Cruel, Cruel Fate

My sweet kitty, Saturn, has been gone for almost a month now. This past week, I've been cat sitting for a friend. I spent Sunday night with li'l Squeek, so she wouldn't feel too lonely. I awoke Monday morning hacking and snorting in a delightfully feminine way. Suddenly, I had a realization: I used to wake up this way every morning when Saturn was around. I haven't had a morning cough in 4 weeks!

Which means...

I AM ALLERGIC TO CATS.

Life, as I know it is over. I won't be able to live out my days as a crazy cat lady without medication.

Perhaps now is the time I should start collecting figurines?

Red, (a little) White, Brown, Beige, Tan and Blue

For the first time in many years, I went out with the rest of America and celebrated the 4th of July. The pizza company I work for had a company picnic at a beautiful waterside park. They served delicious food, had fun and games for the kids and a pizza tossing competition for the hearty, testosterone-laden young bucks who spin out pies every night.

What really amazed me, though, were all of the other groups surrounding my company picnic. Did you realize that the Americans who celebrate the 4th of July aren't WASPs??? Hardly a white face in the bunch! Lots of Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and Indian faces as well as a sprinkling of African American ones, too. Finally, I have found people of color in Seattle!!! And, they know how to party - well, at least how to party in public. Perhaps Whitey was at home (like I usually am), whooping it up on the patio? (See post called "Lilly White" from December, 2005 - I take it all back!)

Interesting that the people celebrating our nation's independence were the very ethnic groups the conservative establishment are trying to marginalize as groups that hate our country!