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I did get some snuggle time with Zara. Yay. She’s still my girl. And it fills me with oxytocin (the “love hormone“), so it helps me too. She's still eating well and seems to be in good shape. (She's 16, so I'm keeping a close eye on her.)

Overslept this morning, so I wouldn't have time to shower before Italian. But my Internet was down. I finally figured out that I missed a payment and they suspended my account. I paid it, and it came back up at 8 AM. Technically, I could have logged into Italian, but I wasn't in decent shape to be seen, so I told my teacher that I was still working on the problem. But the Internet was up in plenty of time for work, and I had time to take a shower.

It's freaking cold out. The plants that I covered look okay, and so do the daffodils, tulips, daylilies, and chives. (I figured that they are used to a cold snap, so I didn't cover them.) I think that it's too cold to rake today, so I'll just give the recycling people what I have. I'll hire someone to rake once I get the money from the trust.

Urgh. My neck is getting really stiff.

I’m mulling over getting a wood stove for the living room. It would be very cozy. It would have to have glass doors to keep curious creatures out.

I need to spend some time cleaning up the upstairs this weekend because I want to get the carpet cleaned as soon as I get the trust money.

Got the garbage out. Took Bella for a walk. She was really happy. I need to spend more time making Bella and Zara happy. Oliver and Lily are more independent.

I forgot to soak the cat dishes, so I came up to post. Then I'll feed the critters and spend some time with Zara, practice piano, do dishes, put laundry in the dryer, and go to bed.

Here is a picture of Lily and Oliver in the window that I took yesterday:

Oh, I forgot to mention that I discussed the timing of the Sardinia trip with my boss, and she said to do what works for me. She's also planning a trip to Italy, so we talked about it. I'm glad that I have a cool boss.

Well, I didn't get up early to clean. I was too tired. I'll finish the kitchen tonight, after Mom goes to bed. I needed the sleep though.

Mom called and said that she's coming tomorrow after all. Yay. I'll get a chance to finish cleaning. I feel like the whole world opened up. And I'm also feeling tired.

I looked into how much time was left on my Comcast contract, and it's up at the end of the year. I should have gone with Sling last time. I'll still need Comcast Internet though, at least for now. I'm hoping that there will be more options in Champaign. I'm trying to find out if I can get AT&T Fiber in Champaign, but having no luck. You'd think that because the U of I is so techy, there would be good options.

I got Bloomberg TV (investment programming) streaming on the Web, but it only allowed a couple of hours (which is still generous for free). But then I discovered that I got it as one of my cable channels! And I can stream TV to my Google Home! I've got it on to keep me awake.

Napped after work and slept for 4.5 hours. Oops. Need to get into gear. Fed the admittedly patient girls, and Mimi is complaining about who-knows-what. Started laundry. Soaked a litter box. Almost done cleaning the kitchen except for the floors. My back started to hurt, so I'm taking a break. I think that I'll mop the floor--it really needs hands and knees scrubbing, but it'll go faster. Or I could scrub near the kitchen counters and litter boxes, and mop the rest. And I'll sweep and mop the floors in Mom's bathroom and bedroom tomorrow during lunch.