I think this week's Criminal Minds is going to be a pig episode for me.

What, like the S4 finale?

I'm such a bad cat owner. I came home from work at 7:30, and instead of feeding her right away like I normally do, I went to the bathroom. Well, turns out I forgot to feed her after that, which I was just forcibly reminded of by Amarna tossing everything possible off of the coffee and dining room tables, while staring at me and meowing at full volume. This is Amarna-speak for "Feed me now, human!!!!!"

What, like the S4 finale?

Yep!

Sophia, have one of those dangly car freshener things in your hand when you get in the car and hand it to her "So you'll have something nice to smell" when you're in the car. Ask for it back so you can give it to her every time. Have a ziplock bag to keep it in between car rides.

Allyson, the neighbor was over before dinner last night, and saw the gathering of objects I have on the coffee table as Halloween decor, Sam among them, along with the glow-in-the-dark rubber bat Perkins sent me last Halloween. She glommed onto Sam, and I promised to let her read it next week, after I deconstruct the display. She has grandkids, so it's a sneaky pimp. Two people on my list are getting it as gifts.

I am so excited for Sam, Allyson. I am getting him for my (sadly now former) student who is right in your demographic and crazy about bats. She is going to love him so much.

So, people, are you all going to send your names to Mars?

I had the same thought about the car freshener as several of you.

I got my 2 copies of Sam in the mail earlier this week! Hooray! Both are intended to be gifts, but I'll be reading it first!

I got to see Lookingglass's Peter Pan tonight. I recommend it for anyone who might be so inclined to check it out.

I was a week or so behind in this thread and had to skip many, many posts. Apologies if I've missed something important.

So, people, are you all going to send your names to Mars?

I am!

Allyson, I got my Sams. One for us and the rest gifts. I think I shall order a few more and make library donations.

You guys are awesome to me.

I'm going nutty. This cold is kicking my ass. I'm going back to work today, but just woke up with the cough and the aching from coughing.

I'm making my sick pack. Sudafed, Robitussin, soup, tea, honey sticks, kleenex, cough drops.

I need to stay home another day, and I also need to work. I wish I could work from home, but I'm non-exempt, so I can't have remote access for anything other than email. It blows, because I could knock out half my to-do list in the morning right here. The rest is bullshit I need to get live signatures for, but I could get one of my secretaries to push it through. Bleh.