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Nick Kirsch

a lap cat

Bailey has really impressed me lately. She’ll come home on a pretty regular schedule, sometimes even when I whistle. She wants attention immediately; it is the feeding ritual where I pet her while she eats or offer her food out of my hand. Then she goes onto her bed (Katrina’s mat) and cleans herself or naps. At some point, however, she’ll make little noises to let me know she’s hungry again – or a new thing: she wants some lap attention. The latter is pretty exciting and the only way I can tell the difference between the former is because she will hesitate a little near the couch. When she does that, I sit on the couch with my legs on the coffee table. She will immediately join me and curl up on my lap or stretch out on my legs. It is awesome.

taking the night off

Alex invited me to go bowling tonight but I turned him down. It isn’t that I haven’t taken many nights off this week but there is something about a Friday night at home that I really enjoy. =)

soreness

i noticed that i have a some soreness in my legs… is it from working out two days ago? either that or the MASSIVE amount of snow (for Seattle) caused them to work extra hard yesterday… =)

nit picking

i grow to understand my father’s frustration. sometimes i write Eriko a note with my only intention to send a little love her way and have a positive impact on her day. but sometimes she’ll respond in a way that throws me off completely; she’ll point out a mistake in my Japanese. many times she can pull it off smoothly, but if the stars are aligned just right than she gets particuarly annoyed (or that is the impression i have) with my mistake and her correction seems a little more harsh than necessary. i believe she means no harm, which is a good thing, for it allows me to find ways to calm myself down. but the truth is, she can (and probably always will) “get to me.” the truth is, somewhere i’m glad she has that effect, although in the moment my pride often blinds me.

aw shucks!

i didn’t make it up for exercise this morning… and if it happens once, it can happen again. i went to bed about 10 but couldn’t get comfortable. i woke up at 2 am convinced it was 5 am and determined not to go. once i realized the true time i turned off my alarm clock. hmmm…