Good news galore!
Jun. 29th, 2006 10:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annwfynThe first bit of good news is that the prodigal cat has returned! rweishaar heard him mewling at the back door at 2.30 am, and let him in. He is now firmly esconced in the bedroom and keeps climbing into my lap for reassurance. We've no idea where he's been since 5 pm yesterday - we suspect either
a) lost, scared and hiding until he could orient himself well enough to find his way home
b) residing with another family, eating their food
c) roaming the night, looking for trouble.
The one thing that I keep pondering is that last night at about midnightpierot and I went for a walk around the neighbourhood to see if we could find Madoc. We figured that at midnight it would be quiet and we might be able to hear some mewling or something. We walked along the river, when suddenly I saw this light feline figure cross the road up ahead. I wasn't sure, but it looked as it it were the same build and size as Madoc. We ran up the road, but by the time we got there, he had gone. We hunted around, and then wandered home fairly slowly.
I'm now wondering if that was Madoc, or not, and whether he partially followed us home, or at least tracked us back into familiar territory. The cat I saw was a ten minute walk from home.
I'm also in a slightly odd religious place. When Madoc went missing I offered God a deal. I said if he brought my cat back, I'd get baptised, but I neglected to specify which sect. So. Is God Catholic or C of E?*
I'm also pondering the rather silly spell I did from some wicca website (look - I was at home, I was worried, and it seemed like a good idea at the time). Does a cat turning up again 36 hours after vanishing, when a spell has been performed, offer any kind of proof of the functionality of magic, or just of the wisdom of performing spells where the odds are statistically in your favour?
In the other good news, I got my results back from Oxford. I passed my Masters! I am now officially a Master of European Archaeology. The marks for my dissertation weren't great - they were a straight pass at 61, instead of a merit or distinction, but considering the whole thing was done in two weeks when my deadline got brought forward, I can live with that. My reference has been sent to Camberwell by Helena Hamerow, and the future is looking good.
And I'm feeling positive!
*This entire thread may not be entirely serious at the moment. Me and religion is a long and tangled subject that I shall talk about in another entry one day.
rweishaar heard him mewling at the back door at 2.30 am, and let him in. He is now firmly esconced in the bedroom and keeps climbing into my lap for reassurance. We've no idea where he's been since 5 pm yesterday - we suspect eithera) lost, scared and hiding until he could orient himself well enough to find his way home
b) residing with another family, eating their food
c) roaming the night, looking for trouble.
The one thing that I keep pondering is that last night at about midnight
pierot and I went for a walk around the neighbourhood to see if we could find Madoc. We figured that at midnight it would be quiet and we might be able to hear some mewling or something. We walked along the river, when suddenly I saw this light feline figure cross the road up ahead. I wasn't sure, but it looked as it it were the same build and size as Madoc. We ran up the road, but by the time we got there, he had gone. We hunted around, and then wandered home fairly slowly. I'm now wondering if that was Madoc, or not, and whether he partially followed us home, or at least tracked us back into familiar territory. The cat I saw was a ten minute walk from home.
I'm also in a slightly odd religious place. When Madoc went missing I offered God a deal. I said if he brought my cat back, I'd get baptised, but I neglected to specify which sect. So. Is God Catholic or C of E?*
I'm also pondering the rather silly spell I did from some wicca website (look - I was at home, I was worried, and it seemed like a good idea at the time). Does a cat turning up again 36 hours after vanishing, when a spell has been performed, offer any kind of proof of the functionality of magic, or just of the wisdom of performing spells where the odds are statistically in your favour?
In the other good news, I got my results back from Oxford. I passed my Masters! I am now officially a Master of European Archaeology. The marks for my dissertation weren't great - they were a straight pass at 61, instead of a merit or distinction, but considering the whole thing was done in two weeks when my deadline got brought forward, I can live with that. My reference has been sent to Camberwell by Helena Hamerow, and the future is looking good.
And I'm feeling positive!
*This entire thread may not be entirely serious at the moment. Me and religion is a long and tangled subject that I shall talk about in another entry one day.
