Letter-writing phase

I've really been in the mood to write letters lately. I've developed a real enthusiasm for cool stationery. I'm writing to quite a few military members overseas. I've also started sending some letters to my friends instead of sending e-mail all the time. It's costing me a bit in stamps and stationery, but I really enjoy it.

Special day

Oct. 16 was the fourth anniversary of my kitty moving in with me. I'm so glad he did.

I'm trying the Hollywood cookie diet. Four cookies for breakfast and lunch. I'm OK at breakfast, but I need something else light at or soon after lunch. So I guess the diet half-works. Better than not at all.

I'm also trying Dexatrim to see if it actually works. So far, it really seems to be curbing my appetite. Unless it is just a placebo effect.

Having fun in San Diego

I'm visiting some friends in San Diego, and having a blast so far. Last night we went to a club downtown to see a good '80s cover band, and I wasn't driving so I could get good and drunk (but not drunk enough to have a hangover - yay). This weekend we are also going to the Wild Animal Park and a winery. So it will be a full weekend, and one I don't want to end.

Meanwhile, I have decided to be just friends with Mr. NY. We have differing philosophies about how obligatory our chats are, plus I want to give him the option to have kids, and I don't really want them. I thought I would grudgingly agree to have kids with the right person, but I've reconsidered that.

Curiouser and curiouser

Well, the NY situation is getting even stranger. He doesn't appear to be receiving the displeased e-mails I have been sending. He has been e-mailing me all happy and sunshine and light, telling me to have a good day, etc. (And he was disappointed that I wasn't online to chat with last night - ha!) I tried sending a test message from the e-mail address I had been using, and it worked fine. So maybe there is a problem on his end. We'll see if he gets the message I sent from a different e-mail address, just in case. If he's not getting his messages, too bad. I'm not going to call him or anything. Let him get puzzled by my apparent silence and try calling me.

Grrr. Here I had thought I was breaking free of him, and he's just not getting the message - literally!

Disenchantment

The NY guy is letting me down. He didn’t show up for a prearranged online chat last night. No explanation. So I don’t think he and I are compatible - I need someone I can count on to keep his promises. I think I’m going to just ixnay the whole dating thing and concentrate on my cat. At least he is reliable.

Giving up on leash-training my kitty

I had gotten a walking jacket for Murray, to try to leash-train him. At first he seemed to be getting used to the jacket, and I had some hope. But now he's decided that when I put it on him (which he's started fighting), he'll just lie down in the same place where I put the jacket on him, and he won't move until I take it off. That pretty much defeats the purpose of the jacket, so I'm going to send it back. I guess Murray is just too old (six or seven) and set in his ways to be taught. Too bad. I was hoping to expose him again to the sights and sounds and smells of the great outdoors, which he's been deprived of since he stopped being a stray and moved in with me. But, oh well, I guess he's adjusted very well to being an indoor kitty, so hopefully he doesn't feel like he's missing out on anything.