sleeping in on the day after thanksgiving means getting up at 9am. i stay in bed until my body starts to ache (that happen to anyone else?) and my mind wills me awake with its bothersome whirring.

today will be a day of hanging out on the fuzzy purple couch with cats, of warm blankets wrapped and of sneak peeks in to see what my darling husband is doing work wise (lately there has not been a break for that one.) i need to make him a delicious breakfast to help him get started, to fuel that beautiful brain, to spark those synaps so the work will be done right fast, and i will have my boy back with me on the couch.

it is raining today, and quite cold. i am thinking we may have to turn on the heat this weekend - or i could just unwrap for a few moments and dodge around to the windows left open for cats. oops. that is a plan, surely.

freyja fell off the cat porch a few days ago - 15ft down to concrete. somewhere on the way down she got a nasty little egg above her good eye (could have been blind in both, cat.) the swelling lessens everyday, and we certainly have a lookout - but i still feel horrible about it happening in the first place. we are good cat parents, and sometimes you have to let the kitties go/grow/explore and sometimes that entails a few bumps. *sigh* little rascals.

i am a bit nervous about flying to Austin on Monday - always interesting to go to a new town and explore, but more fun with partners in crime, no? i still like the idea of me traveling all professional like and bringing home the proverbial bacon/ribs/bbq too my tt. next year i go to baltimore and alaska - and a surprise ni3ls3n trip likely to some unpopular and yet to be announced mid-west city.

am archivist, will travel.

tt and i have been discussing anti-anxiety medications as of late (yes, i do refuse to call them meds... ack) - but this time not for me.