The Mandelbear's Musings

I should probably track my mood better. Then when I look back over the week on Sunday I'd have more to say about it. Not likely to happen. So it was a week. Still mostly worried about health insurance, and feeling somewhat out of place. Of course, that last is probably because I am out of place. Out of the US, to be sure; but I'd be feeling out of place there as well, given the ongoing coup. The words "exile" and "refugee" come to mind. I'm just a little ahead in the crowd.

I just replaced the mood field on this post with "insecure". The previous value was "stressed, worried, depressed", and that still applies, but "insecure" mostly covers that and feels like it belongs there. Right up there with "exile" and "refugee". I don't think that will change in what's left of my lifetime. I'd love to be wrong.

Meanwhile our cats were checked over by a vet who makes house calls, and the older two got their arthritis shots. And I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, that Bronx makes a pretty good lap cat! Not as good as Desti was -- he sometimes needs a little encouragement. But he's still a bit of a youngster.

As usual, it doesn't feel as though I did much over the week, but that's partly because I don't usually think to count dishes, laundry, and paperwork. The paperwork was especially arduous. Anxiety also takes energy, and there was a lot of it.

Yesterday N gave me a couple of field guides to Scotland's wild haggis, which naturally sent me off on a search for rhinogrades. Much more under Saturday. Enjoy.

( Notes & links, as usual )