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IAN: Thursday 6/12/2025 Moose Has His Ways [1]
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Date: 2025-06-11
I interact with the furchildren way too much every day, all at regularly scheduled times. I have alarms set on my watch but they are not as accurate as Moose.
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He comes up to the table next to where I am sleeping every morning when he decides it is time to get this show on the road. I have a remote control for the overhead fan that I keep right next to me. He digs it out and throws it on the floor. No matter where I hide it, he gets it and I get up.
I feed them all first thing in the morning as my coffee perks. There is no reason for him to alert me about that. But, a couple of hours later, everyone get medicine and it comes in very tasty covers so they are anxious to get on with it. He shows up about 10 minutes early on the top of my computer desk and sits in his “I’m not looking at you” regal pose.
His white ruff looks like a fur collar
If I don’t get up and give him what he wants, he walks back and forth in front of the monitor, making it hard to continue. So I hand out meds.
The rest of the day requires him to take emery boards and pencils out of cups on the desk and drop them on the floor. By evening, he is chewing and clawing on the paper in the printer which makes the printer unhappy.
All of these distractions is pretty effective and a credit to his cognitive skills. He thought these out, rehearsed them and tuned them until I responded. He has trained me well.
Oh, come on in, take a seat...
Then he calls me in to give me my performance review. I need to improve my attitude and be more punctual. It figures.
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