home again, home again. jiggety jig

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

why is it that travel is so much about laundry?  there's the obvious: one leaves with clean clothes and returns with the same ones in need of washing.  but somewhere along the way the association got a little tighter. 

Chessie figured out the connection between packing and absence pretty quickly, and would get quite upset whever luggage was produced.  it got to where I had to put her out in order to pack, not that it fooled her -- of course it didn't -- but I could not bear upsetting her so.  accordingly I acquired the habit of packing more or less at the last minute; outbound objects could be staged without making her miserable.  similarly, on return I pretty much unpack straight into the laundry machinery or hampers and stow the bags right away. 

she's been gone for months and Peake isn't bothered by packing, but habits have tremendous momentum. 

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[peach-salsa.livejournal.com]

Is there a picture of Peake? If you traditionally refer to yourself in the third person as "Peake," well, I reckon that's ok.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

he slept right through an entry about a year ago, on 15 July (http://www.livejournal.com/~15_the_circle/14162.html). 

[peach-salsa.livejournal.com]

I've had a load of pets throughout the years, including an aquatic frog named Ernie, a parakeet, a cat and a dog.

The favorite was the dog. We lost him several years ago to cancer.

The least favorite is still a toss-up between the cat and that dumb bird who did nothing but eat seed and poop.