I Can Hear Again

Yesterday I said that I would talk about Pepper and me on the computer, because this is a daily event for me. Before I met Pepper I had always thought that cats were supposed to be aloof. Pepper seems to be the exception to the rule. The moment that I power on my Mac, Pepper jumps up in front of the monitor, which obstructs my vision almost completely. Soon she gets bored of walking in front of the monitor, steps down onto the keyboard and into my lap. Then she snuggles in and wonders why I am not happy to see her there. Its hard to type or move a mouse when Pepper is either curled up in my lap or trying to bite my hand.

Last night was a very productive night for me, because I did some heavy cleaning at my house. This included sorting through about a three months worth of magazines that I had lying around and doing some dishes that I had left sitting around for far too long. The stacks of magazines included numerous computer magazines taunting me to buy things that I can not afford. I really should just recycle them as soon as they arrive, but instead I keep them around thinking that just maybe I could afford some new hardware.

Another positive aspect of my job became apparent this morning to me. I can do my job in my sleep. Or at the very least try to get a little sleep while I am doing my job. All that I wanted to do when I got to work was eat my fast food breakfast meal and go back to sleep. I did manage to eat, but I didn't get to go back to sleep.

I'm sure that my recent bout of partial deafness contributed to my somewhat depressed mood lately. Its hard to be pleasant when you can't hear. Most of what I could hear was muffled and this was combined with the background noise of what is going on inside my ear.

When the ear starts to clear, its very noticeable. Its as though a seal were being broken inside my head. Changes in pressure make more of a popping sound than usual. Fluid can be felt slowly rolling from side to side as I tilt my head. None of this is new to me. I have a long history of ear problems. The ear, nose and throat division of medicine saw me quite often as I was growing up.

My poor plants have really been suffering without my daily attention. Yes, I do look in on them every day, but most of them need to be replanted or have new soil added to their pots. I think that I will take more of them to work with me. There I can take better care of them. Obviously I'll take the ones that require low light, because my cube is nowhere near a window. Artificial light will be the best that they will get for a while, but they should be fine.

Even though part of Wisconsin got snow yesterday, I have to admit that it is starting to get green where I live. Maybe spring really is here. I guess that I have to overlook the fact that I had to scrape my windshield this morning before I went to work.