Rottweilers. Computers. Cameras. World Domination. Not necessarily in that order.
by kathi
This was the third Friday the 13th this year, but nothing happened that was particularly unlucky (or lucky either, for that matter).
I really have nothing much to say. Since I now have the confirmation that we’re trialing on Sunday, and thus will have ample time tomorrow to get ourselves and our stuff ready, I didn’t feel like doing much tonight. Including writing.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 13 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 258 of 274)
by kathi
Since it would be our last rally obedience-specific class before the trial, of course this would be a day that I don’t get home early enough to make the long-ish drive to class. Figures. Freya is taking it in stride. Easy for her, because when we practice at home, the string cheese and meatballs for practice are nice and firm and not all mushy. Less pocket lint, too.
And to add to my discomfort level, I still don’t know which day we will be trialing (see yesterday’s post).
UPDATE: 11/13/09 3:55pm – There was a voicemail awaiting me that confirmed our entries for Sunday. Yay!
(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 12 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 257 of 274)
by kathi
Tonight I received an email with the corrected confirmation for our trial entry this weekend. Except it’s not actually corrected. We are supposed to be entered for both trials on Sunday, and both the original and “corrected” confirmation have us entered for both trials on Saturday. There was no additional information or explanation included, so I have no idea if we are confirmed for Saturday because there is no space on Sunday, or if we are confirmed for Sunday regardless of what the confirmation actually says.
I really don’t want to be too much of a bitch about it, because I’ve done the show secretary or trial secretary thing in the past and it’s a lot of work keeping everything straight, especially if you are doing it for a venue that requires you to take day-of-event entries. And I’m sure a phone call or yet another email will clear things up. But I really didn’t need One. More. Thing. to deal with on top of my usual massive case of ring nerves, or I guess at this point it’s actually pre-trial nerves.
On the bright side, Freya seems to once again have a good handle on the difference between left and right. So once again, I will probably be our team’s biggest problem in that regard. I keep reminding myself to look at the picture of the arrow on the sign instead of the words “left” or “right” and all will be well.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 11 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 256 of 274)
by kathi
For those who haven’t seen Sons of Anarchy episode 210 (“Balm”), this is not a plot spoiler, especially since I’m not quite ready to talk about this episode yet.
I just wanted to mention that I was quite tickled to see a couple of shelves full of Rottweiler stuff (figurines, plates and possibly photos) in Piney’s cabin.
Freya (that would be the hopefully-ready-to-trial Freya) just wants to remind you all that Rottweilers are everywhere you want to be, even on Sons of Anarchy.
That is all.
(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 10 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 255 of 274)
by kathi
As you may already know, we have been watching a squirrel’s nest outside our office window for a while now. We have seen him? her? in the courtyard area and in the alley, but the only time it was seen entering or leaving its nest, we did not have a camera handy.
Until this afternoon!
You can see it holding an object (probably some food item) as it enters the nest, remains only long enough to put away the object, exits the nest, and then scampers down and across to the second floor deck area.
Okay, so maybe it’s not that exciting to those of you who live in areas where wildlife is abundant, but hey, this is downtown Chicago and I’ll take what I can get in the way of critters. But no, I will not be filming urban rats as my next wildlife project!
(NaBloPoMo | November ’09: 9 of 30 | 75% Challenge: 254 of 274)