Lazy Critters

Book Club... in the works

A friend and I both throughly enjoy reading so we're starting a book club.  Our meetings will hopefully occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, with the first being in February.  The selected book is "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jaime Ford.  It's not something I'd probably have ever picked up, which I suppose is the point of a book club.  I'm a third of the way into it and finding that I really like it.  When I read the editorial review I wasn't much interested.  Glad I didn't pass it over.  

I'm 36 years old and so World War II was just something we glossed over in History class.  I know my texts covered it, but it was mainly stuff like, "on this date this happened, x-number of people were killed, blah blah blah." I always hated History because it was about memorizing a bunch of stuff, reciting it back and if I did well I'd get an A.  Boring and what a disservice to those who fought, lost their lives, and to the survivors who live on.  To take actual events and reduce them just death tolls and numbers on a calendar shouldn't be allowed.  Anyway... I digress, probably due to a mediocre education.  

The characters in the book are fictional but the events are not and that's what I find compelling.  The author glides between 1986 and 1942 in a manner that is very easy to follow and keeps it interesting.  Thus far the story is unfolding in a predictable manner, but I'm enjoying it and wanting to know what happens next. Can't wait to finish it and discuss it with my friend and anyone else who joins us.  

Don't let her sleep!

Not too long ago Jordan the cat was extremely obnoxious, more than usual.  Ginger's usually only annoying in the morning when she wants her daily Cat-Sip fix (crack-cocaine for cats), whereas Jordan basically is bothersome pretty much all of the time, except when she sleeps.  And, unfortunately Jordan perfers sleeping during the day.

Each night we feed the cats, Jordan in her kennel with her own private litter box, and Ginger in the same room as Jordan but with full privileges of said room. Since Jordan's nocturnal she bellows loudly for long periods of time, and rattles her cage.  If she had opposable thumbs I'm certain she'd drag a metal cup along her cell bars. 

Since her behavior on that particular night was particularly perturbing we decided we wouldn't let her sleep that day so that hopefully that night she'd behave herself.  The day was filled with, "Hey, Jordan, where are you?  Whatcha doing?"  "Oh no you don't, you can sleep all night..." and other such remarks.  I held her in my lap most of the day and would continually wake her up if she seemed to be nodding off.  It was a long day for all of us, but our diligence paid off!  Jordan the Annoying was quite all night long.