I give up on trying to get myself to post.  I just feel like whenever I am home I have to be doing something "productive" like cleaning or working on a project.  It's really boring and not-fun =P  So here is a recap of the last two months in random order and with lots of pictures.

Last week I tore myself away from chores to meet some eFriends (technically Internet Strangers, but I was brave!) - Ryan and Diana.  They were visiting DC so Carlos and I went downtown to meet them and visit the American History Museum (and get completely soaked and lead them on a wild goose chase to find food).  Proof that we all exist:



It poured rain from then until this weekend, what a mess.

On April 29 it was our 10th dating anniversary.  We went out to a restaurant in Bethesda, and I wore a dress even though it was cold.


I guess we have grown up a little...

Carlos and I went to Petsmart today to get Loki food, and as usual we ended up looking at the adoptable kitties. But this time an employee was there and started describing one of the cats to us. She's 8 or 9 months old, friendly, vocal, and loves to play with other cats. They said when she plays with other young boy cats she can push them around and has a lot of fun. She is adorable and her personality sounds perfect for our Loki.

So now the questions are (a) does Loki need a friend and (b) can we deal with the additional life hectic-ness that another cat would bring?

I think Loki would be fine with another cat, but I am not sure he needs one.  But he is alone 10+ hours a day during the week, and then we are sleeping for another 8-10.  So he only gets5-6 hours of attention from us each day.   And then we are usually cooking or cleaning or watching TV when we are home.  Maybe a little sister would keep him company and make him happy?

Another cat would mean more food, more litter, more attention, more fur (my whole family is allergic, and so is my best friend), more furniture scratching, and more cats sleeping on Kate at night.  If we don't pay enough attention to Loki now, will they really entertain each other or will we have two cats who want attention?What if Loki doesn't want a sister?  Would this really be better for him?  I know it would take them some time to get used to each other, but what if they never get along?

But she was sooooooooo adorable, and sweet, and sounds like she'd play with Loki a lot...  We can't decide!!

What do you think?  If you have more than one cat, have you found it to be a good thing or a bad thing??

Yayyyyy Inauguration!  It feels like Christmas!

So I know people would pay thousands of dollars to stay at my house this week.  And that this is a once-in-forever historical moment.  But as you can see from the fact that I am posting, I am not on the Mall.  I just knew I couldn't handle the crowd.  If a crowd is dense enough that I am touching other people 50% of the time, and big enough that I can't immediately get out, I get all claustrophobic.  That crowd on TV looks insane, and I wouldn't get out of the city for hours.  It gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it.  Thus I am watching the inauguration in HD from my nice warm sofa (even better than being there, right?).  Don't worry, I'll be properly jealous of all of you that went down there when I see your pictures.

It's exciting just watching it on TV, too, even though nothing's really going on yet.  Seeing the crowd really makes you feel how important and amazing this is to so many people in our country.  I know he's just one man, I know our country is a wreck right now, and I know he can't fix it all by himself or quickly.  I know it will be hard, after this initial emotional rush, to motivate our set-in-its-ways population (I include myself in that assessment, of course).  But based on the influence he's having on our citizens right now, he just might be able to do it, with all of our help.

So exciting

(Also crazy exciting but super depressing: Galactica is backtica.  But what the frak is going on??)

(Less exciting: water main break outside my house, we are losing water for the next hour or so.  That's what I get for working from home.)

Stay warm and safe if you are downtown, and enjoy your inauguration day, everyone!