random thoughts - Day 1,977 (Friday) - changes

Kiki in a window.

The first sight of the morning, immediately upon awakening, was Kiki, who used to be uninterested in the world outside The BungaLowell, lounging on the bedroom window sill, looking through the screen at the front yard and beyond. This is the second time I've spotted her there in as many weeks and it's anyone's guess how many other times she's done it.

One potential theory is the difference in window coverings. In Gardner, it's cordless honeycomb accordion shades, which must be raised and lowered to control the light. In Lowell, it was all miniblinds, which remained down, but had the slats adjusted daily for light control. The Lowell windowsills were very narrow, barely able to hold a birthday candle, whereas the Gardner ones are wide enough to comfortably accommodate a Kiki. My concern is that she will somehow figure out a way through the screen and launch herself to the great outdoors.

The day's big human adventure was a trip to Fitchburg to deposit checks. Since the sale of the house in Lowell, I've had more paper checks come into my possession than in the past ten years combined. There were three just this week, representing a premium refund for the Lowell homeowners insurance policy and one for the flood insurance, and a refund of a duplicate payment of the Lowell quarterly property tax bill paid by my former mortgage bank from escrow and also as part of my closing settlement fees. 

The credit union was the most exciting part of the day and I dressed as if I was going to an office job just for practice. Later, there was a stop at Ocean State Job Lot for plants, but the most interesting ones were very tall sunflowers with three of four stalks in each pot and every pot had at least one broken stalk. I passed.

The house unpacking is at a complete standstill. Instead of working on boxes, I was at the credit union and then outside in the most pleasant evening air with the big yard scissors working on the hedges again. Everything out front has now had some level of trimming. Clearly, I need to invite people over to provide the proper level of panic and inspiration to make it over the finish line. 

Kiki at the screen door.

After the hedge trimming, while I was watching the new season of Wednesday on Netflix, Kiki parked herself at the front screen door and surveyed the view from her new domestic kingdom. Little Girl is making some big moves and changes these days. I couldn't be prouder. I wonder what goes through her kitty brain when she looks outside.

Also and speaking of changes, Catherine Zeta-Jones is barely recognizable this new season of Wednesday and it's not just the lipstick shade. I even did a Google search on the cast to see if it was still her playing Morticia. What's up Catherine?