After beating myself to a pulp last night (and pulling various joints out of place in my hands and legs) while walking to and from the store, I slept until noon today, got In n’ Out (which is just soooooo good for me), and went to my m-i-l’s favorite thrift shop.Â? Lots of lovely clothes — if only I was built normally and not like my dad.Â? They had some truly hideous things which my m-i-l had me try on for fun.Â? (The most interesting: the ankle-length leather skirt — I think the leather looked better on the cow.)

Now that I’ve worked the tension out of my in-laws’ whalebone tabby, I’m going to go swim.Â? Oh yes… my in-laws’ tabby patch cat decided to attack my hair as I was sitting up from petting her.Â? Tabby patches are all the same!

(Speaking of such things, I called my cat sitter in Montana for a “neurotic mommy update” and my monsters are doing fine.)

I’m in my homeland with my parents for a couple days before I head to the depths of Hell southern California.Â? Currently, my parents’ network hates my laptop, so I’m hijacking the network computer to post.Â? 🙂

The drive was LONG.Â? Two days of 12+ hours on the road including bathroom breaks and such.Â? Reno was a nightmare — my first CITY driving in for-freaking-ever and the sun was in my eyes so I was almost completely blind.Â? I mostly read and let Jon drive though I did do about 3 hours of driving on Sunday and about 5 yesterday.Â? (Astigmatism is a pain when you have to drive at night.)Â? I also think Nevada is the only state that makes North Dakota look remotely interesting — I saw hints of green in Nevada.Â? No such luck in ND last year!!!!!!!!!!!

I have three cats at my disposal at the moment,., all of whom are out killing things.Â? I did have a tabby this morning at 5 am… after I shanghai’ed him from the hall, put him on the bed, and told him to sit down/shut up/purr.Â? He did and his motor skills are spectacular.Â? His brother is a big gray tummy who also went nose-to-nose with me last night.Â? HIS MAJESTY is chill with me and gave me a tour of his yard before settling down and letting me pet him.Â? (He has an owie on his head — apparently, he had an abcess and had to have it drained, so part of the top of his head is shaved and my parents have to pill him twice a day.Â? He purred for me and it sounded like a jet engine taking off.

I’ll probably do the Santa Cruz thing tomorrow and this afternoon, I’m shaving my head.Â? 🙂