I'm staying at Janet's place until she gets home from the hospital. I get to take care of Wolf (the one on the left) and drink her tasty coffee. Janet and I seem to have similar living requirements - tidy place, good lighting, comfy bed, warm shower - so it's a pleasure to be here.
Because I work about 6 miles from Janet's, she and I figured this would be an easy way for me to help her out while she's away. I get a nice ~15 minute walk in the morning with the dog and a shorter commute. She gets to know that someone is in her house, taking care of things (well, not answering the phone, but all the rest!).
I miss my housemates, but this is like a little vacation for everyone. A change of scenery never hurts! (Not to imply that we don't get along or anything like that, but it's nice to be somewhere off by myself sometimes.)
Wolf is good company. I didn't shut the bedroom door last night and while he didn't sleep on the bed with me, he did stop in to see if I was going to get up (I didn't until I was ready). Somehow his paws on the carpet sounded more like a person walking into the room, but I quickly realized it was Wolf and went back to sleep.
Did I mention Janet's coffee maker? Do you think it would be wrong if we eloped? Yeah? Me too. Sad!
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In other news, I still love my job. I'm getting tons of things documented and straightened out. And modifying Java, Perl and SQL too. It's a great mix of things for me to be doing. I really like the people there too. Good bunch.
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Halloween was a lot of fun. We ended up hosting a party. I'll have to upload some pictures to Flickr sometime. Maybe this weekend.
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Dad and Cathy are in town. We had tasty Italian food last night and are going out somewhere tonight too. *makes a note to go the bank before dinner* Tomorrow morning, we're going to celebrate Dad's 75th birthday with brunch and a cake.
