March 11, 1994
Dear Everyone:
Yesterday morning, I seriously considered not wearing a coat to work
(gloat, gloat) but it's just as well that I did.
Some big, dark clouds were
looming on the horizon on my way home and we actually saw a few
raindrops. Since the reservoirs
are all still officially below capacity, rain is welcome.
So much for the weather report.
“Jeannie” tells me that the other night, she woke up in bed to find not
one, not two, but three cats
sleeping with her. One was
quickly determined to be a non-resident and summarily evicted (i. e.,
tossed out the window from whence he came).
That's what happens when you
leave the windows open all night while emitting a subconscious
electromagnetic signal that says, "Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.”
Of her two official cats, Monroe, the original cat, has finally started
growing her fur back. She's been
bald for quite some time, the result of "over-grooming", which is an
indication of nervousness, possibly caused by the arrival, and
subsequent moving in, of “Jeannie's” second official cat, Edison.
The fact that Monroe is no longer
chewing off her own fur would seem to indicate that she'd gotten used to
Edison. She's tried smacking him
in the nose a few times and, being the gentleman that he is, he'd just
blink, look bewildered ("what do women want,
anyway?"), and go take a nap.
As for Edison, “Jeannie” finally decided that, for a "white" cat, he was
looking awfully "dishwater gray", so she took him to some professional
groomers. They shampooed him and
combed out his fur; but, because he's a long-hair, the fur was badly
matted on one side so they shaved him. Now,
on the right side, he looks like a fluffy kitty; on the left side, he
looks like a new Marine recruit. It's
a wonder he doesn't fall over, he's so lopsided.
However, he's putting up with
this indignity quite well.
Let's face it, where cats are concerned, “Jeannie” only attracts the
ones with the best manners (not counting the midnight interloper--who
was, after all, only trying to be
friendly).
In other news…
Things are beginning to heat up at work.
My project is getting off to a promising start.
We scheduled two days this week
for the Core Team to work on all the issues and problems (eight
flip-charts full) that need to be resolved before we start testing.
But we did so well on the first
day that we decided that we didn't need the second day.
Instead, we all came away with
"homework" assignments. We'll get
together again when we have things to report back to the Team.
As for me, my little brain has been bubbling over with ideas for the
past two months. Every time I
would think of an issue or a problem, or a possible solution to one, I'd
write it down fast before it
could fade away, and drop it into my file.
Now I'm beginning to tinker with
ways to deal with this item or that.
I'll start working with something, like how to replace Owner Codes, and
the next thing I know, it's after 6:00 and if I don't get a move on, I'm
going to miss
Star Trek.
Can't have that!
I have a new software on my PC that supposed to remind me to take breaks
and go home at the end of the day, but I haven't had time to figure out
how to use it yet.
Love, as always,
Pete
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