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It’s Me, Teri
@terin42.bsky.social
I am a software engineer, science fiction fan, and amateur photographer who also loves to sew, crochet, and make jewelry. Not in any cult.
Loki just jumped into my lap for the first time in a week!! And he is PURRING! At least he is acting more like himself again.

Also, FÛCK YOU people, including the vet’s office, who basically said I should let my cat starve instead of stopping his meds until I can find a better solution.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I would like to hear from folks who have had their cats irritated to resolve thyroid issues. Pros. Cons. How old was your fur-child when it was done, etc.

Pic of Loki for tax.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Loki is carefully avoiding his meds while eating all around it, despite it hiding in the gooey churu-like stuff on top of his food to encourage him to eat. I had to resort to forcing his mouth open to get the pill in. We do not like this option.

The chicken flavored pill pockets arrive on Saturday.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I got Loki’s meds today. Pills for now and if they work, then the vet will discuss alternative modes.

My attempt to give him the pill directly was exactly as successful as I expected, which is to say not at all.

So, I hid it in his food, and it magically disappeared. 😺
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I went out to eat dinner, and even read a book while eating. The restaurant was too damn cold. My food and coffee were cold within 5 minutes. Most restaurants are too cold, really, even in the summer.

Then I spent too much money at Walmart. I miss shopping at 2am when they were open 24 hours!
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Vet’s office phoned to tell me that Loki has a bad thyroid and needs meds.

They closed early today, so I will pop by before work tomorrow.

It’ll be such fun pilling that boy, but they said I could put it in his wet food to see if he just eats it without noticing. I approve of that plan.
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is the time of year in Florida where we need the AC during the day, and the heater at night!

I know my AC was on Monday afternoon because it was in the 70s. Monday night it’s 35, snd feels like 30! Inside my house it’s currently 66, so I haven’t turned the heat on just yet.
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I just read an article about Elizabeth Montgomery.

She died in 1995 at the age of 62.

I was 32 at the time and thought that was O-L-D!!

Now I am 62, and… okay, I’m old, but it doesn’t feel as old as it did to me 30 years ago!
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Sunday version of my cats being themselves.

This is the look Loki was giving me when I woke up.

Apparently India wants to be packed away with some of the Halloween decorations.
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
In Brilliant Minds: The Doctor’s Graveyard, which is this year’s Halloween episode, Zachary Quinto dressed as Spock for one brief scene.

I love when shows do this!
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oops! i hit send before the attachments!
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today’s edition of cats to brighten your timeline.

Loki sat on my clothes about 5 seconds after I laid them on the bed.

India insisted on “helping” me make the bed.
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
One of my favorite No Kings signs I’ve seen posted online.
October 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I set a personal record this week by hiring and firing a mowing service on the same day. They didn’t do all the edging along my walkway, I complained, and they said “we only trim grass. That side has ivy, so we don’t trim there.” Buh-bye.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sometimes when I get behind at work, or tasks as home, I get a never-ending tension headache. I’ve had one for about a month now.

Today, finally, it’s getting better. Yep, I finished the bulk of a work project today. Now just have the fiddly bits left to do.
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Rewatching all the Tron movies before the new one comes out, so I started with the 1982 original.

Everyone looks like babies!!

I had been studying computers for two years by then. Tron made me think I wanted to program games; I wound up going into various forms of accounting software instead. 🤷🏼‍♀️
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wow! I had no idea Mondays are a school “Early Release Day”, and it took an extra 30 minutes to drive the 5 miles to my doctor’s office. 30 minutes!! I had the joy of going through 3 school zones along the way.

Doctor couldn’t take me 30 minutes late, which is fair, so I rescheduled for Wednesday.
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Looking for recommendations, or the opposite (to avoid), for tours in New Zealand in December or January. #travel #NewZealand
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It’s interesting that as of today, 10/4/25, The Convicted Felon’s last public appearance was 9/30/25.

Someone, clearly not him, continues to post drivel to his Truth Social platform.

The man who wants to be the center of attention at all times is nowhere to be seen for several days now.
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you get into any conversation with a member of The Cult of the Convicted Felon and they try to argue with you, just remind them of Donald’s incredibly accurate statement that smart people don’t like him.
October 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Help!!

There’s a werewolf behind me!!

#Necronomicon
September 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Next week it will be definitely be something else to distract from the Epstein files!
September 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Loki was out cold. He barely looked alive, which gave me a brief moment of panic, but then I saw his whiskers twitching slightly as he slept.
September 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM