New Weird

[BugBear]

Merry Christmas to you both (and Happy Holidays to all)! And a safe and happy new year as well.

The couch produced a small stocking while I was sitting and flipping through old RPG discussions. Very festive.

[Dina]

Ah, lovely, lovely RPG.

The sofa did not give me anything lately but I have the suspicion it is planning something.

[Regenbogen]

Happy new year everyone!

[Dina]

Thank you! I hope everyone had a happy Day.
Today (January 1st) I visited my cousin and I was very pleased to spend some time with their cat. He is a very sweet orange one.

[BugBear]

Oh. It's 2025. We're closer to mankind's final invention than we are to the point flip phones stopped being cool. That's not possible, it's impossible to blink for that long.

Happy New Year, Weird. It just now really clicked instead of being a reflexive grunt brought about by cool weather.

I would also like a cat, right now. Maybe I can go purr-suede the sofa.

[Spot]

Hello Weird! It's been a while since I was here last. I didn't forget you guys, it's just that life took over. I had to pretend to be a grown adult while I was away. Let me tell you, it wasn't fun.


The biggest changes that folks who've been here might know:

• Spotlette is now 11! She's a fantastic student and gets A+s on everything (except Music, which is a solid A, no +s in sight). She's also been dancing her heart out in ballet and has actually performed on stage for about 4 years now.
• My lovely senior cat, Mocha, aka The Queen of the Known Universe, has crossed the rainbow bridge a few weeks ago. She was a ripe old 18 years of age, and was in kidney failure for the last 2-3 months. She also had heart issues along with severe hip and back leg problems due to arthritis. My poor little sweetheart. We tried to keep her comfortable towards the end, but the last couple of days with her broke my heart. She passed away held in my arms, with Spotlette and Mr. Spot holding a paw each.
• A year and half ago, our neighborhood indoor/outdoor cat had kittens and we adopted one from the litterL Cinder. she's a gray tabby mix with some maine coon in her, as well as a bit of an orange cat gene (aka I've met rocks smarter than her). She's a feisty, spicy, and super mischievous little cat now. Since her mom stopped nursing her around 8 weeks, she loves nursing on her hoomins for comfort. She absolutely adored Mocha (although they used to fight a lot) and it was difficult to get her to start eating and playing again after Mocha passed.
• I'm still a workaholic, but following a serious health issue in 2020, I have started limiting my workdays to 8 hours.

[Regenbogen]

Oh. It's 2025. We're closer to mankind's final invention than we are to the point flip phones stopped being cool. That's not possible, it's impossible to blink for that long.

Happy New Year, Weird. It just now really clicked instead of being a reflexive grunt brought about by cool weather.

I would also like a cat, right now. Maybe I can go purr-suede the sofa.

I am sure there are many kittens in the sofa. All the cats always loved it.
Take two, so you can have fun watching them ply together.

Our 3 cats didn't leave the tree alone, so we removed the decorations soon after Christmas.
They were ok during the new year fireworks. I was at work doing the nightshift. We asked security to open the roof for us. It's the 14th floor. Very cool view over the whole city.
But a lot of people were hurt that night. So the emergengy room was always full. A lot of bleeding people means a lot of work for us, too.
But we still got the 10 minutes on the roof at midnight. And we had some food prepared.
It was a great experience. But next year it will be someone else's turn to work that night.

[Regenbogen]

Hi, Spot!

It seems you posted while I was still writing, lol.

Condolences on Mocha's passing. Our old Bella was the same in 2023. She died in our bed between us. We have 3 voids now, born by the cat of my husband's colleague. 1,5 years old. Sweet little destroyers.

Your daughter is fantastic. Such good grades and also a dancer. Go, child, go!

My kids are quite lazy now. But we all are during Christmas holidays, lol. One needs to relax after all the action. And outside it is dark so soon, one wants to cuddle under a blanket and read a book or watch TV.

We will watch the Dr Who Christmas special today. Maybe Micro will join us, but Mini will for sure.