random thoughts – Day 1,754 – (Saturday) – shrinking

After several work team conversations about shows that we liked, a colleague thought it would be a good idea if we started a list of said titles. So far, there are 15 titles on the list, many with support checkmarks from other colleagues who also liked the program.

Noting that a few of the shows are on Apple TV, a colleague shared the news earlier this week that Apple TV is free for the weekend. It’s probably easy to guess where this is headed.

Shrinking on Apple TV.

Friday night, after the drinks and dinner after-work outing, I started checking out Apple TV. The series I landed on was Shrinking, listed by a colleague and with two “also loved it” checkmarks. This is a great series. There are lots of familiar faces, likeable characters, and relatable situations. It turned into a late-ish night watching Shrinking.

Saturday morning rolled in and I rolled out of bed tired. During the coffee consumption attempt at waking up, the show was turned on again. This was several hours earlier than the usual TV turning-on time. And any potential inklings of ideas of plans for the day were sent packing. 

Kiki, ruler of my universe.

I seem to be embracing winter this year by shrinking the amount of time spent outdoors. Past winters held the joys of hiking, snow shoeing, skiing, and even the gym, but so far, this year it’s been food, books, streaming shows, and hibernation. And my determination to someday get Kiki to be a purring, content lap kitty.

Kiki is becoming incrementally more affectionate. By affectionate, I mean demanding more frequently that I pet her. With one hand only. If the other hand so much as twitches, she runs. Maybe in her experience, two hands led to being picked up. We aren’t there yet. But someday.

Someday, I will wear her around my neck like a fur collar. She will sit on my lap and be the excuse for me to not get up for hours. But for now, I will admire her from afar, a gap which shrinks by a smidge each week. And the affinity for hibernation will be cast in a positive light as my own training program for when Kiki is a lap kitty and I can't leave the couch. Hope lives.