This is my seat.

Candy realizes that this is where the alpha female sits, and every time I get up to go somewhere, she tries to usurp my position. This is her passive resistance stance. She spreads herself as widely as possible and goes bonelessly limp. When I pick her up to shift her, she radiates the sense that I am a horrible, cat-abusing monster, should be racked with remorse, and the entire world will be against me for my heartless cruelty. This is no more effective than her, "How dare you touch me, you peasant?" approach. That's my seat!

My bloodwork all came back fine. Blood pressure is 94 over 62. Cholesterol is low-normal. Blood sugar is low normal. Iron count is low normal. Everything is low normal. So the doc is sending me to a shrink to see why I can't focus anymore. This still does not address the fact that I'm cold all the time. The problem with medics these days is that they have so many patients to process that you really do get shuffled through at top speed. I like to think of myself as fairly assertive, but she's gotten very good at graciously moving folks along.

Today I am headed over to the next county for training to take GED tests to their jail inmates. they have a much more thourough training process than my home county does. I even have a manual to study and a dress code to follow. Among other things, I can not wear tube tops, bare midriffs, or mini-skirts. Gosh I'm glad they told me! I'll have to review my whole wardrobe. (snirk)The thing is, they wouldn't have to have these rules if someone hadn't already done it. Yep, I'm going to go into a situation where a bunch of guys with poor impulse control have been away from their girlfriends for weeks or months, and I'm going to flaunt my mamalian charms in a tube top. Right! Today I am wearing a mid-calf navy blue t-shirt dress with a red cardigan over it. Flat shoes, no jewelry except the wedding ring, and a belt with no buckles. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Knitting: I'm about half-way up the sleeves. So glad I'm doing both at once!