The Mouse - Part II - The Final Chapter

Remember my little cute as the dickens mouse story from yesterday? After dinner last night, I went into my studio to check my email. That little devil was in there! Well, his blood soaked ribcage and a few tufts of fur were in there, I should say. I’ve never had a cat that actually killed a mouse, because they usually keep them (mostly) alive to play with them. I wondered if Reggi had something to do with it but she would have just wolfed the whole thing down I think. Oh sorry, were you eating? Not any more?

Of course I had to go all CSI about the thing – get my CSI flashlight out and study it. (I’m afraid I’m being serious.) I studied the blood spatter to determine the primary scene of the crime, before the body was moved. I threatened to swab both cats and the dog for DNA samples but Steve and Simon talked me down. This is what happens when you watch CSI three times a week.

And yes, just for a moment, I considered taking a picture. Cooler heads prevailed - it was really just too gross.

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Steve and I just finished watching the NYPD Blue tribute, followed by the final episode. Damn, that Jimmy Smits is one long cool drink of water! Bobby and Diane were my favorite characters on that show, but I started sniffling long before they showed some of their scenes. Barely shed a tear at the final episode, I think, because most of the big changes had already happened. But I sure do like nice tidy, happy endings.

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I'm taking Friday off as a vacation day - just to catch up on stuff mostly. I'm working at the store all day Saturday so at least this way I'll feel like I have a weekend, of sorts. Today I was looking at the spreadsheet (what else?) where I keep track of my vacation/personal days. I always make a short note of what the day was for, just to jog my memory if I ever need to know or compare to the official company records. So far I've noted a "catch-up" day in January, one in February and now one in March. At this rate, I'll use up 12 vacation days in no time flat! I won't really do it that way, but it was noticeable that I've done that so far this year. I'm taking off my birthday (March 11 - mark your calendars!), a couple of days in May for the National Stationery Show, a day around the 4th of July, the week of Thanksgiving and I think that's all I have scheduled for now. That is a very good thing about where I work - that stuff is very flexible. As long as things are covered, we can take days off pretty much last minute.

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One thing I intend to make time for this weekend is to jazz up this page a little bit. Mom and Ann have already put their two cents in! I am learning something new everyday about how this all works. It's pretty fun!