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Geez, and all this time I thought Miss Molly didn't like chicken, either real or cat-food. Today I put some bits down as I was chopping it for salad, but none of the cats were in the room at the time. Miss Molly was the first one who wandered in, and she started nibbling with some enthusiasm. Wow. It was all just a matter of her not being alpha enough, I guess. Now I know, I'll make a point of giving her bits as a treat.

In other matters of earth-shattering importance, I heard "Take Your Mama Out Tonight" while in the grocery store today. Here all this time I thought I knew a cool song that nobody else knew and now it turns up in a grocery store. So much for the cool factor. Next thing I know, it'll be "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"-- well, at least that's appropriate for a grocery store. Sigh.

I'll let you know of any other critical discoveries I make.

negativity

I don't know if this is another revelation (and so soon after the others!) but I realized today that negativity presents itself all the time. I don't have to reach out or seek it out, it's always nearby. It doesn't have to be stated outright, no comment needs to be made; I just automatically compare myself to expectations and always come up short. Not efficient enough, not tidy enough, not thrifty enough, not perceptive enough, not productive enough. Unfotunately, to avail myself of positive attitudes requires a little more work, a little more effort, making a call to see if someone can go out or do something together. And since other people have other things to do, it isn't always going to be convenient or work out. You'd think that after all these years I'd have learned that I can live my own life and do a decent job of it, without depending on someone else's approval. Or do we need approval for all our lives? God knows, some people seem to think the sun rises and sets out of their own behinds and it never occurs to them that the rest of the world may have a different solar system. I wonder if it makes them happier, or do they just have a different set of worries? One thing I have noticed is that being absolutely sure that there's only one right way to do everything, and you know what that way is, and that there are no grays in the world, does not seem to guarantee happiness. Odd, that.