The Best Cat 🐈‍⬛

Kevin’s mom and stepfather have a guy from their church staying with them in the big house, and that roommate of theirs has this lovely cat named Buck. I absolutely adore Buck. He gives everyone what Kevin and I call “running head bonks.”  That is, if you see him kind of far away and you call him and stick your hand out for him, he’ll come sprinting over and give you a very aggressive head bonk. It’s like he hasn’t seen you in years and he’s just so happy to see you. He lets you pick him up and hold him. He’s just the most friendly cat I’ve ever seen. 

Then yesterday I was out, and Buck was following me around. I noticed that he has a heart shaped butthole. It’s hilarious and actually perfect. 

 

My Goals

 

1. Finish my real estate class and pass the state and national exams. Out of the six classes in the state of Texas to become licensed in real estate, I am currently 24% done with the sixth and last one. 

2. Continue to periodically pay the “accrued interest plus some” on my student loans so that they are “at least going down.”  

3. Start a Wordpress blog with a theme. I also know that a while ago, I was blogging about missing people that might be alive still. Writing about each and every individual case isn’t for me. I’d rather do one huge post about why we shouldn’t give up hope that they might still be alive. In general  

4. Distance myself/ lower contact with my mother. She is really really giving me a hard time lately, and so is one of her sisters. She is very active in church now and has those people. I deserve to not feel like I’m five years old again crying myself to sleep. 

My mom met my in laws 😩 👵🏻

 My mom spent the weekend up here in Waller with me. She met Kevin’s mother and stepfather and saw their 10 acre property where Kevin and I live in the guest house. My daughter Evita was also here. 

I think it went really well. We all went out for Italian food. My mom was reunited with my cat Alex. Alex seemed mad at her. Does he think my mom abandoned him?  Maybe. Maybe he doesn’t get that he’s not her cat. My mom also met my inlaws’ enormous dog Thomas and their roommate’s cat, Buck. She saw my garden which has a lot of sprouts. 

I honestly didn’t think my mom would approve. She’s so critical and judgmental of everything I do. She criticizes everything I do, all my friends, everything I like, etc. Maybe because she’s a widow now, she’s more accepting of me and mellow. She is realizing that I’m all she has. 

Kevin drove both my mother home and Evita back to her father on Sunday evening. We dropped off my mom first, then took Evita to her dad. I started expressing that I had a tension headache. Kevin said after we dropped Evita off, we’d go get some BC powder. Evita offered to give me what she calls “free pug therapy”. This means that when I drop her off at her dad’s, she goes and gets one of his three pugs and brings them to the car to visit me. She usually brings Olive. When she brought Olive to the car Sunday evening, Olive started sniffing Kevin because she’s never seen him. We were laughing hysterically because she snort-sniffs. 

Later on, my mom sent me a nice text about what a nice weekend she had and she’s so glad to see where I live and meet the family. 

Tricked 🤖

 I joined a Facebook group called “Old People being tricked by AI.” Which makes fun of situations online where old people think AI images are real and believable. 

Several times since then I have caught myself saying “oh wow look at that, that’s so cool” while scrolling, and then realizing it’s being posted by that group. 

Solar Eclipse 🌛🌞🌜

Everyone in Texas went insane over the solar eclipse here yesterday. Unfortunately, it was extremely cloudy and rained heavily. Kevin and I sat on a bench outside of our house. He asked, “Is it getting dark because of the eclipse or because of the storm?”  I shrugged and said, “Why not both?”  My daughter stayed home from school and traveled to Sabinal, TX with her father and stepmother. It wasn’t raining where she was, and she got a clear view. I was glad for that at least. She was so excited about it that she was texting me ALL IN CAPS. 

Here’s a picture I took. It’s not exciting. 

Here’s a nice AI image of the solar eclipse over bluebonnets. This pic is now my phone wallpaper. 

Here’s a funny meme. 

Here’s one of about 70-80 pics

My friend in Ohio took. Not sure how she got so many good pics from Ohio.