meeps

cats in sheet music

big client (who has a bunch of stuff on our schedule the next few days) calls. my boss isn’t in yet so I pick up the call. by the time I’m off the phone, both of my coworkers who are also in the office are standing in my doorway hoping for good news 😅

Coal wasn’t sure how I found him in the Coal Cat Cave. well, my son, you were yelling at greebles in the wall back there and scratching the wall while you yelled, so you made it pretty easy 🤷‍♀️

tfw mom is touching one of your peets and you don’t hate it, actually

getting up a little later than I’d like this morning because I had both cats in my lap and they were helping each other wash that hard to reach spot on the back of their heads 😭🥹

We are being killed by the world's dumbest people.

instead of being off today, I worked remotely in order to get closer to meeting a client deadline. the boys chose to nap in the cat tree a few feet from my desk instead of the one in the bedroom. mom-adjacent, sweet, and cozy after zooming and rassling all morning. 😍

Spaceballs: The Organic Cheddar…Snack (I assume these are just fancy Cheez Balls)

whoops

I tried to listen to this without headphones and after just a few seconds, Coal bit me. he usually reserves that for when he’s feeling ignored or overstimulated, but this was clearly a judgment on the horrible things coming out of my phone

important DC tip: sometimes the escalators in the Metro system are temporarily stairs. if you stand there blocking said stairs and looking lost when people around you are trying to make a train that only comes every 10-11 minutes at rush hour, you should try reading the room (platform)

honestly, mom, it was rude to make the kissy noise at me to get me to look so you could get a good picture of me

it’s been 11 years since Lissy showed up. she was 100% tuxitude from day one. I miss my baby every day, but am so grateful for the nine and a half years we had together…and also maybe a little relieved her brothers don’t have the same diva tendencies 😅

he’s behind me, isn’t he

I gave Coal the pets and belly rubs he demanded, and he immediately went to the cat tree to wash the stink of human off, I guess

Coal is busily pushing me into whatever position he wants me in so he can be most comfortable cuddled against my back, and he’s purring so loudly. kind of like living with a sleek, fuzzy bulldozer, and I wouldn’t change a second of it.

sir, your tail. it’s so poofy. (he and his brother were zooming)

my name is Coal and I just bit my mom’s knee multiple times so she could be really confused about how I could possibly manage to do that 😾

maybe not a freak out, but we still had a high school football game on Friday the 14th (with extra cops) and our marching band tabled the show we’d been working on all summer to play patriotic music in a block while the cheerleaders held the largest American flag they could get in 3 days behind us

I was almost asleep when the cats decided it was an awesome time to stampede across my legs and feet, then start having some sort of argument before puffing their tails and zooming up and down the hall a bunch of times. boys 🙄

"It is estimated that nearly 1,000 representatives from all 12 Anishinaabe Tribal Nations in Michigan came together Monday to stand for the water and against the continued operation of the Line 5 pipeline." This was the group leading the walk. It appears MLive is the only outlet to report on it.

we joke about the space between the bed and the wall (with wonky, tippy headboard for cover) being the Coal Cat Cave. well, I guess this is the Steele Cat Sanctuary now, featuring dirty laundry and some artwork the boys helped me frame this weekend…and a little plastic hedgehog thing

one of Coal’s meows this morning sounded like my dad answering the phone. “yellooooo?” no idea how he did that, but it was pretty funny. of course when I laughed, he whipped his head around and glared at me. Fun Police Jr. is always on patrol.

why does my son look like a Victorian orphan

Apropos of nothing has someone written about the effects on the national psyche when a country’s citizens are being embarrassed every single day for years

the Virginia DMV mailed me a letter to tell me I could renew my license online, but apparently I have to go in person to set up an account to renew online? this is so stupid.

cat? no cat here, just a vampurr bat

@wmata.com the operator of the blue line train to Largo (last car #3282, at Farragut West at 8:29 this morning) is wonderful. very clear, helpful announcements, especially for people who are visiting from out of town, and a smooth ride.

Steele did not scratch my face last night! instead, he attacked my feet. technically, I didn’t ask him not to attack my feet, so…

tfw mom asked politely that you not scratch her face tonight, no matter how badly you would like some attention (he doesn’t do it on purpose; forgets he can retract his claws when he pats my face because I might be a little awake)

like this sailor hasn’t suffered enough already…for fuck’s sake.

you can’t take Dolly Parton and Tim Curry from us in two days without giving us a huge fucking win. there must be balance

Thank you Empire State Building. NYC ❤️ Dolly.

Steele fought with me about using his inhaler, but once he was in my lap, he calmly took his medicine, then enjoyed some Churu with his brother and dozed off on my chest. it’s exhausting letting Mama take care of you, I guess!

Coal wants all of you to know how hard it is to be this handsome and loved. have you ever seen a sadder, more put-upon cat in your life

our Steele is finding his meow more and more often after 16.5 months at home. this morning, he made a series of tiny trilling meows that sounded like a song for me and Coal, then looked at us like “whaaaaat?! why do you look so surprised?”

“I just snuck up on my mom and chomped her leg, and I’ll do it again” -Coal (he will definitely do it again, probably in the next 24 hours)

If you’re old enough to remember when the Republican Party didn’t think we were fucking idiots, it’s time to schedule your colonoscopy and/or funeral

Steele is having trouble staying awake now that Mama is home for snuggles 🥹