Staff Meeting Doodle
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Day: August 27, 2007
Eclipse Watch 2007
There is going to be a total lunar eclipse Tuesday morning. The entire eclipse will be viewable–weather permitting, naturally–across most of the US, Canada, and Latin America, and in Asia and Australia. If you are local, it should occur ass early on Tuesday morning, right before sunrise. Sunrise will cut off the end of the eclipse for us. (Damn, but I have trouble figuring out these stupid charts!)
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Petsitting
La Roux has gone home, and this is the final day of cat sitting. As much as I like getting to hang out with other folks’ critters, I will be glad to be done with pet sitting. I have another cat sitting job coming up in a couple of weeks, and it’s a long one, so I’m going to be selfish and enjoy having no responsibilities except to care for my own animals.
Something else I was reminded of, while puppy sitting. La Roux is just about as perfect as a puppy could be. She didn’t have a single accident, she was calm but playful, she was attentive, she has a soft temperament and is submissive toward people and other dogs. She’s really a dream puppy. But, she is a puppy. I put a lot of time and effort into working with Harriet, and she and I are (usually) a pretty seamless team. I don’t have to stop and think about how to read her, because it’s second nature, and she has learned to understand my subconscious signals, as well. It takes time to develop that sort of bond, and I’m definitely not up for the challenge of starting over from scratch. At least, not right now.
Flakey
The students are back. Woe is me. Fighting the waves of barbarian hordes at Target on the Friday before classes start is a Very Bad Idea. On the plus side, I found a mixed nuts variety I actually like (pistachio, almond, walnut, hazelnut, pecan, and peanut, but no disgusting Brazil nuts!). On the minus side, I forgot fish food, so I had to go back and do it all over again on Saturday. On that trip, I remembered to pick up butter, but guess what I forgot? So I get to go to Target yet again. Hopefully, I’ll remember fish food this time! It’s a good thing the aquarium kit I bought had a trial package of TetraMin flakes.
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