– I’d noticed Beany sitting on the radiator several times lately, so I put a rug on top for her. Booty used to love lying up there, too, but this is the first time Beany’s used it for anything other than a convenient place to perch / look out the window. Now that the rug’s on there, it’s her favorite place to be. I wish I had old-fashioned radiators in all the rooms (they’re only in the kitchen and guest room; everything else has baseboard radiators) — they’re so much warmer and pet-friendly.
– I started a new job today. Don’t worry, I’m still doing the same publishing work as always, but I found a second, very part-time job to earn a little more money. It was a strange feeling to have a ‘first day’ again; it was almost exactly seven years ago that I started with Snowbooks, and the freelance work I do is basically the same stuff. I can’t write about my new gig in detail, of course, but I’m teaching after-school technology classes — mainly movie-making on the computer right now, but there’s a broad range of stuff, from animation to Lego robots. I worked with elementary-school-aged kids in high school and college, and it was fun to be back in that environment again today — a little like riding a bicycle; once you’ve learned it, you don’t forget how to use your teacher voice.
– We had a very mild winter up until about January 11th (the day Rob, who would have really appreciated some snow, left). It’s been colder since then, but the snow has been pretty pathetic. It’s funny, because I don’t even particularly like the cold and snow, but I’m going to feel really cheated if it doesn’t get winterier before spring rolls around. It’s not because I want to revel in the inclement weather; I’ll just feel like I haven’t earned my annual True Minnesotan badge if I don’t have to survive the cold. Not to worry, though — this is Minnesota, after all, so I reckon there are still a good three months for winter to really get ugly.
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