I am so glad it is Friday. I caught a bit of a cold from my sister last weekend while traveling and sharing living quarters with her in my family's lake cottage in Northern Michigan. I have had stuffed up sinuses and a congested chest cough for the better part of the week. I am feeling much much better now though. Compared to the last time I was sick, this cold is nothing.

The photo above is a macro of one of five or six orchids we keep in our lab here at work. It is a Doritaenopsis "Aposya", which is a hybrid cross between a Phalaenopsis and a Doritis. Right now, we have a Colmanara Wildcat "Okika" blooming for the first time. The flowers are very strange looking...I will have to get pictures of those, too.

I missed my little kitten buddy this morning in the bathroom as I got ready for work. Every morning he lays in the sink while I shower, then plays behind the shower curtain while I dry my hair. Today, however, he was already gone when I got up. My husband dropped him off at the vet's this morning. He is getting his manhood taken away. I feel bad for the little guy...he is going to stay overnight at the veterinarian's office. I can't wait to get him back and have him feeling better. Right now, I am waiting for the vet's office to call me and let me know they are all done.

We are supposed to get "slammed" by a winter storm today. It has been raining all morning, any minute now it is supposed to turn to sleet and then snow. If the weather gets really bad, I may head out of work early just to try to make it home in under 2 hours. I live about 30 minutes north of work, which is already a bit north of Detroit...and they are saying it will hit worst in Detroit's northern suburbs.

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