The Family Portrait

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Another shot from our anniversary photo shoot.

The Word on Rocky

We finally got all the test results back from the vet. And guess what, NOTHING IS WRONG! Wooohooo! But that's what we thought anyway since Rocky acts like a perfectly healthy and happy cat.

Apparently the vet started to tell Will that we should run a few more tests, but Will said, no, we're done. Because for now, we are. Rocky is not sick, why should we treat him like a sick cat? Crazy, I tell you. We will take him back in a month or two so she can test his glucose levels again and if they are still abnormally low, we'll go from there. I just feel like at this point they are convinced that something is wrong with him and I don't like them approaching my kitty cat's health care with that mentality.

Anyway, we are thrilled that nothing turned up on any of the tests.

The Internet Blues, Perhaps

I've been spending a lot of time on the internet, mostly looking at photos on Flickr and that sort of thing. And oftentimes, instead of feeling more "connected", I end up feeling super disconnected from it all, friends and strangers alike. And that feeling tends to get me down.

I've never been particularly popular or had a lot of friends in real life and my existence on the internet has not been any different. (I've been doing this for EIGHT YEARS folks. Hard to believe, but it's true. I made my first blog post on my pita in March of 2000.) And it's fine, really. Except when it's not fine. And I start wondering why I never seem to fit in anywhere, even when I actually put myself out there. I suppose I'll never understand social networking. Always on the sidelines, that's me.

The thing is, I don't even *like* attention. So what is it that I want?

A little bit of connecting, I guess. Just a little bit.

We recently watched Into The Wild which we really enjoyed and it prompted me to read the book. It's an interesting read and while it doesn't make me want to disappear into the wild, it does make me dream about living in the woods. And being a hermit. Well, not a total hermit. I would take Will and the cats with me.

As much as I enjoy and use technology, sometimes I think life was more simple without all of it.

Ha...as I type away on MY BLOG.

Happy Mother's Day!

My mom on her honeymoon, 1969. I actually don't even know where they went...maybe Mexico? I'll have to ask her later.

Hope all the moms out there have a wonderful day.