Day 57

I had a really hard time getting up this morning. I was having a really realistic dream that wasn't actually realistic at all. I was on a ship trying to escape someone/something.

Work was very boring today. We had an hour long meeting about absolutely nothing that was a giant waste of time.

After work I met with my new pet sitter. We spent over an hour going over everything about the house and the pets. He seems good and has good references. He lives very close to here which means that if it snows a lot he'll still be able to come and check in on the babies. He is going to do morning visits while I'm in Israel and I've asked someone from work to do evening visits. I'm also going to set up a radio on a timer so they don't feel so alone. I am considering buying Dippy an motion activated toy that is basically a string that goes around and encourages her to play. I'm not sure if that would be going overboard. Is there such a thing as doing too much for Dippy? I don't think so.

I need to start using my humidifier again soon. It is getting very dry here. I am waking up with a dry throat every day. Dippy is starting to get dry skin.

I thought I had misplaced my daylight lamp, but I found it! I suppose it's a sign that I need to clean my room that I saw a plug that looked like the one that went with it plugged in to my power strip. I unplugged it and pulled on the cord, only to see the light part come out from underneath my bed! It was more than an arms length under there. I'm glad I found it. The lamp wasn't cheap and I do really like to have a bright room when I get home from work. It's starting to get dark so early. When we change the clocks it'll be even worse.