Well, I must say, today’s been a relatively relaxing day off. This is the first day off I’ve had in a couple of weeks or so; I worked both days last weekend helping to get my employer’s corporate office moved to its new location (in the building my office is located in), and I had to work yesterday testing out the three plasma screens at my employer’s booth at OTC in the Reliant Center. I’ll be working at my employer’s booth all four days of OTC, maintaining the laptops showing the presentations and also helping out when I can. It should be a bit easier on me this time around than it was last year, as I believe OTC will have free wifi access this time around. I don’t know if the wifi signal will reach to our booth though; it did on Saturday, but then the show itself hadn’t started and people were still setting up. The main downside will be that I have to be up at 5:15 AM to be at the office by 7 AM so I can meet with a few coworkers before the show.
My parents and I got a bit annoyed with Star yesterday. Well, annoyed isn’t exactly the right word… furious would be more accurate. She had been stalking these squirrels in the backyard, and up until now they’d been able to evade her. Yesterday, she caught one, and started swinging it around while she held it in her mouth. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know how to kill; so, instead of a swift merciful kill by breaking its neck, she was tossing it around while it screamed in terror. Mom and Dad came running out and did what they could to get the squirrel out of her grasp. Dad managed to get it away from her and dropped it over the fence so she wouldn’t catch it. Star was shocked… she was so proud of herself for finally catching it, and Mom and Dad were angry as hell at her. Meanwhile the squirrel hid under my car, and soon died of its injuries. Dad ended up taking the squirrel and burying it in the garden, after saying a few words of farewell. This incident has only served to heighten my anxiety of what might happen should one of the cats get careless and Star get lucky about catching him…
Well, I should be considering bed at this point… heh. The next week should be interesting; I might provide some pics from the OTC show floor. I’ll keep you updated, hopefully.