thursday is my totally off day this semester. i spent the entire day in the house, hanging out with parrots and cats.

i got two new pairs of shoes yesterday, and one new pair last week. i wore them all today, changing into a new pair of socks for each one.

i skimmed Kafka’s Diaries (assigned for class) and made some minor edits to the two large blog posts i made yesterday, because they were made without any proofreading or revising. it’s possible they’ll be edited more. i also wrote a couple pages for an essay i’m working on, but they weren’t good and i deleted them.

i made vegan chili from a can.

while i was gone at school, like seven packages arrived for me. most, i think, are books that i ordered for school. three of them were gifts (birthday and belated xmas*), including one that included two of the pairs of shoes. i opened the gifts yesterday (so that i could thank the people who sent them), and another one today (shaving supplies), but i’m leaving the others to open tomorrow, and maybe days after that. i enjoy the anticipation, and unless there’s a need to have something right now, i like to wait.

my third pair of shoes for the day is pinching my toes right now. but they’re also the best looking out of the three. i’m not sure which of those considerations is more important to me. probably appearance.

i was going to the bathroom earlier today, and one of the cats kept putting her hand underneath the door, palm up, feeling around and yowling from the other side. no one else was home, so i leaned over and opened the door. she poked her head in, looked around, made eye contact with me, and walked away.

*i actually received the belated xmas gift a few weeks ago, but the sender said she was sending a note that explained the gift, so i decided to wait for the explanation before opening the gift. the note is what arrived earlier this week. it was worth the wait.