Day: October 19, 2022

10/19 Invasion of the Couch Thieves

It’s been getting into freezing temperatures the past couple nights, so I’ve been trying to round up my animals from outside. Failing finding them (you try finding dark-colored cats in the Louisiana bush after dark), I’ve set up a few crates that will serve as shelters if they come back after I’ve fallen asleep.

That said, Penelope has shown to be rather dedicated to being an indoor cat, up to and including stealing my seat on the couch.

How does one so tiny claim so much space, I vex hypocritically.

Of course, Korra doesn’t want to be outdone by the cat, so upon trying to sit down at the other seat, I find this:

Just why, dammit.

So, it’s back to my desk chair, I guess. If Apollo ever gets inside, he’ll try to take that one, and then I’ll be seatless.

Stay safe out there, readers. Gonna try getting the cat twins in the house for their own good.

-JB Swift

10/19 Back to the Route and Tablet Headaches

In what appears to be an ongoing theme, my Murphionic Field struck again.

I returned to the mail route today after several days of being at home and minding my family. I had fully expected to be back in the routine of gallumphing down the walking path until the lunch break, where I would sit in the back of the Promaster, side door open to let in sunlight and air, and whittle away at my stories like a proper nerd.

Only to discover that I never put the tablet on the charger.

sigh…

But the phone has Microsoft Word as an app, and my subscription is up to date so I can ‘type’ while looking to the world like any other millennial who is obsessed with their phone.

I can’t have multiple tabs open and that bothers me way more than it should.

But at least I’m making progress! Via the phone, I can get somewhere near 350 words in a half-hour lunch. So long as I accept that I will eventually be in front of a computer and able to fix all of the autocorrects.

Stay safe out there, readers!

-JB Swift