Cats: December 2008 Archives

Welcome to the new member of our household! She is Siamese, born in the middle of October, and is very cute and cuddly, and very pleased to meet new people. At the moment, Coco is not impressed, so it is not likely that we will get a photo of the two of them in the same space for a little while.

She is the daughter of the late Eugene and Tatiana, who I have written about before,  and while I am contemplating Mischa as a name, we are letting a few days go past before we finally settle on one. Guiness, Sable, Pippin and Mali are also on the list. It's always difficult to choose a name, but we usually find that the passing of a few days will settle the matter for once and for all.

Wishing you and yours a happy New Year.

After a disturbed night, when music would not soothe, and Coco kept getting up and down, five thirty came around at the usual time, but it sure felt like much earlier. I stayed in bed, resolving to get up an hour later, get dressed, and head straight into work, to enjoy breakfast there, rather than at home.

Before I had a chance to get out of bed, my mobile rang, a colleague alerting me to a road accident on the Monash which was sure to result in delayed travel. I went back to bed to catch some extra shuteye, stirring later, with the idea of leaving around nine, and missing the majority of the traffic jams. A check of the vicroads traffic updates, and radio updates before nine and the decision was made to work from home instead.

This is the third day in a row where there have been major disruptions to peak hour traffic. Usually, I travel early enough to avoid most problems, but not today.

The benefit of working from home is that there are less interruptions, but less interaction with work mates. Result, more work done, but less fun... and some frustration as the wireless connection keeps dropping out.

Lunchtime brings on the next of my food challenges after the elimination diet, as possible food suspects gradually get added. The thought of eating plain baker's yeast does not appeal at all. But, surprisingly, I am able to consume half a packet, mixed with half of a large banana. Not so bad, after all. Just not on the list of preferred foods.

At the weekend, all going well, tomato can be added, then next week citrus fruit, chilli and spices and finally varieties of nuts, one at a time.

Coco is very pleased to have someone from her human family at home, but loses patience after a while with not being able to get on a knee.

The street is not quiet, construction noise from the new build two houses down provides a background hum, as the contracters hurry to finish everything off before Christmas.

A trip to our chiller warehouse in the afternoon to inspect some product in -10 degrees C temperature provides an interesting interlude in an otherwise quiet day.

We went shopping on Saturday afternoon, and spent the princely sum of $38 AUD and bought ourselves a web cam, as we'd been meaning to do it for some time... A little time loading software, and less time configuring, a download of skype and away we went.

And what fun, last night to hear the "incoming call" ring, and have Aussie Lass on line, unexpectedly. After the happenings of the weekend, the first live pod cast, with about a hundred people on site at a pub in Paris, and about 50 more people on line, she was in a bubble of excitement about the whole event when we spoke to her last night, nearly two days later. And, she was pretty happy that she and Muffin Man had had the foresight to book a day off for Monday.

Coco the cat was not terribly impressed at being an Internet star, so she decided not to sit on my knee, preferring to sit, just out of reach, making the occasional comment.

G decided that as it was a formal, albeit unscheduled occasion, he would wear a bow tie. On live video streaming, with a hastily erected lamp to provide additional lighting, he looked like a dork. Which is what he intended to do...