Argh! Phone stopped charging. It's less than a year old. So annoying the technology.

So I was out of town from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. I leave my cat alone all the time when I'm out of town for a few days, but Anna insisted on checking up on Squeaky while I was gone. So when I got back yesterday I found several pages of "Squeaky's diary," where Squeaky describes dealing with the strange woman who kept on coming over to feed and pet and brush her and feed her treats. The "diary" was very funny and well-written.

Squeaky didn't like Anna at all when she was over a week ago, so Anna went out of her way to get Squeaky to like her, and it sounds like she succeeded. Once Anna couldn't find Squeaky, so to help Squeaky get used to her she stuck around and did my dishes, cleaned the stove and threw out some moldy bread in my fridge.

I find the whole thing very endearing, so now I'm crushing on her even more.

Well, if they like your cat, they're probably a keeper.

Aw, tommyrot, that's terrific!

I am approved to work from home tomorrow. Whew. I'll be dropping my car off at the garage in the morning, walking home, working remotely, getting my hair cut (salon is in between my house and the garage), and picking up my car whenever it ready. Trying to work out getting rides or riding my bike seemed really hard around all that.

Next time I make an appointment to get my car worked on, I should look at my calendar BEFORE I say, "yeah, Tuesday's fine".

Shoot, I'm crushing on Anna, too. She sounds awesome.

Cat-liking is a good start!

I've ended my Uber shift successfully having made $100 in fares -- less $28 for gas, and then I spent nearly $40 at CVS on various necessities. Sometimes it feels like I'm running hard just to stay in place, but at least I have the illusion that I'm Doing Something.

Note, the gas will last me for several days before I fill up again, and the CVS is stuff like shampoo and Sudafed that will also be an infrequent purchase.

Tomorrow, for the first time, I will be raising a teenager in my house.

He's a great kid, and I;m confident things will be fine, but, for the love of god, please to being setting up a TEEN BOY FOOD KICKSTARTER. He was a velociraptor his last two stays home, and he went up to jeans sizes since Xmas. He MIGHT have outgrown his dad's shoes, too, because they fit M perfectly at Xmas.

So today is housecleaning. We're leaving a lot of M's room and the basement section of his playroom for him to organize and decorate, but the basics are done.

Theo, it's hard work staying in place sometimes. It's no illusion that you're Doing Something.

I'm so gauche. I was drinking my cup of tea and noticed I was sticking out my pinky like you aren't supposed to, so on my next cup I really concentrated on curling it in with the others and immediately spilled my tea all over my keyboard.

No harm done, but so embarrassing.

but, for the love of god, please to being setting up a TEEN BOY FOOD KICKSTARTER.

Oh how well, I remember this with Emmett. It was a mad dash to throw proteins down his gaping maw all day. He needed to be fed as frequently as a newborn but consuming meals bigger than a newborn.

I did wind up making large blenders of smoothie (loaded with yogurt and banana) to stave him off. It was belly filling and tasty and with yogurt you get protein so it sates them.

Lots of frozen fruit from TJs in the mix.