Night Startles Happenings – There is nothing like waking up in the middle of the night from a weird dream that you can’t remember but elevated your adrenaline, walking into the bathroom, hitting the tap light next to the toilet, and seeing this large gray blob in the middle of the toilet. Adrenaline spiked before I realized it was the ass-end of our hairless cat who was drinking out of the toilet. I may have woken The Wife with my yelling at the cat.

Bag Happenings – We were coming back from someplace and I noticed the strap on my sling bag was starting to fray. I’ve been thinking I should really switch from a sling to a straight backpack. Not to carry more stuff, but to help with my back and shoulders. On Valentines Day, we went down to 5.11 and found two backpacks that I liked. I really couldn’t decide, but with them both on sale, we ended up bringing them both home. One is replacing the sling bag. The issue is that with the sling bag, all of my stuff was right there without having to dig down. With a backpack, somethings are going to have to be at the bottom. Thankfully, the new pack uses a bunch of “hook and loop” (i.e., velcro). So, I’m arranging my stuff into velcro-backed pouches. So, this one is going to be kind of a bag of bags. The trick is to make things I need frequently easily accessible.The other bag is replacing my work backpack. I love my Maxpedition backpacks, but they are clearly tactical. This one looks more like a regular backpack.