Embracing Monday Mornings

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The first thing I saw Monday morning was a giant water bug in the kitchen sink. My cat was circling my feet, begging for another helping of breakfast, and I was on my way to give it to him. Like Ricky Gervais said, you can’t spoil a cat.

Normally, a giant, roach-adjacent insect would have sent my heart a-pitter-pattering at the very least…