Winter abides

It's so cold even the Christmas Cactus has decided to blossom for the first time. After the chilly trolley ride home on work days I'm only interested in activities I can do with a cat and a blanket on my lap. So, I've been plowing through some ancient Netflix adds. This week we watched Ça commence aujourd'hui, Micmacs á tire-larigot, and Delicatessen. Ian applauds my "getting the French off the queue" which sounds like a euphemism. I've also caught up on a bit of reading. I finished The French Revolution, which Greg lent me when we got back from our honeymoon (romantic!). I'm halfway through Angela's Ashes, from Gma, and am remarkably a quarter through Ulysses. I have big plans for my to-read bookcase this year and Winter abides.

We took both pets in for their first senior checkups. Jenny is great, Jo not so much. We are giving blood pressure medicine another try on the vet's insistence. However, her kidneys are better than we feared - a year of prescription food has paid off. We celebrated with an Oyster House happy hour. I could eat clams casino and peanut butter chocolate mousse every night.

Lastly, I worked at the American Philosophical Society today. I've been hired to make book cradles for their upcoming exhibit. I was back in the swing of things just in time for the conservation lab to close. I'm very much looking forward to continuing the project next Monday.