Sigh…. Ever have one of those days? You all know the ones I mean….. where it  seems as if the World itself and everything in it has turned to utter crap and wishes nothing but evil things for you? Ever had one of those days that turns into one of those weeks?…… or even lasts long enough to turn into one of those months?

July has become one of those things for me I’m sorry to say, and it’s not looking like it’s done torturing lil’ ol’ me quite yet. For most of this month work has been hammering me mercilessly with hair pulling stress levels…. more unexpected problems with my Credit card have surfaced yet again to give me grief…. and, most terrible of all….. my beloved kitty Goober made another escape from the apartment last week, turning up dead in the parking lot the next day. Worse… it was Carolyn who let him out the door accidentally that evening and we had the stupidest words over it that in my grief and anger should never have been said…… All I want to do these last few days is curl up and cry.

So…. as all you Gentle Visitors might have noticed, I’ve been pretty darn well absent from the ol’ Litterbox lately. I wish I could come up with a good excuse, but between work and my personal life just beating me about the head and shoulders lately, the truth is I just haven’t had the time or the energy to do much other than feel miserable…..

Still…. even though I’ve missed deadlines both here and at Delirium I wanted to at least post something here to let people know I’m still around…. just not my usual perky, happy self. I’ll be back soon….. but it’ll have to be once I’ve straightened a few things out with my mess of an existence. Till then…..

Lately as I’ve been surfing about, I’ve noticed that 2010 seems to have every blog I read making those “Top 10″ lists a “must have”. So who is this lil’ Catgirl to argue with such a trend. But…. who wants just another tired old list of “Top 10 News Stories” or “10 Best Films of 2010″ or “10 Celebrity Scandals of the Year”…. Certainly not me.

Nope. There’s just no way I could waste your time repeating any of those… it just wouldn’t have the “personal” touch my Diary posts have come to be known for. I know… I know… you think you all know this wacky, somewhat neurotic lil’ kitten pretty well by now. But there are a few things I haven’t shared…. till now, although I’m mostly toooo boring a lady to have as many as 10 secrets for you….. Anyway…. for those of you with a burning need to complete your “Neko-knowledge” I bring you… “5 Things You’ve Never… Ever… Known About Your Favorite Catgirl Princess”.

Let’s see…. where o’ where to begin?…. Well, here they go… in no particular order.

5) Neko Can’t Swim!! - Yep, despite many attempts to teach me over the years… I still can’t swim. Not a lick. This one probably results mostly from the fact that neither of my parents can swim either… so naturally there weren’t trips to the beach.. or the community pool… or even the ol’ swimmin’ hole when I was a wee girl. Yes… there was that gym class in middle school for this… but… It was then I discovered my tiny lil’ body stubbornly refuses to float like all human being are reputed to do. Nope! I sink… like a pebble right to the bottom. (At which time I panic, promptly start drowning, and that usually ends the “fun” of the whole experience..) Turns out not everybody can float… it requires a certain muscle to fat ratio that I didn’t have and a measure of relaxation which I seem never to attain. Oh well… dry land for this lil’ kitten!

4) Neko Has Never… Ever… Had a Driver’s License!! – Something that originally started when I nearly wrecked the first car I ever got behind the wheel of… a boyfriend’s car waaaay back in High School. After that I just never tried to learn again…. and whenever anyone would insist I should learn, I stubbornly dragged my heels against the idea. I’ve never really regretted this rather quirky and characteristically pigheaded decision… as I’ve always managed to make do without. I’ve always lived, worked, and shopped all within walking distance of wherever I have been throughout my life. While helping to keep me lean and fit over the years,it has also lead to some strange things occurring now and again. I was actually almost denied reentry to the US from a day-trip to Canada 10 years or so ago with some friends. It was incomprehensible to the Border Patrol and Customs that ANY adult American would have absolutely NO record of a driver’s license… even though I did at the time have a valid US passport with me!! I can still remember the idiotic Customs guy slipping in a few questions in Mandarin during my interview in a “clever” attempt to trip me up and prove I was really an illegal Chinese immigrant… no kidding! It took an hour to convince them then, and since 9/11 has actually made things harder I’ve never tried to go to Canada again… Who knows what sort of problems I’d have now!! I’m also given loads of problems getting into Bars and Nightclubs… and looking 10 years younger than my actual age has never ever helped either!!

3) Neko Dislikes Phones!! – I really.. really.. REALLY don’t like talking on the phone. I’ve never owned a cell phone either. Just don’t like them…. at all. Part of it probably stems from my general unease at speaking to someone who’s face I can’t see… and part of it is probably the way I’ve always thought the telephone was one of the worst utilized inventions ever. Carolyn is genuinely exasperated with this particular quirk of mine…. she just can’t seem to live without her cellphone and not being able to call me at the drop of a hat or text me about something makes her crazy sometimes. But I just don’t like them…. deep down inside I find the whole idea of having a phone constantly ringing at me….fighting for my attention…. annoying. The rest is probably just another of my irrational quirks… as well as a part of  Secret #2

2) Neko Is A Wee Bit Deaf… – Yep…. ever since birth. Although only close friends and acquaintances are really aware of it, I suffer from a measure of hearing loss, mostly in my left ear. It’s a birth defect… something to do with those little bones that vibrate along with your eardrum…. and as a result I miss chunks of conversation, mishear things, and the like. Ahhhh, yes…. and it’s probably one of the main reasons I don’t like talking on the phone…. Unfortunately the range of frequencies mostly affected fall right within the range of human speech…. D’ohhh!! I was nearly 5 years old before it really got noticed, and by then I’d mostly taught myself to compensate for it with a combination of positioning and lip reading without even realizing I needed to. Children, myself included, are amazingly resilient and resourceful it seems. A hearing aid was considered… but the Audiologists and doctors decided I was functional enough without it, and that it would more likely result in distraction from background noises I’m not even aware of.

And lastly…..

1) Neko is More Than a Wee Bit Paranoid….. -  Not in the psychotic agoraphobic “crazy cat-lady” sort of way, but still I’m really a very cautious woman. How cautious you ask? Well… although it’s embarrassing to mention, I’ve got a number of very odd quirks regarding my own personal safety. Let’s see….

Ahhh… I “window shop”…. But…. not to actually shop you see… often I catch myself doing it to be able to glance in a window just to see who might be following along behind me on the street. Sound a wee bit crazy? How about my habit of never taking the same route as I walk to work? Yep…. routine can be the thing that makes you vulnerable and that’s something I live in dread of. You already know my particular dread of “torture-porn” movies…. all part of my particular phobia, I guess. There are others… such as my desire to always be aware of the entrances and exits in any public place I might be in. Weirdly enough…. those locations, as full of people as they might be, never worry me as much a locations with only a couple of strangers in them. Go figure….

Strangely enough, I’ve never been threatened… attacked… or endangered in any meaningful way in my whole life. Honest!! Not even close. I’ve often wondered if my phobia in this regard was linked to some tragic episode in a past life…. It isn’t overwhelming and in no way prevents me from being a functional person, but it is very noticeable if you know me really well. (And only the level of comfort I’ve slowly come to feel here at the Litterbox lets me write about this one at all…. Thank goodness for the relative anonymity of the Internet…)

Whew….. Ok…. so now that you know what sort of crazy kitten I am, next time out I’m hoping we can get back to the fun of sharing my latest views on the nutty offbeat cinema that we all love, but hate to admit. That is if you don’t now all think I”m a total mental case that is….Hehehehe!!

Till then… “Meow, meow, for now!!”

Given that, I was willing to tackle the daunting task of editing a new WordPress Theme today that I had found to give it that certain indescribable….. “Nekolishous-ness”…. something to make it feel all warm, cozy, and homey. All in all, I’m rather pleased with the results (and ever so pleased that I managed to do it all without somehow completely destroying the Litterbox in the process… Hehehehe!!).

I know I’ve been absent lately, but with the approach of Graduation at our local colleges, I’ve been one busy lady at work. Between that and spending some time with Carolyn and Goober, my own free time is fairly well missing. Still…. with the day off, I thought I’d touch base with you all and let you know what’s up with me so far this wonderful month of May…..

Lots and lots of movies have been arriving in the mail….. so many that I’m plumb at a loss to pick where to start first. I’ve got yet more Hindi horror goodies…. “Phoonk 2″ and a promising looking one called “Shaapit” to see.

Some more from the UK came today including “The Interceptor”, which looks to be some sort of Russian action fantasy… just what it’s about is somewhat confusing from the Trailer, but I’m thinking I’ll enjoy it. Throw in the BBC miniseries “Day of the Triffids” and an Aussie horror movie “Storage” and I’m all set to satisfy Carolyn’s fussy insistence on having a few movies for us to watch where everybody speaks English……

The first of a few out of Malaysia have shown up…. “Rasukan Ablasa”, and soon two more, “Niyang Rapik” and “Jin Hutan, the Mountain Spirit” ought to be arriving. I just can’t wait!!

I’ve an honest to goodness Turkish Zombie movie on the way…. “Ada Zombilerin Düğünü”…. and that looks to be fun, in a “Cloverfield” meets “The Zombie Diaries” sort of way. You all know how this lil’ Catgirl loves her Zombies…..

China is sending me a few… “14 Blades” showed today, along with “Mulan” and “The Treasure Hunters”…… and if the Movie Fairies are kind, I’ll have “Womb Ghosts” by this weekend!!

But the biggest pile to make their way to me has to be the one I’ve got coming right now from Indonesia. Nearly a dozen are on their way to me at the moment with lots of Hantu, Kuntilanak, and Pocong fun in store no doubt…. as well as the film “Macabre” aka “Rumah Darah” and the cannibal/ slasher film “Air Terjun Pengatin”. I’ve been on the lookout for those two for like… well…. just forever now.

Mmmmmm!!! So apparently Neko’s been a good girl I guess, to have been blessed with such luck. Carolyn even managed to surprise me with a couple of classic horror discs picked up on her trip to Chicago, so my evenings look to be filled with movies…. (If I ever get to actually sit down and watch them that is…..)

Which ones to watch first? Well there’s where I was hoping for a little guidance from you, o’ Gentle Visitors….. If you have a movie on this list that intrigues you, just speak right up and I’ll shift it to the top of my growing “To Watch” list….. You’ll learn all about the movie and help goofy lil’ me make up my silly mind…. all at the same time. Definitely a “win-win” situation if I ever heard of one.

Ahhhh…. and on that note, I’m off…. the warm afternoon sun and delightful breezes have worked thier magic on me and I’m off for an afternoon in the Park…. maybe a little lunch and  a bit o lazy daydreaming by the river.

Don’t worry though, I’ll be back and have another review for you soon, but until then… “Meow, meow for now!!”

I’m spending a lazy afternoon at home today working on the computer…. my window open, Goober snoozing in the sunshine on my windowsill, and the warm air tickling the side of my face whispering “Miyuki!!…. Come outside and play!! You know you wanna….”

And goodness knows…. I do so wanna play….. Carolyn is out of town, away for a seminar for the college to Chicago and has been since Monday. She wanted me to go along, but the restaurant was far too busy and I had to be there Monday and Tuesday to do my Kitchen Manager duties….. but I sooo wanted to play hooky and go away with her.

But… in my “cat-like” way, having some private “Me Time” hasn’t been all that bad either, and it’s given me the chance to catch up on quite a few things around the ol’ apartment and here at the Litterbox.

So what the heck is up with lil’ ol’ me these days? Guess it’s time for another “Diary” entry to bring you all up to speed…..

As usual, free time means movies, and I did manage to watch a couple the last few evenings, so you all can expect a few new reviews to come from this unexpected loosening up of my schedule. The warm weather has also kept my seasonal insomnia in full swing…. This year it’s lasted a ridiculously loooonng time. Just when I get a few good nights sleep, it returns for a day or so, leaving me restless and wired most of the time. Even worse…… it’s managed to last long enough to overlap this months… errr… ahhhh…. “little gift from Mother Nature”.  Trust me….. There’s nothing less fun than being both tired, restless, a bit manic, crampy and cranky. In hindsight, it’s probably a good thing Carolyn managed to escape for the week. It’s also why I’m not heeding the wonderful weather’s siren call either….

However… it’s given me plenty of time to do some maintenance here at the Litterbox, and as part of that I’ve fired up my Blog’s Stat Press plugin to see what sort of Traffic I’m getting. As ever…. it’s surprising to see some of the results.

I’m constantly amazed at the number of people passing through the Litterbox from Google Search looking for such things as “medical+vagina” or “bad+vagina” or any number of other strange “vagina related” searches……. Somehow I never really thought this lil’ Catgirl’s ramblings would actually attract that sort of crowd. Hehehehe….and don’t get me started about how many “giant penis” searches find their way to me……

Indonesia and Thailand seem to head the list of visitor locales, but I also get a surprising amount of traffic from the former Soviet Republics as well. It’s heartwarming to see the number of hits on my RSS feeds, but how many represent actual readers and how many are simply search aggregators is unknown to me. It’s just soooo interesting to watch the stats collect…..

I’ve been toying around with the idea of trying some new themes here as well…. sort of some new Spring Window dressing so to speak…. so don’t be surprised to see some temporary changes come and go over the next few days.

Hmmmmm? Well Goober is flicking his tail across my keyboard, and that’s usually a sign he’s looking for some attention, so I guess I’ll leave you all for now and maybe see about snooping around in the refrigerator to see if I can’t rustle us up something yummy for dinner. Till next time out… “Meow, meow for now!!”

I know…. it’s been a while since your Favorite Catgirl let you all in on what she’s been up to, but February (and then March too…) just seemed to whiz right by me. I’ve a few days off from work, so I figured it was time to do another “Diary” update just to sate your insatiable curiosity regarding all things “Nekolishous”.

(I just know all you gentle visitors have been anxiously awaiting another helping of my latest personal tidbits….. So who am I to keep you in the dark? Hehehehe!!)

Have I been busy at work since last time out? Is there anything new and exciting to report? So……. has Neko been a good lil’ kitten or a naughty lil’ vixen these last couple of months? Hmmmm?

Guess there’s really only one thing for you to do if not knowing has kept you awake nights too…. and you all know by now that’s to “Read On!!” and find out.

Wow!! I can’t believe how much things have conspired to keep me busy these last couple of months….. so what stuff is there to tell you all about? Lets see…. Ooohh!! That’s right!! I haven’t had a chance to tell you guys about Valentines Day!

As you know, the girls at work booked me a Romantic overnight reservation for two at a posh hotel in the city….. Now, you know the type we’re talkin’ about…. (Wink, wink….) with a fancy dinner for two, some decadently sensuous spa access, and that ever so naughty private suite with the hot tub, champagne, roses on the pillows and chocolate kisses on the nightstands. Yep… that’s the one. We did actually go for it, Carolyn and I, although I was pretty nervous about the whole thing. Even a year together hasn’t managed to completely erase my shyness about our relationship being “public”. For me, it’s always been easier to relax around strangers when we want to be a little flirtatious…. I don’t know why that is, it just works that way.

Given how busy Valentines Day is at my restaurant, I sorta felt bad about taking the time away, but Samantha had certainly worked overtime convincing the rest of the kitchen crew that a happy, contented Miyuki could only be a good thing for them in the long term at work…. Who knew she could be such a talented negotiator? Given that, I really couldn’t come up with a good excuse not to go….. That, and I really, really…. really.. wanted to show Carolyn a nice time, given how awkward our first Valentine’s Day together went last year… something I still feel bad about at times.

We had a fun drive down to the city, got there early enough to check in and then spend the afternoon shopping and goofing around together. It was fun…. a lot more fun than I would have guessed, my initial uneasiness fading away until I realized we were actually laughing, holding hands and cuddling against the cold wind while window shopping just like any couple lost in the silly intoxication of love might do. Nobody even gave a second glance at us… or if they did, I never even noticed…. Even the hotel staff seemed completely unfazed by the two women who turned up for a night in the special Valentines suite. (Although I think we were a bit of a novelty for the Spa staff when we both turned up for the full pampering treatment…. I think they were expecting only a single lady…. but no!! Massages, manicures, pedicures and mud baths for two please!! Hehehe!!!)

Yes…. we finally did get around to using that Hot tub too. Given that my lil’ apartment only has a tiny shower, Carolyn and I have never bathed together since we became lovers…. Ummmm? Well…. Let’s just say that it was sudsy, warm, and a great place to drink the complementary champagne while getting my back washed…. (OK…ok… I will say that somehow we manged to both get clean and very, very dirty all at the same time, Hehehe!!)

All in all, I have to say, it was a nice relaxing time together….. Late that night, all sleepy and satisfied, I couldn’t resist asking Carolyn if this was more the sort of Valentines Day she’d wanted for last year. Then she slipped in close and whispered to me that it was perfect…. more than she had ever dreamed it could be. I felt her tears on my cheek, and couldn’t stop myself from tearing up too a little, my heart aching for her while we cuddled closer in that pure moment of shared love. If I ever wondered exactly how much she felt for me, that just about showed it all.

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Following that wonderful getaway, things settled back to the day to day routine we’ve been stuck with since the beginning of the year. Our work schedules have made weekends just about impossible beyond seeing each other in passing. We do get evenings during the week to do things, and that tends to be good for us, but it means I’ve spent far less time watching films these weeks. (Well…. at least for watching films that would fit in here at the ol’ Litterbox…. Unless I start a category for “Mainstream Chick Flicks” that is…. It seems my view of Carolyn’s movie choices mirror her opinions of mine, so apparently we are perfect for each other!!…..Hehehe!!)

A good example of how much our lives are becoming entangled with each other’s is now right here in front of me. Carolyn now has her own new desktop computer!! Given the size of our lil’ place, I was up to me to figure out how to squeeze it next to mine and wire it up with a KVM switch…. so now she has her own place to surf and email without worrying about messing up my system. (I told her…. my computer was her computer, but she’s always worried that she’d get a virus from an email or something and mess things up for me. She wont even surf the web on her laptop given that it’s actually owned by the College and is for her to use at work….. darn trustworthy responsible person that she is!!)

The flu made a dent in personnel at both my restaurant as well as Carolyn’s department at the College throughout the end of February and into the beginning of March. Unusual for this lil’ Catgirl, I actually dodged the bug this time out, although it caught up with Carolyn and put her in bed for a good three days. I was able to adjust my hours to be home and nurse her through the worst of it, running to the store for medicine and Kleenex and generally being there when she felt to crappy to even get out of bed for water or food. Thank goodness March has been pretty warm and dry here for the most part… That probably kept me from catching it too.

But…… That warm weather comes with a price. Ever since I was a wee lil’ kitten, that change of seasons has always triggered a nasty case of Insomnia for me, usually lasting a couple of weeks till the weather makes up it’s mind to become Spring. This year, it’s struck with a vengeance. I’m antsy and wired and filled with a restless energy that has me tossing and turning at night till I finally get driven to give up and just get up and do something. That used to be merely a pain in Goober’s fuzzy lil’ butt, but this year it’s become Carolyn’s problem too. I used to stay up watching movies or even doing aerobics to tire myself out, but that’s just a wee bit tooooo noisy for me to do when she needs her sleep. What’s a crazy sleep deprived kitten to do?

Well… thank goodness there’s always the internet. I spend a lot of my time surfing, tracking down films, finding image files to play about with in my image suite. (Delirium Vault has certain benefited from my restless energy… as I’ve whipped up more than a few new banners for the site…..) Ahhh... and there’s always my Mp3 player…. (although if anybody were to peek in my windows at night they might wonder about the seemingly nutty Asian woman dancing around her living room in the dark….) If I weren’t so paranoid about whatever other strangers were awake at these hours, there’s always all night shopping at Walmart….. Well, at least the apartment has never been cleaner these days….. so I guess it’s all good.

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Anyway…. March itself is gone now, April rearing it’s head with a promise of flowers and days of warm breezes. Hopefully it’ll be kind and gentle to your Favorite Catgirl and give me more time to post more regularly. I’ve plenty of new DVD’s to paw through and I know you regular visitors here at the Litterbox will wanna hear all about them. I hope this longer than usual Diary posting will keep you all informed, content, and happy till next time I feel the overwhelming need to dish about my silly life….. Till then, I hope this new-found Spring finds you all well and happy and as lucky in life and love as I’ve been.

And…. as always, “Meow, meow for now!!”

Well now…. we just can’t have that, and as I know some of you ache to know all the details of my boring lil’ life it seemed like the proper time to let you all in on what exactly has been happenin’ since Christmas and the New Year for your Favorite Catgirl Princess!!

Well…. for one thing, January brings me another birthday….. So…. did I get all sorts of nice presents from family and friends?

Guess you’ll just have to “Read On” to find out!!

Yep…. another birthday, another year older….. just HOW old remains my secret… Hehehehe!!! Let’s just say I’m sliding  graciously into my late 30′s and leave it at that shall we.

After the festivities of both Christmas and New Years, it’s always so anti-climactic when my birthday rolls around. My family always remembers, and Mom and Dad always send me something… but I don’t usually make a big deal out of it. Normally I just make certain to take the day off from work and spend a lazy day around the apartment. This year was nicer, having Carolyn to spend it with… and as my “girlfriend” (Gee… despite everything, it still feels strange using that phrase for her….) she felt obligated to go all out and make the day special for lil’ ol’ me.

I must say she’s been especially affectionate anyway since we got home from Christmas at her sister’s place… I don’t really think she’s even aware she’s been doing it, but I’ve certainly noticed all the little things she’s started treating me to. Soft touches as she passes by me in the kitchen or as we hurry to leave for work in the morning. Extra close cuddling on the couch in the evenings…. complete with gentle soothing backrubs while we chat about the day. A kiss or a hug from her now lingers just that tiny extra length of time to let me know she wishes it would never end. Seems that she’s just completely unable to pass up any chance to touch or be intimately close to me lately. Ahhh, yes… and her need to finally decide upon a “pet name” for me…..

That has been something she’s worked on unconsciously since we became lovers. I started out as “sweetheart”… became “sweetie” for a brief while… even “honey” and “babe” had their turns. However none really stuck, and it was only recently that she seems to have settled on “Miyu”…. as a diminutive lil’ shorthand for my name…. which she’s always liked. (I was even “Miyu-chan” for a very brief period, but she’s dropped that one thank goodness!! It never really suited me coming from her…) If happiness were a tangible physical thing, I’m almost certain it would be bubbling out of her ears in all it’s frothy pink exuberance. And you can never wash that out of the carpet… Hehehehe!!

It came as no surprise then, that she’d do something crazy and romantic for my birthday…. even going as far as roping in Samantha and some of the girls from the restaurant to help out. They all got to sneak into the apartment and set things up while we were off at Dance class that evening…. and when we got back they surprised me with cupcakes and gifts and we had a nice little party together. Carolyn was surprised too… because even though she’d been in on the plan, the girls neglected to tell her they’d pooled their cash and booked us a romantic evening at a nice hotel for this Valentine’s Day as their gift for me…. Soooo nice of them all!! And to think I’d been so worried about “coming out” at work…

Hmmmmm? So what else did I get for gifts? Well…. Carolyn got me a pair of beautiful Jade & Peridot Earrings…. just the sort of pretty and expensive things I love and yet never seem to buy for myself. My parents tried to coordinate gifts this year, as Mom sent me a lovely antique ivory comb, and Dad bought me a set of silver hairpins. Seems I probably should have told them about my new short lil’ hairdo…. Ooops!! But after all… it’s the thought that counts, right? Oh… and Sam just couldn’t go without getting me another gift as well… a sweet little western print broomstick skirt. So your Favorite Catgirl seems to have really cleaned up gift wise this year!! Yay!!

The evening ended fairly late, after all the wine and the cupcakes were eaten, and Sam let me know I was off the hook for work the next day as they had gotten together to make certain one of the other cooks would cover my shift… and Carolyn let me know she had called in already for a “personal day”….the sneaks!! So all that remained was to leave the cleanup for tomorrow and scamper off to bed for a bit of naughty fun with my sweetie guaranteed to make us both sleep in late the next day.

All in all… it was probably the best birthday I’ve had in years….

So, that’s about it… for this time out. But don’t worry, I’ll try to get back much sooner for my next “Diary” posting, and I’ve got some more reviews in the pipeline so until then, as always gentle visitors, “Meow, meow, for now!!”

But… how exactly did 2009 finally play out for me? Christmas with Carolyn’s Sister’s family and New Years itself?

Guess you’ll just have to keep reading this week’s “Diary” entry to find out….

Christmas started with a long snowy ride through probably the nastiest blizzard I’ve seen in quite some time. It took us fully half again as long to reach Sandra’s place as we expected… crawling along through a near whiteout and getting stuck at a truckstop for a couple hours so poor Carolyn could get a rest from driving (…but, at least they did have the world’s yummiest chili fries!! Mmmmmm!!! Spicy…..). Both of us were completely worn out when we got there well after midnight on Christmas Eve, but Sandra was still waiting up for us. After grabbing our presents for placing under the tree she immediately shooed us off to the guest room with a quilt she’d had warming up on a radiator to get some well needed sleep.

We were so tired we didn’t even shower, we just slid under that lovely warm blanket and it was then Carolyn remarked with a giggle that it was obvious that letting us share this cozy bed was probably meant to give us the privacy for some potentially racy and intimate Lesbian cuddle time, and that it would be a shame to disappoint their expectations…. But neither of us was able to stay awake that long. Sigh….

Next morning however was a different story…. I awoke from a somewhat erotic dream to find Carolyn kissing and nuzzling me behind my ear as we spooned together, her arms wrapped around me holding me close against her. One hand was softly fondling my breast while the other gently teased me with soft caresses in my most intimate of places. My skin was on fire, and from the way my breathing had been reduced to ragged panting I knew she must have been at it for some time….. I tried to say something but all that I could manage was an incoherent lil’ moan from somewhere in my throat that let her know I was waking up. Sensing this, her touch became much more insistent making me twitch and shiver from head to toe. It was only a moment before a familiar tingling warned me of a climax that washed over me in a kaleidoscope of melting color and the pounding of my own hearbeat in my head…. It was probably the single most erotic thing I’ve ever experienced, and when I could actually focus again, she was lying next to me with the most satisfied look on her face, “Merry Christmas, Miyu-chan…. and remember, they always say it’s better to give than to receive……” She was all flushed and glowing with perspiration… and the thought of all the naughty things she’d done to sleepy lil’ me had her fairly well aroused already, so it didn’t take long for me to pay her back in kind….. Gee…Not a bad way to start the holiday, I must say!!

Eventually we did get up, and by this time Sandra and the family were already awake, her youngest boy Adam excited with his presents, playing with his father while his older sister Maddy helped her mom fix breakfast. It was time for introductions…. and it seems Carolyn had decided to refer to me as simply “my girlfriend Miyuki”… so much better than “Aunt Carolyn’s Special Friend”, thank goodness. At 6, Adam didn’t even think twice about any of it, but Maddy at 13 was obviously fascinated by our relationship, too polite to ask any of the questions that must have bubbled around in her head. Sandra’s husband Allan was polite, but I got a vibe from him that told me he was a wee bit uncomfortable about the whole thing, but he was a good host and never ever made me feel anything but welcome in his home.

We opened our presents…. and I got some nice DVD’s from Sandra and her family…. thanks to Carolyn having told them about my fanatic hobby needs. From Carolyn, I got the cutest little Chinese style brocade jacket….. (which she says I look adorable in even if I’m Japanese and not Chinese…). Carolyn got two gifts…. a pea coat like mine from me (she’d always liked it…. and mine’s too small for her to wear)…. and a brand new GPS for her car from Sandra and the family. The day passed quietly and in the early afternoon Allan took Carolyn and the kids to do some shopping for dinner. I got shanghaied into helping Sandra fix dinner, but I knew she just wanted to have some time to talk seriously with me, which she did the moment we were alone. It was a surreal conversation… with Sandra interested mostly in how Carolyn and I were working out as a couple and if I was serious about being with her for the long run. I assured her we were really very happy…. which was good, as she was worried that if I wasn’t serious about things that it would just tear Carolyn’s heart to shreds. As we got comfortable, she told me she’d known all about me for years…. Carolyn phones her all the time and spent oodles of time telling her about me over the years….. it seems was even her idea to have Carolyn finally tell me how she felt about us rather than pine away wondering “what if?” forever. (Sisters…. you really have to love how they tell each other absolutely everything….) For her part, Sandra thought Carolyn and I made an adorable couple….. she’s a lot like Carolyn and it wasn’t hard to warm up to her once I’d convinced her that hurting her sister was something I’d never, ever do.

We had a simply wonderful Christmas dinner with plenty of food and dessert… and even though we both wanted another night together in that cozy bed, I had to work the next day so we took off for home right after. The snow had stopped falling, and the trip home was far easier than the trip there, letting us get into our own bed by 3 that morning. Not bad for our first “family” celebration as a couple…. (Now I just have to pluck up the courage to tell someone in my own family all about us……)

I wish I could say New Years was as wonderful, but unfortunately for me I had to work both New Year’s Eve and the following day…. I did get to spend Saturday night at home, and so Carolyn, Goober, and I did get some quality time on the couch watching some new movies that evening. If you’ve visited the “Litterbox” in the last day or so or peeked in at Delirium Vault, you’ve seen my new review for“9″… and hopefully I’ll get some more ready in the next couple of days…. I’d have had some up earlier, but much of my last couple days has been consumed trying to reset all my online accounts after losing the email address I use for such things…. You just don’t realize what a pain that is until you actually have to do it, let me tell you!!

Well… as always, I hope my goofy ramblings are welcome, even if I did get a wee bit “R” rated this time out….. but don’t worry, I’m certain my life is likely to get much more boring as winter moves along…..

Till the next time I crack open my Diary and let you take a look inside gentle visitors, “Meow, meow for now!!”

But…. before then….. there’s still just enough time for your Favorite Catgirl Princess to wish all you wonderful visitors here at the ol’ “Litterbox” a wonderful Christmas full of fun and Family and all the best as we celebrate the season in style.

Here’s hoping the Holiday brings you all the warmth and love we all deserve at this most special time…. and till we meet again,” A very Merry Christmas, and Meow, meow for you all!!”

Yay!! Snow is swirling about my apartment window, and icicles hang down to show me that winter has finally made it’s appearance in my neck of the woods….. (I always love the frosty season of winter when it first arrives…. but somehow that feeling never…. ever…. lasts as long as the cold does… Hehehehe!!!)

I know it’s been some time since my last “Dear Diary” update…. but with the holiday season upon us, I’ve been a really busy girl lately. Having an afternoon off from work, I figure it’s time to rectify that lil’ oversight, so here we go!!

As is painfully evident from my spotty posting of late, it’s true that I’ve been unable to sustain the momentum here at the ol’ Litterbox that I managed back around Halloween…. The reasons are many and sundry…. work always gets crazy from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, but mostly I’m finding that much of my “free time” isn’t all that “free” anymore.

Yep… I’m no longer the footloose and crazy single girl living alone with all the oodles of “me time” anymore. Not that I’m complaining mind you…. but I’d forgotten just how much time having a full time live-in “significant other” can fill up. No more evenings on the couch these days…. just me and Goober and some wine coolers watching double feature DVD’s till bedtime….. No more spontaneous middle of the night Internet surfing when seasonal insomnia strikes…. (Actually… not all that much insomnia anymore, period…. I’d forgotten how comforting having someone to cuddle with at night can be.)

Anyway…. I’m still watching some DVD’s… but my “to watch” pile is getting bigger as the two of us actually do other stuff than watch TV most evenings. Remember those Belly Dancing classes I mentioned before? Well…. we finally got the chance to get involved with them…. so now Mondays and Wednesdays are Dance Class at our local fitness club. Friday nights we actually go out for dinner and drinks to shake things up a bit (and because Carolyn thinks I’ve become almost toooo much of a “homebody” in the last few years….). Add in all the day to day stuff that arises out of work and the like and you can see why I’ve been somewhat distracted lately.

And then there’s Christmas…. Our very first Christmas together as a “couple”…. and with it the problem of deciding exactly how to spend it. My family is all out on the West Coast…. and given my job, it’s not expected of me to fly out there and celebrate the Holiday with them… not when I have to work both the day before and after Christmas itself. But….. Carolyn’s sister Sandra and her family live only a couple of hundred miles away…. and she’s been invited to go there. I’m invited too… and I’m told Sandra knows all about our relationship, and Carolyn says she’s cool with it (Curse the familiar closeness that only sisters can share!!), but am I really ready to meet Sandra’s husband and kids and fill the role as Aunt Carolyn’s “Special Friend”?

It’s a weird feeling….. and gives me butterflies wondering about how it would go. I get the sense though, that I’m just going to have to find out…. Sandra called me herself the other day to assure me that they really want this to happen… that I’m the first person her sister has ever really been this “serious” about and how much being able to do this together really means to her. Sigh….

Since I’ve already done this with the people I work with, I suppose I’ll just have to pluck up my courage and go for it… Especially since it obviously means so much to Carolyn…. I already owe her a lot for the work she’s put into our relationship this year…. What can it hurt? (Yes, Miyuki…. just keep breathing into that paper bag, you’ll be fine….)

Ah, and…. as I’m off from work on Thursday and Friday this week, I’m gonna try to catch up on a few more reviews…. so you’ll definitely have something new to read for the end of the week o’ Gentle Visitors other than the nervous personal ramblings of this neurotic kitten…. I promise!!

So… that’s all for now, till next time, “Deck the Halls, egg your nog, jingle your bells and… “Meow, meow for now!”

That means I’ve fallen behind… once more. But worry not, o’ Gentle Readers! I did manage to catch quite a few movies while recovering and starting later in the week I’ll be back with a review of the craptastic “Mesa of Lost Women” as well as  a couple of others that didn’t make it in time for our Halloween celebration, the Telegu horror “Raksha”, Thailand’s “Opapatika” and another Philippine horror goodie, “Signos”. See…. your Catgirl Princess still loves ya!

Till then, “Meow, meow for now!”