Cats, Books, and Blues

The fancy cat door I purchased isn't as useful as I hoped, mainly because the damn cats refuse to use it. I've resorted to placing canned cat food on the outside and letting them cry until I can't take it any more. Today I left the house, and when I came home both cats were outside. Victory might be around the corner.

Feeling a little blue, so this evening I did what always makes me feel better -- I shopped. Made the mistake of shopping at the bookstore, and walked out with $60 in novels. My checking account currently has about $20, and here I am charging novels. The bank is certainly making money off that automatic $1000 overdraft.

The bedroom floor is coming along. I have one spot on it I had to sand and re-touch today. (I thought the floor was dry enough for a second coat of sealer but it wasn't, and all the roller bristles stuck to the floor!) I'll apply more sealer tomorrow, and late next week the stenciling can begin.

Classes start Tuesday. I'm not ready. I should be finishing my calendar and syllabus now, but I'm tired of working.

Planning to throw a party for mid-February. Probably on the 18th. My guest list is HUGE -- over 40 people, mostly academics, relatives, and students -- and my house just can't hold that many. I need to pare it down to about twenty. I wish I knew more uncommitted singles. At present I know exactly one, and I'm tired of always dragging him into things like a pseudo-boyfriend. I want to invite him, but I also want to invite others so we won't look like a couple-in-training. He isn't romantically interested in me, and it isn't fair to him to have people constantly thinking we're together. Plus it's bad for me -- I'm not looking as hard as I should be, because I'm so comfortable with him.

Anyway, throwing a party means I'll have to finally have Merry Maids clean my dreadful house. I'll also have to finish the bedroom floor so I can buy a mattress and move myself back into the bedroom. I'd like better lighting, too.

It's going to be a game party. I haven't figured out all the games, but I do know I want Pit and Fluxx. I want to start with fast card games, and then move into some of the newer strategy games. Maybe that Settlers of Catan everyone is talking about, or Cascarones or Puerto Rico.

I want to make cool invitations out of all those game pieces I've saved. Altered art invitations. They need to go into the mail in two weeks.