Slough of Despond...

[catherineldf]

and its aftermath.
Since Friday morning, I've survived the following in addition to previously mentioned events:

• 2 somewhat surreal phone interviews for one job. Apparently a live one is looming, but as yet unscheduled. Still not totally clear on what the job entails, other than it's QA and it's pure chaos, which would be my norm.
• Overtime, worked directly after the impromptu kitty funeral. More useful than you might think, but not fun.
• Got hooked on True Blood or at least the first 4 episodes. Wow, this is much more interesting than I remember the Harris series being! Though in all fairness, I've only read one or two of the books. Looking forward to the rest of Season 1.
• Read Affinity, Flora's Dare and another book I've forgotten the title of. The Waters was good but dreary, the Wilce was good fun though there should be more Dainty Pirate and the preteen romance elements seem a bit sudden, but perhaps that's just me.
• Finished my guest blog posting for "Oh, Get a Grip!" I'll post when it goes live.
• Wrote a short essay that I'm not sure what to do with.
• Developed a weird fever that knocked me on my butt for 24 hours, then vanished.

I'm skipping the more emotionally fraught moments as well as the workaday ones. This is the first time we've been without at least one cat in 15 years and I'm not enjoying it all. We will fix this sometime in the nearish future but still have a lot of house stuff to address first, all of which is easier when you don't have a furry companion who roams free. Sigh.
And thanks again for all the kind words - it's helped tremendously.

Comments

Condolences

[muneraven.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry about your kitty. :-( If only our furry family members had longer lifespans!

I always find Sarah Waters' books dreary but I just love them. Her new one, "The Little Stranger," is particularly dreary but in a good, spooky way. LOL. What can I say? Sometimes I really like books that take me someplace really, really dark, decaying, and creepy. I always liked the Mines of Moria part of the LotRs, too.

Thanks for saying you like "True Blood." We have been thinking about watching it, and now will give it a try.

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

Grief like this complicates everything, and it's so tricky because you never know when someone is going to be a total ass about it, and be dismissive, so you keep it a sort of secret.

Or at least that's what I do. Obviously ymmv. I hope the interviews become fruitful and less weird.

[sacchig.livejournal.com]

Keeping up with wishing for all the best, whatever that may be. And be good to yourself.

[rrangell.livejournal.com]

My condolences. They are irreplaceable, every one. We went about two years after our old one (almost 20) died, most of the time was waiting in line for another Russian Blue from a local breeder. I got used to not having mild allergic reactions all the time, and being able to go away for weeks without having to schedule help. That was quite the luxury, but we really missed having a furry bit of chaos around. We ended up getting two brothers, and they keep each other company, and us amused. We find that works slightly better than having two. So watch out!

The first season of True Blood is better than the book, if only because they adapted the story line for the screen. Allan Ball did a very good job of it. We're salivating for season two.

[queenofillusion.livejournal.com]

I've read all the Sookie books and was worried I wouldn't like the series because of that...but I love it. :) Its not quite the same, of course, but so good in its own right. Bill Compton...not how I pictured him, but he grew on me. And I love Tara, though if I really knew her she'd probably drive me round the bend every now and then, though the one who really bugs me is Jason Stackhouse. He's just as in the books, but what horndog. Geesh.

Take care!

Veronica

[queenofillusion.livejournal.com]

Must be hard not having kitty around. Will you go to the humane society when you decide to adopt?

Veronica

Re: Condolences

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thanks, re: the kitty. Yeah, I definitely know what you mean. Not that she didn't have a good run, but it's still painful. :-(

I liked "Tipping the Velvet" quite a bit. And as far as dreariness goes, I adored Donoghue's "Slammerkin," so I suppose I can't complain too much. :-)

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thank you! How are you doing?

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Thank you! We used to have 2 cats, who promptly separated themselves into "hers" and "mine" and we may go that route again. Little too soon to seriously consider but I'm guessing that we'll be looking into adoption a few months down the road. Thanks for the thought on litter mates.

Re: "True Blood" - I'm remembering the first book as pleasant but forgettable. I think the series seems to be taking advantage of a more panoramic view of the various characters and that makes all the difference. I'll have to check out the rest of Season 1.

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

You know, we were twitching about Jason through the first few episodes, until we got to #4. The main reason you keep a character like Jason around is to do terrible things to him, clearly. :-)