I am off work until the new year - thank goodness, as I have done a big fat zero in terms of xmas shopping/prep - well, except decorating a rather lovely Charlie Brown style Christmas tree with the Boy (pictures to come at some point!). For me, it was really nice to share that task with someone special, and we had some laughs (thanks in part to heavily rummed eggnog), and I had a few teary moments looking at the wooden reindeer ornaments Thom decapitated last year. He did love the Christmas tree - he would wander closely by, letting an ornament touch his tail so he could turn around, surprised, and bat it to submission. Wooden reindeer were placed low on the tree as they are the most bat-resistant. Well, except for their weak, easily decapitated necks - Thomas' only successful prey kill I might add.
It is early days, and I still miss him like mad. The funny thing is watching the changes in Miss Mags - she is suddenly around me all the time, no longer going to the pillow she usually slept on in the basement to spend her lazy days, instead choosing to snooze on the upstairs couch where she can keep an eye on me...or be closer to her food dish, who knows. But it is obviously a big change for both of us. What I find interesting is that her behavioural changes only happened after Thom was put down - there were three nights he spent in hospital prior to that event that didn't seem to phase her, it was only after he came home for the night, and she recognized that there was something wrong (she was completely freaked out, walking in super-slow motion even when he wasn't in the room with her), that her behaviour changed. Cats may seem aloof, but they are weirdly perceptive at the same time, or so it seems to me. Anyway, we will see how Maggie does on her own - if she seems happy, we will remain a one cat situation, but if she seems out of sorts I may look into bringing another handsome young four footed man into the house.
But enough of that for now.
In other news, we went to see The Books a week and a bit ago - what a great concert, they are always a joy live - the quirky videos that accompany their (excellent!) playing really adds to the whole experience. My brother managed some great stealth videos - here is a taste (note - I am testing out making the video smaller so my stupid blog format doesn't cut off the right hand side!):
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