Kaitlin Sundberg

A black cat is curled up by a window, sulking because his feelings are hurt by the existence of his brother.

Alfalfa is sulking because he thinks he owns both sunny spots in my office, but his brother keeps laying in one of them and that is just absolutely egregious to him. So he is sulking in the dark corner, even though there is a sunny spot available, because his brother is allowed to exist.

A black cat named Green Bean is curled up atop a brown shelf underneath a green-curtained window. He is sleeping, and the sun is shining on his fur and warming him.

Oh, to be a lil Green Bean napping in the sun.

A black cat named Green Bean sits atop a medium brown shelf next to a green-curtained window and mlems, i.e. sticks his tongue out. You can see trees and the neighbor's roof outside the window.

Beanie mlem

Is this headache from allergies, dehydration, lack of caffeine, or living in the worst timeline?

It was 80⁰ two days and now there's a fkn blizzard. But don't worry, y'all, climate change isn't real or anything 🙄🙄🙄🙄

The most beautiful and handsome fella 😍

The high is almost 60⁰ today. In January. In the Midwest. 😬

Very handsome boys in their heated beds.

-6 and feels like -21 here. I've died and gone to hell. This has to be hell haha

It is too cold to be awake. I vote we all crawl back in bed and hibernate until springtime.

And we live by the IA border, and IA has just-as-bad drivers with the added "bonus" that they seem to not believe in using turn signals on like a cellular level haha

I've thankfully never driven in TX, but I took an Uber and being on the highway was terrifying. Texans drive like they want to die and drag you to hell with them haha. Nebraskans are derpy dumbasses, particularly in the cities. Once you get out in the sticks, it's not so bad.

I like to shake my head and give a silent thumbs down to 1. shit drivers and 2. maga assholes. For some reason, that pisses them off even more than actual confrontation 😂
That and a fervent hope/prayer that they shit their pants in public. Let the chaos flow through you. Harness it for good.

I get that! I've seen the ocean once and that's enough for me. Big water scares the hell outta me, like deep in my guts. The ocean wants to murder me, and I'm not about that haha
I'm a flatlander, born and bred smack dab in the middle of the flatlands, so mountains are inherently exciting to me 😅🤣🤣

I feel like CO drivers in general are just insane? NE has dumb-ass drivers, but not usually aggressive like my experience with CO drivers. If you can, get over to Omaha or Lincoln! Comparable cost of living, WAY better food and amenities, fewer murder snakes, and equally bad drivers haha.

If I won the lottery, I'd move to Manitou or Telluride in a heartbeat. (Telluride is the only western CO town I'm actually familiar with). I love the Springs, but it seems like it's ultra conservative and that's a hard pass for me. I'm already living that life, but at a slightly cheaper rate haha

The Riverwalk was cute, but nothing to write home about imo. Idk much about green chile, but I don't know that it can get worse than CO Springs. Maybe I had a bad experience, but it was like super soupy and tasted like nothing. All the Western historians seem to love green chile and I'm here like 😬😬

And 🌿💨 haha

I feel like Colorado is a maybe a lie? Like cost of living everywhere is faaaairly comparable to Omaha (except Denver) and it's advertised to us as this blue oasis, but y'all have just as many scary gun-toting xtian extremists as we do, just generally better landscapes and weather haha

For a while, we were considering moving to Pueblo (to GTFO Nebraska) since the cost of living is relatively similar, but then we visited Pueblo... Hell nah. One of the most depressing little cities I've ever seen, and I live across the river from Council Bluffs, IA haha

It's a sunny winter day, and that means lizard time in a sunny patch on the floor! (Cries in seasonal depression)

8:30 start time is heinous! Absolutely criminal.

A black cat named Green Bean lays in a soft olive and tan cat bed. There are grey curtains in the background. A little black paw peeks over the edge from inside of the cat bed, and the cat has narrowed green eyes as if to say "I am judging you and find you wanting "

Very greeny. Very beanie. Very weenie. He's the Green Bean boy, and he don't have time for your shit .

Inter- and intra-office politics can often determine your opportunities more than your credentials or talent. This is one of many reasons I'm no longer in academia.
Still would have chosen it though, bc I got to meet some incredible people, broadened my worldview, and met my husband :)

Oh snap, that's basically Rummikub, but I think with Rummy-o the rules are slightly different? Ugh, Rummikub tickles my brain so good haha

The local weather stations have been freaking out about this huge winter storm, city is brining the streets, all that jazz. When I tell you we got a powdered donut dusting, that is generous haha

Alfalfa has rediscovered his heated bed. So baby. Many relax. Very toasty.

I have been on hold with Mohela for a total of over 3.5 hours (and still waiting). I am going to be cold and dead in my grave before I get through to a real person, aren't I?