![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tcpipWithout much rush, I'm slowly reading the signs and portents for 2023 and making a start on the year. I have a degree to finish (Grad Dip Psychology) and a new one to start (Master in Climate Science), the latter of which will feed in well with my life project with Avatar Mountain Pty Ltd. The biggest item at work will be getting the mentorship training programme up and running, and a rather massive operating system upgrade to the Spartan HPC system. In my personal life, I am hoping to find a little more relationship stability to what I've experienced in the past few years, and I do have a bit of coin to find before my low-interest fixed-term mortgage runs out. I have a small mountain of leave to get through, so it is fair to expect that I will be doing a lot more travel this year. Then there are my roles with the Isocracy Network and the RPG Review Cooperative, both of which will be demanding more attention that the "holding pattern" that has been adopted in recent years.
In 2022 I lost two dear cats in my life; Mac who moved in with Erica H., and Sabre who ended up with me. It was a tragedy that they both died so close to each other and in the same condition. For some time the place felt quite empty without feline company, and whilst my visiting doves did provide some amusement it was by no means the same. However, in more recent weeks I've been fortunate to have no less than three visiting cats. The first was one Sosuke, courtesy of a short-term visit by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lei_loo a few weeks back. Very well trained, Sosuke was provided just the combination of good behaviour and playfulness as we made our way through a number of episodes of "Inside Job". In the past few weeks, courtesy of caseopaya, I've been visited by two Manx cats, Fragarach and Eadric. Frag is a very playful and somewhat naughty kitten who lives to climb everything; whereas his older and chonkier cousin is much more reserved. All have quite loved watching "Dove TV". Despite the joy of having such creatures about (not to mention the health benefits), I am not sure whether I am quite up for another animal companion of my own. It is a matter to which I will have to dedicate more thought.
In 2022 I lost two dear cats in my life; Mac who moved in with Erica H., and Sabre who ended up with me. It was a tragedy that they both died so close to each other and in the same condition. For some time the place felt quite empty without feline company, and whilst my visiting doves did provide some amusement it was by no means the same. However, in more recent weeks I've been fortunate to have no less than three visiting cats. The first was one Sosuke, courtesy of a short-term visit by
lei_loo a few weeks back. Very well trained, Sosuke was provided just the combination of good behaviour and playfulness as we made our way through a number of episodes of "Inside Job". In the past few weeks, courtesy of caseopaya, I've been visited by two Manx cats, Fragarach and Eadric. Frag is a very playful and somewhat naughty kitten who lives to climb everything; whereas his older and chonkier cousin is much more reserved. All have quite loved watching "Dove TV". Despite the joy of having such creatures about (not to mention the health benefits), I am not sure whether I am quite up for another animal companion of my own. It is a matter to which I will have to dedicate more thought.