General update & Photos

I spent Thanksgiving with my parents - it was a lovely meal and lovely company also. (Dad can cook. Rather better than I can, not that this is any surprise since I don't actually enjoy cooking, and therefore don't try often.)

Basta and Babe, their two cats, are still cute, pushy, utterly spoiled, and (in Babe's case) mind-bogglingly silly. What they are not is objects I can only barely dare to touch. I have held cats on my lap, cuddled them impulsively, buried my face in their fur, and NOT had a bad reaction. Yes, I have had allergic reactions (I've sneezed! And my nose has gotten stuffy! An eye even itched!) but they are very mild and soon go away by just removing the cat from me for a little bit. As opposed to, you know, this time last year where the reaction was indescribably, horribly, visibly worse. This latest from the last couple weekends is, please note, WITHOUT taking the prednisone (first or after). JUST with the regular claratin antihistamine I always take. I sense progress! So do Babe and Basta, who are taking shameless advantage of my desire to cuddle cats now that I can again....

So, three photos. A Christmas tree from the office building, and Basta and Babe.