Question of the Day, no. 4
QUESTION:
What did you recently observe that proves what you’ve been saying all along?
ANSWER:
Almost every morning, my cat Bella does this thing that I’ve just been calling “cat voodoo.” I’ll walk into the bathroom right after I wake up, and my cat Bella will be in the toilet. Well, not COMPLETELY in the toilet, but she’ll be perched on top of the seat about halfway into the toilet bowl. And I have NO idea what she’s doing because the seat is so high and the water level is so low that she can’t be drinking the water, and she also never comes up wet. But when I enter the bathroom and cut the light on, she’ll stare at me for a second, and then jump into the bathtub and watch me from the sliver of space in between the shower curtain and the wall. All I can see is just one cat eye completely fixated on me for about 20 minutes until I finish getting ready. I have no idea what she’s doing.
Scott, who has had Bella for about four years, has never seen this. I’ve been living with this cat for about four months, and I see it around three or four times a week (the staring from behind the shower curtain happens EVERY day, though).
I had been telling Scott about this for a while, and since he had still never caught her doing this, I started feeling that I sounded crazy. I tried sneaking up on her and taking a picture a few times, but she always jumped down before the camera could capture it. I’d peek around the door and then rush to get Scott to look, but she was always gone when we got back.
FINALLY, I captured this:
I still can’t figure out what the hell she’s doing, though.
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Commute from HELL.
Here’s a list of everything that went wrong with my morning commute today:
- I walked outside to find my car was covered in ice, and my ice scraper, which is always in the way when I don’t need it, was nowhere to be found. I ended up having to clear my windows with a towel while I was pretty sure the construction workers across the street were laughing at me.
- I got stuck behind a school bus which made SIX stops, each of which was in eyeshot of the last one. Can’t these kids consolidate?! (Not into one stop, into one kid. I’m pretty sure they’re all interchangeable.)
- Next I got stuck behind the most cautious driver of all time who had to stop and look both ways about five times before progressing through a green light, and also drove at 20 mph in a 35 mph zone.
- Got stuck behind another person who would NOT go through a left turn light when it turned yellow. They had JUST gotten to the light and it stayed yellow for like 6 seconds, but they wouldn’t budge.
- Had to sit on the side of the road for a few minutes while an ambulance tried to maneuver through the traffic, which was being difficult. I don’t think people realize that sitting there absent-mindedly and making no attempts to move while there’s an AMBULANCE trying to get around them doesn’t help anybody. Especially the person for whom the ambulance is for.
- Hit every red light.
- Traffic was ridiculous.
I’m proud of myself for not getting as irritated as I normally would in this situation, but GAHHH. I also considered not posting this because it’s just one giant complaint, but sometimes it’s just more fun to be irritated than to try to find the positive in things, amirite?
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I started my own personal happiness project a few months ago, and although my posts about nice moments have been few and far between, outside of the Internet it has been working pretty well! I also just found this really neat website, which I feel is worth checking out:
http://www.happinessprojecttoolbox.com/
And today’s nice moment: I think I’ve finally decided on what to do regarding something major in my life, and I’m starting to take baby steps to make this happen. I’m really excited, and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes! No details just yet, but it’s education-related (had to throw that in because I know some people get weird ideas).
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I am always thankful for:
- My loving family.
- My wonderful husband, who woke up at 9:00 am to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with me.
- My amazing friends, and all of the great times we’ve had.
- My sweet puppy, Sam.
- My sweet kitties, Stephanie and Bella.
- The opportunity I’ve had to get such a great education, and finally graduating.
- My great job, which allows me to work with awesome people in a great atmosphere.
- My really cool new apartment with the best view ever.
- Charlie Brown.
- Popsicles with jokes on the stick.
- Google Reader.
- Paul Simon.
- Basketball.
- This slow loris getting tickled.
I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
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Question of the Day, no. 3
QUESTION:
What do you keep in a safe place?
ANSWER:
I have a teddy bear that was given to me the day I was born by my grandparents that I’ve kept very close to me my whole life. This bear has gone everywhere with me, even to Israel! (NOTE: I don’t take this bear with me EVERYWHERE. I’m not THAT weird.) I keep him high up on a shelf in my closet so my cats can’t get to him, but he’s still visible. I’d be seriously upset if something happened to this bear – he’s like my Linus blanket.
I also have several boxes of scraps and things from the past few years that I’ve compulsively saved, such as ticket stubs, brochures, greeting cards, fortune cookie fortunes, etc. I’ve been meaning to put them into albums or make scrapbooks something instead of just having a jumbled mess in some boxes, but I’m so lazy. They’re really fun to go through every now and then.
I appear to be safely hiding some dust bunnies under my bed as well.
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Question of the Day, no. 2
QUESTION:
What is an aspect of your personality that your new friends would be puzzled by, that your old friends would understand right away?
ANSWER:
I have no filter when I talk. I’ll say anything that pops into my head, regardless of whether or not it has anything to do with the conversation. It’s why I usually remain quiet around people who I don’t know well (and also because I’m painfully shy, which is another thing), because I’m scared I’m going to start rambling or say something weird or dumb (or both).
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Pictures of things.
Like I mentioned a few days ago, I got a new camera for my birthday that I’m pretty much obsessed with, so I’ve been taking a ton of pictures that I’ve got to put somewhere. And somewhere looks like it’s going to be HERE (and probably Flickr).
This is the most poignant picture of some chicken nuggets that you will ever see.
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Question of the Day, no. 1
QUESTION:
When did you suddenly feel very much closer to someone you’ve known for a while, and why?
ANSWER:
Who?: My cousin Kate.
When?: The days surrounding mine and Scott’s wedding.
Why?: It was a very personal and emotional time for me, and I was thankful for her to have me there for me as my maid of honor, my family, and my friend. We were together a LOT for those few days while we were trying to prepare everything for the wedding, so we had plenty of time to do some good ol’ fashioned bonding. She’s the main reason as to why I was so relaxed during the whole thing because she’s always so sweet and funny, and anytime anything started to stress me out she was always there to make me laugh.
First and foremost, this time was about me and Scott and coming together as a family, but I think that bonding with Kate was the secondary event that made these few days so awesome for me. We had so much fun together, and I really wish that I could see her more often.
Also, her poop story kind of made my life.
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I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but I had a happy birthday!!
Scott gave me my present a few days BEFORE my birthday, and it was because HE couldn’t handle the anticipation. And it don’t blame him because it was an AWESOME CAMERA! Here’s a picture I found on the Internet of it:
This camera is so awesome that I'm jealous of myself.
And here are some pictures that I’ve taken with it:
My actual birthday was pretty awesome as well, despite the remnants of a hurricane passing through and a lunchtime trip to Costco.
Reasons as to why it was awesome:
a.) We ate at Cheesecake Factory for dinner! Well, the food wasn’t that great, but it’s all about the company.
b.) I download the Geocaching app onto my iPhone, as well as a turkey call app (which is gold).
c.) Scott sent me pretty flowers at work!:
And the festivities didn’t end there! On Friday night, Scott and I went out to dinner with Britney and Bryan, and the restaurant we were at happened to be playing the UNCG/Duke basketball game, which was UNBEARABLE. NOT a birthday treat. I think the final score was 62 to 96.
We also saw “Men Who Stare at Goats,” which was pretty “eh.” Well, there was this one part near the beginning which made me laugh and laugh, but I can’t remember the exact quote and it sounds pretty dumb out of context. Cool story, right?
And to round out the week, on Saturday I went to my friend Cassie’s wedding! It was very lovely and I had a lot of fun. Here’s me and my mom looking foxy at the reception:
In summary: good birthday week! Here’s to 23 being better than all the rest!
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