Small World (or maybe just a small town)

Today I realized that one of my co-workers is Katie Lupardus from high school.

Fortune Cookies

"Good luck is the result of good planning."
I found this in the parking lot at Crow Creek Tavern, but I don't think I fully agree. I believe that good luck is the result of good feeling, of having a good attitude.

Fortune Cookies

"Your ability to juggle many tasks will take you far."
Whew! Yeah, especially at work, where we're always short-handed. I'm grateful for my new job, but I sure wish we had more than 1 or 2 people in the cafe. When a line forms while I'm working by myself, I just freak out.

Little Miracles

I watched The Bridge tonight, the 2005 documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge, and one of the survivors who told his story said the reason he didn't drown was because a sea lion was keeping him afloat. He said the second he jumped he no longer wanted to die, so I guess the Universe sent a friend to save him.

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Last night we realized that Timmy, one of our kittens, was finally starting to pass away due to his birth defect. (He had adult-sized failing kidneys.) We really wanted to take him to the vet to be put to sleep so he wouldn't suffer anymore, but the vet was closed. So I took him to bed with me and talked to him and sang for him for about an hour. He just lay on my chest without moving, but he never took his eyes off me and every now & then he would meow weakly. I fell asleep with him on my chest. When I woke up in the night, I touched him and knew he was gone.