It’s been a minute since I posted an update, so I figured I’d check-in.  

Stuart (Mac) and Matches went through a rocky patch, but soon became the best of friends who just happen to beat the shit out of each other on the regular. They rough house and play, which makes me happy. I’m not sure about Matches’s house name. He hasn’t responded to anything I’ve tried. Bats, Bruce, Kitten…right now I call him Poopy. He doesn’t listen either way and it makes me laugh. 😂

My vet said his health is okay despite being too young to have been neutered. I was worries, he’s got such a big head with huge bat ears, but also a tiny face. He’s cute though! And fat! After struggling for so long to get Gotham to eat (and failing), I think I’ve been overcompensating with the two kittens. I think he’s a little behind on his milestones, but he’ll get there! He’s 4 months old now and while he’s an epic climber, he doesn’t jump up on high surfaces yet. I guess that’s both good and bad. He steals food like crazy so I can still feed Mac up high and know he won’t get bullied out of his food as the kitten can’t get up there.

Work has been really busy the last few months. One of the people I work with has decided to form a new group with another team, so I sort of went with them, but also stayed on my other team. The timing was a little problematic, but we’re getting through it. New name, logo, announcements and worst of all…photos. BAH!!! I got out of taking them each and every time, until now. Group photos AND headshots! 😳

Now, I told y’all that my hairdresser spent the better part of the last 5 years trying to convince me to become a blonde and I finally gave in last year. We’ve been taking the process slowly; coloring the brown parts a little lighter brown and adding to my existing highlights each time I went in. Well, we had a big appointment at the end of May where we got rid of a bunch of brown and, as we expected, my hair looked terrible, lol! We planned for that and I was prepared to nut it out until my next appt in July. Then they decided to move our photoshoot up 3 weeks! WTH???? It’s bad enough my suitable dresses didn’t fit, now my hair was going to look like shit? Wonderful! Luckily, I found a great dress on July 4th and they finally landed on a picture day that was right after my next hair appointment! Phew!! Bonus points that the dress went perfectly with a vintage coat I already owned! 

The hair appointment before the photos took all the brown out so I was totally blonde when I walked out. It took over dix hours! The sides, where the hair had been colored brown longest) didn’t come up all the way, but it’s blonde. Just a bit darker than we wanted. I still have one or two hair appointments to go before the color is as light a blonde as we planned on. She’s going for platinum! I’m able to style so you don’t really notice the differences though 

It’s weird, I’ve always related very strongly to being a brunette, even when I was a redhead! I was only blonde once, way back when I was maybe 24/25 and it didn’t look right to me, so I changed it. I have to say, my hairdresser is much more talented than the gal who did it way back then, lol!!

I had a birthday since my last post, pretty much a non-event though. Saw a couple of movies, which I’ve been forcing myself to do occasionally. I used to go maybe once a year and I think I’ve seen three so far this year and I have tickets to see Oppenheimer at my fancy movie theater on the 22nd! I wanted to see Barbie (don’t laugh!), but the showings were sold out. I’ve been looking forward to Oppenheimer since it was announced they were making it though, so I’m glad I could get tickets!

Like I mentioned earlier, work is crazy. I’m busier than ever, but I’m coming up to maybe a little respite for a couple weeks. It will be nice to catch my breath! One weird thing, a gal at work up and retired with no notice. It’s kind of a relief, but a shock. It’s really for the best though, she was unhappy with her commute and stuff and we felt it whenever she came in. She told us the last day she was in the office. BOOM! I’m retiring, here’s a gift, I’ll miss you, no I don’t want a party or lunch. Okay!

Weather is heating up again, BOO! I loved the months of clouds, cool temps and rain we had this year.   Being that I’m an old lady now, I got a neck fan to combat the heat, lol!! I love it! It looks like I have headphones around my neck! I also got, now don’t laugh, but I got a Mrs. Roper caftan (look it up) on Prime Day. OMG, it’s the best! I won’t be wearing it out of the house, but it’s so great! Light, flowy and cool. I feel like I’m a femme fatale in an early episode of Columbo walking around my apartment. 😄 

Well, it’s Saturday and I have chores to do, kittens to cuddle and air flow to manage so I can try to keep this place cool.