Living under the cat's paw...
Jun. 8th, 2008 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zcat_abroadSee that innocent little cat in the icon? She is the bossiest cat in the entire universe. So yesterday, being Saturday, we were slow to get going in the morning. In fact, it may have been after mid-day when I was disturbed from my reading by a plaintive mew. Now, Mynx doesn't meow much during the day, she reserves that for night-time, to get her silly humans up because it's play time, or drink time, or someone needs to pat her while she eats... I have no need for children - I have a cat.
So I went looking for the source of the mew, and there she was sitting, much as she is in the picture, all bunched up in the doorway to the bedroom, with a considerable amount of grump in her ears. She sat there and scowled at me, until I called![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zcatcurious and said "I think she wants her dressing gown".
Sure enough, when he took of his dressing gown, placed it at the end of the bed, and arranged it properly, she poked her head up one side of the bed, saw all was ready for her ladyship, trotted under the bed, jumped up, and settled herself down, with loud purrs for her good, obedient humans.
Nice to know we get things right sometimes.
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In other news, many thanks to all who supplied suggestions of websites for places to stay in England. We finally managed to pull together an application (or rather, two) for our trip at the end of the year, with the OMG-how-much-did-you-say?!?! cost of accomodation attached. Will actually do the bookings later, but soonish.
My supervisor andstonedsamurai from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
dissertators both suggested staying in Cambridge and commuting to London. Which looks good, as it means that day-trips to Ely will be easier to address. Anyone know how long it would take from Cambridge to Winchester? I need to see a couple of locations around there - Wilton (I know the nunnery no longer exists) Nunnaminster (also not sure if there's anything to see), and Romsey.
The university term has finished, my students have their exam in two weeks time, and then I have no teaching planned for the next 12 months. That's right, one year in which to complete all the writing (and a large part of the thinking) for my thesis. At least that's the plan. That's why the trip is planned for then, so I can gather the info, and finish writing by next June. This is all a bit scary, but also rather exciting. All I need now is to keep motivated. And for that, I now have both supervisors cracking the whip...
It's turned dark and windy outside, and Mynx is going psycho, dashing across the clearing, two meters up a kauri tree, then dropping back to earth and repeating the same in another direction. Winter is truly upon us, most of the trees have lost their leaves, and my new winter coat, which I'll post photos of soon, is proving to be perfect.
Oh, and the perfect drink to accompany winter? Starbucks Tazo Chai teabags. The best chai I've tasted outside of India, with plenty of ginger, and real black tea! (The number of 'chai' teabags for sale which contain no actual tea continues to amaze me. What does the word mean, folks?) Have it good and strong, with plenty of milk, and it really warms you up from the inside.
So I went looking for the source of the mew, and there she was sitting, much as she is in the picture, all bunched up in the doorway to the bedroom, with a considerable amount of grump in her ears. She sat there and scowled at me, until I called
zcatcurious and said "I think she wants her dressing gown".Sure enough, when he took of his dressing gown, placed it at the end of the bed, and arranged it properly, she poked her head up one side of the bed, saw all was ready for her ladyship, trotted under the bed, jumped up, and settled herself down, with loud purrs for her good, obedient humans.
Nice to know we get things right sometimes.
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In other news, many thanks to all who supplied suggestions of websites for places to stay in England. We finally managed to pull together an application (or rather, two) for our trip at the end of the year, with the OMG-how-much-did-you-say?!?! cost of accomodation attached. Will actually do the bookings later, but soonish.
My supervisor and
stonedsamurai from dissertators both suggested staying in Cambridge and commuting to London. Which looks good, as it means that day-trips to Ely will be easier to address. Anyone know how long it would take from Cambridge to Winchester? I need to see a couple of locations around there - Wilton (I know the nunnery no longer exists) Nunnaminster (also not sure if there's anything to see), and Romsey.The university term has finished, my students have their exam in two weeks time, and then I have no teaching planned for the next 12 months. That's right, one year in which to complete all the writing (and a large part of the thinking) for my thesis. At least that's the plan. That's why the trip is planned for then, so I can gather the info, and finish writing by next June. This is all a bit scary, but also rather exciting. All I need now is to keep motivated. And for that, I now have both supervisors cracking the whip...
It's turned dark and windy outside, and Mynx is going psycho, dashing across the clearing, two meters up a kauri tree, then dropping back to earth and repeating the same in another direction. Winter is truly upon us, most of the trees have lost their leaves, and my new winter coat, which I'll post photos of soon, is proving to be perfect.
Oh, and the perfect drink to accompany winter? Starbucks Tazo Chai teabags. The best chai I've tasted outside of India, with plenty of ginger, and real black tea! (The number of 'chai' teabags for sale which contain no actual tea continues to amaze me. What does the word mean, folks?) Have it good and strong, with plenty of milk, and it really warms you up from the inside.
