DISQUS

Mark and Deb--

I'm so sorry to hear that Greenbean died. She was a beautiful kitty and seemed to have a calm presence about her, unlike our neurotic ones. I remember how she liked to get pulled around in that box in your living room. These fuzzy ones do get under your skin, and to lose yours when you were away from her really sucks. I hope she didn't suffer, and that you both don't suffer much without her.

Yep, teaching of any kind _is_really draining. I still miss it, though.

Happy b-day, Deb! Did you get your peanut butter?

Yeah, I agree that familiarity is a funny thing.

I didn't get it until I asked Chris, but I knew it must be dirty. I never know this stuff.

Word. I hate my password protected blog, and also have a variety of inhibitions about posting. That + no time because of Ella = no posts, let alone no juicy or clever posts. Probably no loss to the blogosphere, though.

Ha! Where's the pic, though?

Yeah, but at least you get to use the words "catch a train to France" to describe your life. I use "stuck in traffic on the Parkway for 45 minutes" because some jerk called in a bomb threat that closed both Ft. Pitt and Squirrel Hill tunnels yesterday.

That sucks. They suck. Lawyers suck.

For all of my life but the past 1+ year, I would have chosen cats, in any form, over babies hands down. And still, even after having Ella, if someone presented me with a strange baby and a strange cat, I'll go to the baby out of a sense of propriety, but it will be the cat I'm really after.

Cool. Is Deb coming, too? It would be great if we could hang out and you two could meet Ella.

Damn! You must be have earned preferred customer status or something.