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Mal and I are getting to know Zoe better as the week progresses. For instance, unlike Mal who was most active around 11pm, Zoe seems to be at her wildest at about 6am. She's been thumping around, jumping up on my dresser, etc, very early in the morning.

She and Mal are still feeling each other out. So far, Mal has been giving way to Zoe pretty much every time. He's actually a little hysterical to watch. Zoe will look at him and he'll flinch away. She'll turn her back and he'll make a threatening move (from a distance), she'll turn around to look at him and he'll once again retreat, lol.

They fuss at each other a little bit first thing in the morning and right before bed, but during the bulk of the day, things seem pretty calm. Mal has so far allowed Zoe to claim the bedroom as her territory, which means I don't get Mal in the face at six in the morning, demanding I get out of bed and feed him, NOW! On the downside, I also haven't been getting my post-shower snuggles from Mal, either. They both lurk in the bathroom the whole time I'm in there, but Mal isn't feeling comfortable enough yet, and tends to run away as soon as she comes close to me. Poor guy. I've been trying to give him lots of extra petting and soothing, as much as he'll accept.

In other news, I had a perfectly reasonable amount of sleep the past couple of nights, but feel as though I'm dragging an elephant around with me, I'm that sluggish. Sinusy feelings abound and I want to go back to bed.

having a plan

We had a plan for the evening. Go out to Robinson to the Halloween store, get stuff for the party, go to All Star Sports Bar to catch the second period of the Pens game. All was going well. We got our stuff for the party and were back to the car before the game even started. We got to the sports bar, found a seat and watched the first eight or so minutes of the game. And then the bar lost their satellite feed. The game disappeared. Right after we'd placed our orders and it was too late to go somewhere else.

We inhaled our food and, the restaurant having failed to get the game back up, we left. Went across the street to check out Houlihans. We were the second group of hockey refugees, but Houlihans didn't have the feed either. After much debate, we called Silky's and rejoiced at the news that yes, they were at that moment watching the game on their tvs. A half hour later, we were in town. We missed half of the first period and all but the last five minutes of the second period, but we saw the third in entirety. It was an easy win for the Pens, 5-1 over the St. Louis Blues. Marc-Andre Fleury's eight consecutive win, his personal best streak. This puts the Pens at 8-1-0 for the season so far.

I was really sleepy to begin with and then had a screwdriver at the bar. Now I'm extra super tired. Sadly, I don't feel like going to bed yet.