What can I say, it's friday
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Quizes
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Yeah, I'm Awake
Mood:  chatty
I'm NOT a morning person. No really, I'm not. I'm one of those people who, the later I stay up, the more awake I get. If left alone, I can sleep until 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, and trying to function before 10:00 or 11:00 is a REAL challenge for me. As a matter of fact there is some evidence to suggest that I may even have a sleeping disorder. But that's beside the point, what's important to note is that I am NOT A MORNING PERSON. I've long recognized this problem and I've developed some fail safes to make my life bearable.

The first trick to surviving not being a morning person is to develop routines. This way you can get through the morning with your eyes still closed and not miss some important task during the process. A typical morning for me looks like this: Go pee, pet cat if allowed, take birth control pill, undress, weigh, weigh again, weigh one more time just in case the first two were wrong, get out the other scale and weigh on it, give up, throw both scales in the trash and start the shower, step in the shower, rinse, wash hair, rinse, repeat, wash body from head to toe, final rinse, step out of shower, turn off shower, dry, wrap hair, put on deodorant... etc. You get the idea.

Yesterday morning I was a little foggier then usual. (See note below on the new feline sport - book tossing) I got up and started my morning routine as usual, but when I stepped into the shower and started the first rinse, I remembered that the day before I had noted that SOMEONE (bless her little blond headed soul) had used all my vanilla scented body wash. So, I stepped back out of the shower and grabbed another bottle. After stepping back into the shower I went back into auto pilot. I was wet, I had a bottle of soap in my hand, must be time to wash my body! So I did. The next step was of course get out of the shower and rinse off, and so on and so forth. So I did. I was in the car and on my way to work before I finally woke up enough to realize... I had forgotten to wash my hair!

ACK!

My Wierd Cat Part Duex
Mood:  chatty
My cat has learned a new trick. Well, it's not a new trick per se but simply a new variation to some old tricks.

One of the games she's played for a while is jump onto the shelf that holds my alarm clock and then from there, jump behind the book case and pretend she can't figure out how to get back out. Then, recently, I caught her on the bookcase in the kid's room. She was sitting there pulling books out by their bindings with her claws, and then when they had tilted far enough, grabbing them with her teeth and dumping them on the floor. I found it amusing at the time.

Yesterday morning I woke up at 6:00am to *Thump*Tump*RattleRattle*Thump*. It took me a moment to figure out that Imbri had done her morning routine of climbing behind the bookcase and THEN she discovered... BOOKS! Only these books weren't nice light paperback like she had played with the day before. These were heavy, hardbound books, so when she would try to slide them out by their spines, as soon as she would let go of them they would slide back into place with a nice satisfying *Thump*. Suddenly she wasn't so amusing anymore.

Wait - that wasn't funny
Mood:  amorous
It wasn't as if I PLANNED it, but I just happened to be wearing a short skirt and high heals on the very day that he called me and said "What's your schedule like? I've got nothing to do here at the moment and I'm thinking of taking the afternoon off."

I, of course, said "Oh no, I'm much too dedicated to my job to take a day off when I'm not on my deathbed..." Uh.. RIGHT!

I did all my work as quickly as possible and hurried home. I really wasn't THINKING about how I looked, but he commented while we were brushing past one another in the kitchen. Then when he followed me into the bedroom, shut and locked the door and unzipped me, all in one motion. Erm, I think you get the idea, I mean, we simply did what people are SUPPOSED to do when they take off early on a beautiful spring afternoon. I did something I've never done before though. I left my shoes on. And we found there were certain (how shall we say) ADVANTAGES to me being a little taller. He commented on that and of course thought I would use his newfound admiration to my advantage.

Me: So, maybe I should wear heals more often?
Him: Yeah, I think I'd like that. *Evil Grin*
Me: Maybe I'll start wearing them all time. Maybe nothing but heals?
Him: *Bigger Evil grin*
Me: Maybe I could do housework in nothing but heals and a apron.
Him: *serious look* I would be happy just to see you do housework.

*cough*cough*
Mood:  caffeinated
Taking a sick day this afternoon... I'm feeling poorly.. er no My daughter is sick.. yeah that's it.

Reasons my Cat is weird
Mood:  happy
1) She's named after a character in a book
2) The character isn't a cat
3) She's also named after one of the sea beds on the moon
4) She has long hair that grows between her toes that she can't STAND to be touched
5) She often sees and/or chases things not perceived by humans
6) She insists on drinking from the faucet even though every time she does water goes up her nose
7) She can pick up small items with her paws even without an opposable thumb
8) As a kitten she claimed one of my stuffed animals as HERS
9) We named her bear Pookie (Ok - so this makes US weird, not the cat, but I included it anyway)
10) She refuses to acknowledge ANY stuffed animal except Pookie.
11) Pookie has blood stains around his neck from her chewing on him when she was teething
12) She hurt herself rather seriously one evening when, while jumping off the bunk bed she landed on my swiss ball, which, to her surprise, rolled out from under her and caused her to land awkwardly and solidly on the floor.
13) She limped for a month after that
14) She now avoids all high places
15) She's Agrophobic
16) If one tries to forcefully bring her outdoors they will suffer HER WRATH
17) When she sees her reflection in the sliding glass door she will arch her back, puff up her fur and tail and bounce towered it hissing. When she sees an actual cat outside she flattens herself to the ground and tries to hide.
18) You are allowed to pet her at exactly three points in the day.
a. When you first wake up and have yet to get out of bed
b. When you are sitting on the toilet
c. When you come home after being gone for a while
19) This privilege can be revolved at any time without prior warning
20) If something startles her, she often turns quickly to run away and ends up running into a wall
21) She often attacks without warning and then licks the spot as if that will make it all right.
22) She does not Meow
23) She makes about half a dozen noises but none of them are a meow.
24) She scratches the floor around her food as if trying to burry it
25) If you are eating she MUST investigate your food - no she does not want to taste it, she simply wants to assure herself that it is acceptable for YOU to eat.
26) She has convinced us that she WILL, one day, catch that THING that moves back and forth inside the printer
27) Upon hearing the printer from ANY room in the house she will RACE into the office, climb the back of the chair in one leap and prepaire to wait for that moving thing to poke it's head out... JUST ONCE... so that she can dispatch it.
28) When climbing the chair she digs her claws in so deeply that it takes her 30-60 seconds to pull them out so that she can actually move again. (Velcro Cat)

**To be Continued**

WTF?
Mood:  irritated
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Ok - give it to me - or don't.. stop toying with my ASS!

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So it worked exactly TWICE and now isn't coming up again. They were toying with me, wern't they! Teasing me, giving the first two for free and now I've got pay for more. That's what this is about isn't it!?!?

Happy Happy Joy Joy
Mood:  party time!
Now Playing: Computer Geek
So, I was wondering how you get those cool "Mood" icons and the Topic settings on my blog, and to tell you the truth, I still don't know.. BUT when I logged in today, and clicked on, "Create an Entry", low and behold there they were!! Yippy! Now I can be cool and hip like all the cool and hip bloggers out there. Thanks Tripod!

Conversations with a Teenager
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: MOM
My oldest and I were having a conversation on MSN earlier today. I asked her if she had bought her dad a birthday and/or Father's day card yet...

C: No, No time, no money
Me: Alright, we'll go by and pick something up later tonight
C: Thanks, why is it the older you get the less money and time you have?
Me: I don't know, it sucks, but it'll only get worse... unless you win the lottery or something
C: Mybe I should just become a moocher
Me: HA! and who are you going to mooch off of? Neither your dad or I have any money
C: The Government?

Man - that kid scares me sometimes! heh

She's so bright, and so beautiful, and doesn't even seem to realize it. As a matter of fact, during all this talk about money we started talking about jobs. You see, I have a real problem with her working while she's in highschool. I wish I had the money to just GIVE her so she could enjoy being a kid! So she told me...

C: I know I need a job. And I kind of want one, after all, I could use the money. But it's scarey because I don't know if I would be good at it, or if anyone would even want to hire me!

This really shocked me because I had always thought that she had a lot more self confidence then that. She's so mature most of the time that I forget that she has a lot of the same fears and self doubt that _I_ had at 16. I just hope that she avoids some of the same mistakes. At this point, though I really can't do much about it. She's going to make her choices and I just have to hope that the example I've set and the morals I've instilled in her hold true. If she does slip up, one thing I CAN say is that I'll still lover her just as fiercly as I do now.