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my boys in the morning We had a hard time falling asleep last night, so for a change of scenery, we set up camp on the L-shaped sofa in the living room around 2am. Being the less tall, more considerate one, I took the short end of the couch and woke up bent out of shape having slept all crookedly. For a disoriented moment, I became sad thinking about the cats, who like to sleep on opposite corners of the bed like stuffed gargoyles. But then I looked over and saw Monkey lounging at Chris’s feet and found Mittens with arms outstretched, holding down the comforter. The human bean* was asleep. *human bean: first discovered while reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG, though I should point out that the people in ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ from Studio Ghibli were also referred to as ‘human beans.’

my boys in the morning

We had a hard time falling asleep last night, so for a change of scenery, we set up camp on the L-shaped sofa in the living room around 2am. Being the less tall, more considerate one, I took the short end of the couch and woke up bent out of shape having slept all crookedly. For a disoriented moment, I became sad thinking about the cats, who like to sleep on opposite corners of the bed like stuffed gargoyles. But then I looked over and saw Monkey lounging at Chris’s feet and found Mittens with arms outstretched, holding down the comforter. The human bean* was asleep.

*human bean: first discovered while reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG, though I should point out that the people in ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ from Studio Ghibli were also referred to as ‘human beans.’

sunday morning at soraya’s Ever have one of those weeks where you wonder if you’ll survive to see the next one? Not to be dramatic (ok, just a little) but last week was less awesome than usual. But today begins a new week and I am happy to report that Mittens is the second most adaptable creature on the planet right after yours truly.

sunday morning at soraya’s

Ever have one of those weeks where you wonder if you’ll survive to see the next one? Not to be dramatic (ok, just a little) but last week was less awesome than usual.

But today begins a new week and I am happy to report that Mittens is the second most adaptable creature on the planet right after yours truly.

hello, mittens! Spending the last day of my NEXTPEDITION trip with my Foodspotting coworkers in San Francisco. It would be so easy to stay here and move out of New York if it weren’t for this furball… Check out the quick video I made of me surprising the team at the office! Photo taken last week while home in New York.

hello, mittens!

Spending the last day of my NEXTPEDITION trip with my Foodspotting coworkers in San Francisco. It would be so easy to stay here and move out of New York if it weren’t for this furball…

Check out the quick video I made of me surprising the team at the office!

Photo taken last week while home in New York.

sleeping in I believe I am meeting Kat for Filipino brunch at Maharlika in an hour, but she hasn’t quite confirmed that we have a reservation and isn’t answering when I call or replying to texts. My hope is that she lost her BlackBerry so I can persuade her to get an iPhone… OK, back to bed.

sleeping in

I believe I am meeting Kat for Filipino brunch at Maharlika in an hour, but she hasn’t quite confirmed that we have a reservation and isn’t answering when I call or replying to texts. My hope is that she lost her BlackBerry so I can persuade her to get an iPhone…

OK, back to bed.

To Have, To Have Not I have been looking to adopt a second cat, but the last three kittens I seriously considered either 1) contracted ringworm 2) were adopted before I could apply or 3) is under the jurisdiction of cat Nazis who are so unhelpful, you’d think they were trying to keep rescued kitties from finding homes that want them. But whenever I feel sorry for myself over things I don’t have, I remember what my old college roommate used to say - Think of what you don’t want that you don’t have. For one, I don’t have a crazy cat even though I’ve become a crazy cat lady. Through this weird period of Jason being laid off from work and my on-again off-again feelings of writerly inadequacy, Mittens reminds me that the way things are is not so bad and it’ll be OK if we never get another cat, considering the one we have is pretty great.

To Have, To Have Not

I have been looking to adopt a second cat, but the last three kittens I seriously considered either 1) contracted ringworm 2) were adopted before I could apply or 3) is under the jurisdiction of cat Nazis who are so unhelpful, you’d think they were trying to keep rescued kitties from finding homes that want them.

But whenever I feel sorry for myself over things I don’t have, I remember what my old college roommate used to say - Think of what you don’t want that you don’t have.

For one, I don’t have a crazy cat even though I’ve become a crazy cat lady. Through this weird period of Jason being laid off from work and my on-again off-again feelings of writerly inadequacy, Mittens reminds me that the way things are is not so bad and it’ll be OK if we never get another cat, considering the one we have is pretty great.