Tag Archives: Cats

Caturday with Billie the Kat

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Good Morning, World!!! It is another Saturday or should I say Caturday here in Seattle. I do not have anything planned for today as I am still on sensory overload from Emerald City Comic Con and haven’t had any down time from people in two weeks. My plan for today to read and cuddle with my cat, Billie. Hopefully, I will be able to finish Starter Villain by John Scalzi. If I do finish it today, I will write a book review of it tomorrow.

Now, I am going to show some pictures of Billie.

Billie just staring off in space and wondering why I stopped petting him.
Billie and his grumpy face.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie as I read and avoid being around people today. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Friday the 13th Ramblings

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Good Afternoon, World!!! As you know it is Friday the 13th. Many people are superstitious about Friday the 13th for some reason that I don’t understand. I usually watch horror movies and/or read horror books Today I have been reading a horror book for most of today and mostly like will continue to do so. Considering it is snowing is Seattle and it is good day to read any time of book. I personally don’t like the snow so I am thrilled that I can just stay home and read.

I did have a follow appointment with my regular doctor regarding my hospital stays a couple of weeks ago due to kidney stones, kidney infection and a bladder infection. We discussed ways to prevent bladder infections as well as kidney infections and encouraged me to work with the kidney stone specialist in the urology department. I plan on following through with what my doctor suggested as having kidney stones, a kidney infection and bladder infection suck.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to go back to reading my horror book as I cuddle with my cat, Billie and spending the rest of today and all of tomorrow not surrounded by people as I all peopled out from the last two weeks.. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Thursday Morning Ramblings

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Good Morning, World!!! I didn’t sleep very well last night. Part of it was due to insomnia and the other part was due to PTSD. In my opinion having both insomnia and PTSD suck shit. Since I was not able to sleep very well last night, I decided to read. I am reading Starter Villain by John Scalzi. I am really enjoying the book, and I am hoping to finish it soon as there are some books I bought at Emerald City Comic Con that I bought that I really want to read. At least reading helps me not focus so much on my PTSD symptoms.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie before I get ready for work. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Wednesday Morning Ramblings

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Good Morning, World!!! I’m looking forward to today. In fact, today has already been a good day. I was able to sleep in which is amazing especially since sleep is challenging for me most of the time. When I woke up this morning, I cuddled with my cat, Billie which is always relaxing and calming for me. I also read a few chapters in the fantasy book that I am reading. As far as what the rest of my Wednesday looks like I am looking forward to it.

The thing that I am looking forward to most today is going to volunteer at PAWS Cat City in a couple of hours. I always love when I am able to volunteer at PAWS Cat City. The other thing I am looking forward to is when I get home is do some artwork. I’m not sure if I will be doing diamond art/painting or coloring or both. I also plan on reading. I most likely will read the horror book I am reading as I have already read a few chapters of the fantasy book that I am reading.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie before I get ready to go volunteer at PAWS Cat City. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Some Thoughts About Blogging More Often

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Good Morning, World!!! I was thinking about how I want to blog more regularly and always come up with some kind of excuse to not blog on the regular basis. The reason why I was thinking about this is because if I can make time to blog when I come home exhausted from Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) then I can carve out time to blog on other days when life gets hectic. I realize I have written similar post like this, but Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) helped me realize that I can make time to blog.

I have some ideas of how I am going to blog more regularly and one of them is to schedule a time to blog. Also, I think I’m going start doing my Weekly Plans on Sunday morning and my Weekly Check-Ins on Saturday evenings. I might even do Caturday with Billie the Kat on Saturday morning. Another way I want to try to blog more regularly is to do the daily prompts WordPress provides and do them on weekdays. I also plan on doing book reviews on books I read. Of course, the book reviews will be more spread out as it does take time to read. I will continue to write about my daily life like I have been.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie before I get ready for work. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Monday Morning Reality

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Good Morning, World!!! Reality is settling in that I have go back to work today and that when I attend Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC) next year, I will take the Monday afterwards off from work. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and I love attending Emerald City Comic Con but going back to work today is going to be a rough one as I am so exhausted. I was so exhausted that I feel asleep watching a movie at around sixish yesterday evening. That means I had about twelve hours of sleep.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie before I get ready for work. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

4th & Final Day of Emerald City Comic Con in the Books

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Good Evening, World!!! Today was the fourth and final day of Emerald City Comic Con and I had a great weekend. I was supposed to go to two panels today but sadly the afternoon panel I wanted to attend got cancelled. Thankfully, the one I wanted attend in the morning went on as planned. The one I went to was called “Defying Physics: The Super Science of Cats.” I just had to go to the cat panel because I love cats. I also bought be a water bottle and saw some amazing cosplay.

I will now post picture of the fourth and final day of comic con. I will put in a caption my site impaired readers as they have adaptive devices to help them read what is said.

Part of the “Defying Physics: The Super Science of Cats” slides.
Another side of “Defying Physics: The Super Science of Cats.”
“Defying Physics: The Super Science of Cats” panel.
Superperson Cosplay
More Cosplay
Renaissance Cosplay
More Cosplay
Blue Monster Cosplay

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is I had an awesome fourth and final day as well as an amazing weekend at ECCC and it is time to cuddle with my cat, Billie. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Up Way Too Late Reading

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Good Morning, World!!! I am up way too late due to reading. I am currently reading a stand-alone book called Starter Villian by John Scalzi. It is about a man who inherits a supervillain business from his long-lost uncle. I am really enjoying the book. I am also trying to finish it as I want to read the fantasy trilogy my best friend gave me as well the two books I bought at Emerald City Comic Con yesterday. The two books I bought yesterday are the first two books in a series. All the books I mentioned are either science fiction or fantasy. I really enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy genre books.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is now time for me to actually go to bed so I can wake up to go to Emerald City Comic Con. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Middle of the Night Ramblings

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Good Morning, World!!! It is two forty-five in the morning on Wednesday, March 4th of 2026 and sadly I am not able to sleep. I’m pretty sure my PTSD and insomnia are conspiring against me to be sleepless in Seattle. Being sleepless in Seattle is nothing new to me and it majorly sucks. It sucks because I tend to be a cranky bucket the next day, but I am hoping it won’t affect me so much since I have so much to look forward to.

One of the things, I have to look forward to starts tomorrow (Thursday, March 5th) to Sunday (March 8th). That something is Emerald City Comic Con. It also happens that this weekend is my birthday weekend which makes Emerald City Comic Con that much more special for me. I have been looking forward to this since August of last year (2025). I can’t wait till tomorrow as it is the start of my birthday weekend.

Speaking of birthdays, I bought myself a birthday present. A birthday present that is going to be a weekend of fun here in Seattle and is in April of this year (2026) that involves cats. That birthday present is going to a cat convention known as Pop Cats. I have never been to a cat convention, and I love cats, so I thought it would be a great birthday present to myself especially since it is here in Seattle.

As I am informing you of the conventions, I am going be attending it reminds me of the communities I belong to and how important it is to continue to participate in those communities I am in. I’m part of the comic book community as I love comic books just like I am part of the cat community because I love cats as well as volunteer with cats. As someone who is in mental health recovery building community is huge. For me making sure that I belong to more than one community is key to my recovery. Hell, everyone belongs to multiple different communities.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is now time to cuddle with my cat, Billie. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Monday Morning Ramblings

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Happy Monday Morning, World!!! I’m awake and up earlier than I normally am on a Monday morning despite working on Mondays. Despite being awake earlier than I wanted to be, I have quite productive. I did a little bit in a recovery related mental health workbook focusing on being a part of the queer community. I also did two meditation practices which seem to have helped anxiety regarding going back work today after missing work last week due to health issues regarding my left kidney.

I’m having some anxiety over missing work last week for a few reasons. One, I don’t have any more six time left and afraid I won’t have a choice to use vacation time. Two, if I do have the opportunity to use vacation time that I won’t be able to take my vacation day this Thursday to attend the first day of Emerald City Comic Con. It has been something that I have been looking forward to since I bought a four-day VIP pass to attend back in August. Worst case scenario, I go without pay one day last week or use my personal day which is only four hours which is okay with me. I will worry about it when I go to work today.

As far as Emerald City Comic Con, I am so looking forward to attending. Last time I had the opportunity to attend was 2020 and I had bought a four-day pass. Sadly, it was cancelled due to Covid. I have attended before, but it was for two days as I didn’t have the money or time to attend all four days, so I was really disappointed when the 2020 Emerald City Comic Con got cancelled. That is why I am so freaking excited about attending this year.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post except to say it is now time to cuddle with my cat, Billie. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!