October

Tomorrow is the start of a new month, the month that is usually my favorite month. It's when all the spooky fun stuff happens. I want to experience that. Hopefully we can find a lot of horror movies to watch. We'll put up our decorations and I'll get to enjoy those again.

I need to remember that last year October also had some nasty surprises for me. Those could repeat again this year so I'll be on the lookout for them. Still, September was so sucky this year that I really need a good, fun October. I really do.

Lucky

Today was a lucky day for us. My roommate happened to notice that the tire was low and we got it to the shop before it went completely flat. I am so very glad we didn't end up on the side of the road trying to change a tire as traffic flowed by. 

Outside of that, the day was pretty good. My roommate found something fun and new for me at the store. I got to  talk to my step-mom. Overall, not a bad day. We're just very lucky he is as observant as he is.

Sick Kitty

Along with the issues we had with Little Spot, our indoor cat Machen was also acting ill. My roommate took him to the vet and he's got meds now. It's taken a few days, but he's starting to act like his usual self. 

After what happened with the outdoor kitty, we were afraid we would lose this one as well. I'm glad we haven't. I love him a great deal. I loved Little Spot too though. It still hurts that  he's gone. 

A Hard Day

There are several feral cats in our neighborhood. If anyone could have tamed them, it would be my roommate, but these cats are just too wild to ever really be comfortable around humans. Despite this, we still watched them, did what we could for them, and loved them.

Today one of them died. It really breaks my heart that this happened. I would have given anything to be able to take him inside and protect him, but he wouldn't even come near us, much less let us hold him or bring him in the house.

Still, he was a beautiful kitty. He was orange and had orange eyes. He was tiny and he had a lighter spot on his back. For lack of any other way to name him, I just called him Little Spot. 

So goodbye, Little Spot. You may not realize it, but you were loved. You were noticed and adored. I hope your next life is longer, better, and full of good things. 

Quiet

Outside of a plumbing issue that will hopefully be fixed at some point this week, our weekend was quiet. I watched some stuff and wrote back comments to comments that I got on my fics. 

It's supposed to get hotter this week. I'm not happy about it but hopefully it will be the last blip of summer before we go into the cooler weather.  

Sinus Issues

My sinuses are a mess right now. My throat is mostly raw feeling and I'm staying blurry eyed. I'm really tired, though I'm not sure if that's from my allergies or the shot. It's worse than it usually is during shot day, so I think it's the allergies as well.

Outside of that, it's been okay. The weather has been good and everything has been quiet. 

 

Good Weekend

It was so nice all weekend. I only had to run one fan, and I could sleep under a blanket. Bliss! I know it's going to get hot again (even back into the 90s), but at least we got a couple of days where things were lovely.

A project I worked on all summer finally happened. The Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang revealed its collection for 2024. Basically the idea is that you are paired up with an artist and you write a story based on their art work. I had a really fun time with it this year. It's one of my favorite events.

Anyway, that,good food, and good talks with friends made for a very grand weekend. I'm ending it being pretty happy.

Cool Days

It's been cooler the last few days and that's helped to improve my mood quite a lot. It's nice not to hear the constant roar of many fans happening at once. I just have my smallest, quietest fan on at the moment. It's peaceful.

We accomplished quite a few things in the last few days as well. We paid bills and celebrated my roommate's birthday. We made some plans for what will be going on during the rest of Fall. 

GRRM posted in his Livejournal about the first two episodes of the second season of House of the Dragon. He criticized it a lot and has sense deleted the post. Apparently he gave away some spoilers for what would happen in future seasons. It probably wasn't the wisest decision on his part.