Mother’s Day Happenings – For Mother’s Day this year, we had a pair of celebratory meals. Saturday was more adults-only dinner at our favorite restaurant in Sarasota. There was also another celebration at that time, but I going to keep that one a bit more vague. Sunday was a breakfast that included those who couldn’t make it, plus the grandniece. We love the little tyke, but she is a whirlwind of energy.

Clowder Happenings – Due to some shoulder issues, it’s not unusual for me to spend some of the night in a recliner that we keep in our bedroom. It’s also not unusual for me to come back to bed to find our youngest cat, Freya, sleeping in my spot. Normally, I just pick her up – which she hates – and then she scampers off. This time she decided she didn’t really want to leave the bed. Why? Because she found The Wife’s phone and decided it was a new toy. Which would be fine, except when Freya managed to call my phone. Yeah, time to take away kitty toy. At that point, Freya was no longer interested in staying around and scampered off.

Home Office Happenings – So, after I bought a new desk for the home office, I realized on a drive home that I was wasting a great wide desk and an excellent dual monitor because I had it still set for telework. That isn’t happening anytime soon. So, I moved my big wide monitor and laptop over. Still in process, but clearing the new desk gave me a good “landing pad” for my office bags. Unfortunately, there was a casualty. My remaining Exo Squad toy fell and broke. I’m gonna have to go on Ebay and see if I can find a replacement.

Day Job Happenings – The exodus continues as two more folks that I’ve known for most of my career have decided to exit the day job. I am now the longest tenured in two areas. It’s weird being the old man.