I get little drive-by periods every few months, so I don't get to claim menopause just yet. I remember when menopause was referred to in anxious whispers as The Change. Now most every woman I know is waving an impatient finger over her abdomen and saying "Enough already, wrap it up."

I have gotten pictures of every cat! Now onto mementos.

Just saw Guy Furry on the red stove making pizza, hooray!

Frosty was my last cat to get - I ended up using the sashimi and setting out the blue silk pillow and the igloo pyramid thing. Another theory I've seen on the interwebz is that Frosty's low power level (40, IIRC) means that she can't kick cats with a higher power level off her favorite things. SO occasionally I would kick non-Frosty cats off so she felt welcome. (you double tap the item in the Goody screen to clear it, the tap it again to replace it).

You'll lose some fish that way, but if that's not an immediate problem, it's something to consider.

Note: whatever I did might be total coincidence, and the power level thing is just a theory on Reddit, so I make no claim of accuracy! But that's what I did, and she came by relatively quickly. FINALLY.

Yeah, I'm definitely thinking "can I just be done now?" about my periods.

There are also stories going around Tumblr about young men being absolutely terrified in the presence of unused, wrapped tampons, such that young women are begining to advise each other to carry tampons to brandish like a weapon, when being harassed or assaulted. Given the misogyny that is the source of both terror of feminine hygiene products and of some harassment and violence, I can see it could be an effective distraction in at least some cases.

Hmm, Nora, I may try your strategy for attracting Frosty.

Dangit, just missed Xerxes.

I finally got Xerxes' memento this morning after him visiting approx. 1 million times (that is, 42 times).

Oh, I got Kathmandu's memento this morning! After only 8 visits! I was surprised. Frosty is hard to get. She's only come by 3 times for me. I think the power-level theory is accurate but I always feel bad about kicking my imaginary cats off their imaginary toys.

I am missing about 8 cats but I need to get more of the good stuff.

Also , apparently, putting reminders for credit card payments on Google caleners so it shows on my phone and my computer means I just dismiss them and miss payments.

On the other hand I have not beat myself up about this and I put all my medication for the week in my pill caddy and realized I need to call in for refills on Monday. Hopefully I won't run out of anything.

I dismiss reminders too.

I inadvertently formed a stash of tampons and pads when I shopped for a period that never came (yay, menopause! It's all the good things you've heard).