Companion Animals

Written by Murphy
Published April 11, 2003

I woke up VERY early this morning. I had washed my hair last night, and I wasn't sure what to do with it all wet when I went to bed. So I wrapped it in a towel and went to sleep like that.

I think I may need to wash my hair more often down here..The air is muckier...I have been feeling like my hair is dirty, and I don't usually feel that way. Or, I didn't in sunnyvale. I washed before it felt that way.

Anyway, I woke up, and it had dried very pretty. I didn't have to do ANYTHING to it.

It is free and curly and pretty. How nice! Espcially on a day when I don't feel so good, having to be up at

4:30

!!!!!

But it is nice to feel pretty, even though I am tired.

Before I woke up and discovered my hair, I lay in bed in a little bit of a stupor. I was listening to some guy talk about...something...Knowing yourself? He was saying something about making sure to live your life the way you know you need to...in the middle of a list of other things he said "...and make sure to have quality time with..." friends and family, right? NO.
"..our companion animals.."

That was not was I was expecting to hear. Is that shallow? In LA, they don't tell you to reach out to your fellow humans, they tell you to spend time with your lapdog.

*smirk*

However, it made me feel guilty about not spending quality time with my companion animal.

Poor Skellig.

As I was about to leave, I was saying goodbye to him, like I always do. He was looking at me, lying in the middle of the living room. I felt bad, so I went up and petted him for a little bit.

He was lying next to a blue mouse. As soon as I petting him, he started chirping, purring and loving on the mouse.

Good kitty!

He really liked it that I petted him. Perhaps I should work it into my morning routine, to pet him for 5 minutes. That shouldn't be too hard. He was very nice.

chirp
chirp

Murphy Horner is a long-time BlogCritic. Murphy’s first book The Parable of Miriam the Camel Driver draws from her experience in corporate America to examine the bigger questions about balancing career and creativity. Murphy Horner has been working as a conferencing technology professional for a decade. Her university alumni association has recognized her as a noted female executive. Currently she is working on a travel memoir and can be found facilitating a writing group in her town of Claremont, Ca.
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