The cats are all being entirely too cute and adorable this morning. I suspect there is an evil cat plan afoot. They are never this pleasant first thing in the morning, and they certainly don’t tend to be totally adorable so early in the day when the food and water bowls are full and the litter box has been scooped. I mean … they don’t require my services at the moment, so why all the kitty love being directed at me? I wonder what they have planned?

There are also no cats sitting in the open kitchen window this morning. None of them even want to go near the kitchen window. I imagine they are concerned there will be another large dog jumping at the window, and I’m sure they would rather not repeat that experience. It sort of sad, because all three of them love sitting in that window and watching the world outside. They even get grumpy if I don’t open the window in the morning when I get up, no matter the weather. I hope they get over it soon and get back to sitting in the window in the morning. I missed watching them tussle over who gets the prime windowsill location while I was making the morning coffee.

I didn’t get much, if any, real sleep last night, but I have something of a busy day ahead. I have to run to the store for fire ant poison, milk, and some sort of insta-food (in case I don’t feel like cooking one night), and then I’ll be killing fire ants while simultaneously making bread with that new flour. I keep putting it off for fear of total bread failure, but we are now out of bread, so I have to make some. If I don’t use the new flour, Lin will give me grief about it, and I don’t need any more grief in my life.

Before any of that happens, I have to call Mom. She hasn’t called with any news about the biopsy they did on her silly little dog on Monday, and I want to know why I haven’t heard anything yet. How long does it take her vet to get testing done on stuff? Seems like a long time, and I am sure Mom hasn’t called them to ask, because I know she doesn’t want to hear any bad news. Still, if it’s cancer, it’s best to move quickly, so if they haven’t called her, she needs to call them and find out what’s up.

But first, a nice steaming cup of coffee. I suspect it won’t be the last one of the day either.