I do not want to go home and see Mac. I would rather stay at work. Stupid being an adult and parent. We have to discuss last night and I need to apologize. But the core what is wrong continues to not get dealt with on his end. He has to start putting forth effort in school. Period. The disrespect to me is not ok, but I am not a great model for that and i can empathize that living with my sarcasm and such is not an easy time.

Small animals can just up and die of stress when captured by a predator

That is what it looks like happened. The apartment down from our apparently had the mom and dad full grown mice. I had hoped I'd be home when the pest guy came, but they only come out on Tuesday's and I didn't want to wait until next Tuesday. Property management knows I have cats and it is obvious when you come in the apartment. Miss Kitty is an attention ho.

The office is freezing cold. I almost didn't bring a jacket with me. And I brought a dress for tomorrow - I knew I should have packed a couple of options.

Timelies all!

The brake light came on when I started my car yesterday. Luckily, Gary told me to check the fluid level before going to the dealer. Turns out the local Jiffy Lubes don't carry brake fluid, so I went to an auto parts store where they showed me where to put the brake fluid, and now the light is gone. (I was worried for a bit on the way home since the light didn't turn off right away. Guess it take a few minutes .)

Minet -- the guest kitty -- wouldn't bleed for me, even though I managed to push the short needle all.the.way.through.his.ear (and into my finger) for the blood sugar sampling device.

Of course, it took me three tries to get blood from my pinky when I practiced on myself. I wanted to give it a, um, wet run before I tried it on him. Maybe I need bigger needles and/or a small dagger?

Have you discovered a new super power, Theo? Piercing skin without drawing blood - of limnited use, sure, butthat's true of many super powers.

I understand that cats often kill their prey by breaking the neck and don't leave wounds as such unless they tear into it afterwards.

I've seen ads for Meet the Mormons. I think it's available On Demand?

You'll probably end up giving primate blood, Theo.

Wow, I'm watching Graham Norton, and I feel uncomfortable calling Taylor Swift stupid. Either it's a really canny sctick, and she's a blast, or she's...not that quick.

Sometimes it sucks to be the grownup, msbelle, but I hope you went home!

Devi pretty much played with mice until they expired. She never mastered the kill bite.

20 minutes home from the pool and THUNDER. Can't say I was really expecting that.

Survived today. Actually played key role in certain developments. But I did duck out of a meeting at 15 past the scheduled end. I hate it when the host can't keep on track or END a meeting.

Dang, serious light show for late October.

Leaving work over an hour late. So it goes.

A good meeting starts on time and ends on time, I am told, sarameg.

Still working. Drawback of working from home. Also of having the West Coast as part of your territory.

And things are afoot with one of my previous employers. Just got a cryptic message from the old EVP via LinkedIn. He wants me to call him tomorrow. Please do not be bringing me into shenanigans. My current boss is his former direct report, and a number of our sales force and strategic consulting groups also worked closely with him previously. (Yes, my Current Employer can be called Previous Employer-East.)