vw and Nora, thanks for the reassurance about the canned food thing. I dunno why I was feeling so paranoid about it.

Spanish is on my list.

I supplement with Rosetta Stone, and I plan to keep working with that after I graduate. I really want this to be something I can use. And with hoping to go into communications for non-profits, it will be really valuable in this area. So, anyways, maybe look into Rosetta Stone. They even have a newer version of the Spanish than I have, so...

Oh, and WS, I didn't pay for mine either. I got it for free from the specialty pet shop in my neighborhood. I'm all for free!

Oh, goodness. Really not something someone in a psych ward should do all day!

Ohhhhhh... now there's a scene for book. I mean, seriously-- could you imagine? (Well, I'm sure you could-- but I'm thinking it's the one way I could get it past the editors. They really are rather sheltered...)

Barb, still relatively high and dry?

Relatively. There was some high wind round about six this morning, but otherwise, it's been no worse than your typical summer storm except it like the Energizer Bunny of storms. It just keeps going and going and going and going...

We have a couple of these, Andi: [link]

They fit any can we end up with, and don't crack like the Hershey's lids. (Apparently, Daniel and I share a thrifty brain.)

Cool idea, Sparky.

I think I will end up mostly putting the food into the little containers, but that will be for portion-control reasons. This morning I feel too lazy to bother, so I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to give the felines food poisoning.

It's a battle I always have in my manuscripts because I inevitably put in some over the top novela or Spanish talk show scene and most of the time, my editors make me take it out, saying, "This is just too unrealistic-- they don't put stuff like this on television!"

Have these people seen Jerry Springer? Mind you, I haven't watched a lot of Spanish language talk shows, but the bits I have seen looked pretty comparable. Less furniture throwing, at any rate.

Good luck today, Sparky.

Best wishes to K-Bug in starting college.

My nephew D is starting school in a couple of weeks. He's taking a robotics class as one of his electives and he wants to take fencing lessons. I'm so proud of him. He's becoming such an amazing young man.

Ok, K-Bug's address is posted in lj under my b.org filter. If you are interested and can't see the post, drop me an e-mail with your lj name and I'll get you in the filter.

Y'all are too wonderful for words.

I'm very tired and do not want to be up. Last night was a bad night. Very emotionally draining. I have not slept well since S got back, and my back is killing me this morning.

I think they think that Jerry Springer is an anomaly.