Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: Counting Crows, "Round Here."

Safely home, COVERED in cats.

My flight back from Seattle to San Francisco touched down about twenty minutes before eight last night. We were actually early, which was a trifle annoying, as it meant that all the post-landing announcements interrupted the episode of The Wizards of Waverly Place that I'd been watching (yes, I am a total dork). Oh, well. At least it was one I'd seen before. I collected my suitcase from the baggage claim, met Mom at the escalator, and was promptly toted across the Bay Area to home, where I was greeted by a stack of mail and two incredibly irritated blue cats.

People who haven't met my cats often fail to understand exactly how good they are at making their annoyance known. These people need to be shut in a room with Lilly, Alice, and an empty food dish for half an hour. At the end of this time, they will understand a) that my cats are perfectly capable of explaining, in the detail, their displeasure, and b) I should get hazard pay for entering the house without feather toys and treats.

Thankfully, my girls aren't good at being mad for long. After a night of cuddling and a morning spent watching Boa vs. Python (with the pair vying for dominion over my lap), I seem to have been essentially forgiven. They still aren't letting me out of their sight, but that isn't all that unusual.

Over the course of my time in Seattle, I ate cupcakes, baked a turkey, made insane numbers of cookies, saw Die Hard for the first time, went to several bookstores, gave a concert, embarked on a successful quest for cranberries, reached 90,000 words on Blackout, formally turned in the first Sparrow Hill Road story, watched all of season one of Glee, played with kittens, rewrote about half my website, and hugged many people I love.

It was a good holiday break. I hope yours was just as lovely.
Tags: alice, good things, in the wild, lilly, social life, too much tv, travel, writing
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silvertwi

January 4 2010, 00:32:58 UTC 7 years ago

I'm on Winter Break from my first winter of college, and I decided I want to watch all the Disney movies I used to love. My mother is watching them with me, and we curled up together like we used to when I was little. We just finished watching The Little Mermaid. I have to say that except for "Under the Sea", I like your version better. :P

Also, my brother just visited with his dog. My adolescent kitten had her fur sticking out every which way for at least half an hour. That is, after I found her squished as far as she could go in the corner of the windowsill next to our hutch. It was pathetic and funny all at once.

seanan_mcguire

January 4 2010, 18:27:06 UTC 7 years ago

Awwwwww. Poor kitten, menaced by Godzilla...

Now I'm picturing the characters from my version performing "Under the Sea." It's much bloodier this way.