Odds/Ends

Wow! It's been a while; I need to get caught up. First, I bought Piper a harness and leash (she has a breakaway collar, hence the harness). She is always looking out the window, so I thought she would like being outside. I was half-right. First, I bought the wrong size of harness, so I wound up attaching the leash to her collar anyway. I carried her outside, which startled a pigeon, which caused her to bolt inside. At least I know breakaway collars really work. The next day though, she totally bolted outside the front door after I took the garbage out. She made it all the way across the porch to the neighbor's before running back inside the apartment. Today I tried taking her out on the balcony again (without the leash, since she goes into death rolls on it)and she actually walked around for a minute before heading back inside.

Since my previous basil plant died under mysterious circumstances while I was in Utah, I bought another one. I haven't planted it yet, but it is still alive after a week. I'll try to plant it tomorrow. I've been able to resurrect the Zinnias and one of the Indian paintbrushes. Today it looks like the unknown plant is also rebounding. I'd given up on the rest of the plants, so now I'm wondering if maybe I should hold off on ripping them out for a while.

I've got a part-time job for the summer. It's organizing and cataloging a professor's library. I'm trying to play it cool, but secretly I am giddy. I am being paid (well) to organizing and catalog books! It's pretty awesome. Okay, it's really awesome.

What else? Let's see. I've worn Paul down on the second kitty front and found the most adorable orange stripy kitten to adopt. Now I just need to call the landlord and see if two cats is permitted. I'm trying not to get my hopes up and to get my courage up.

I think that's all for now.