favorite book. Alongside the pages, I have an Excel spreadsheet in progress, which currently has two sections (Books I've Read/Loved, and Books I Want to Read) of three columns (Book Title, Series Title, Author). I think I'm up to over $1000 in books at this point. I haven't done any pricing for any of them, but I'm hoping to have my own library some day, and this list is at least 500 strong with books and series and authors now. Maybe I'll post the list. Probably not today, or tomorrow, or this week. Keep your eyes posted for a couple of new pages, though! :)