lonely home

Emily has been out of town since Friday. Her grandfather died (not unexpectedly) last Wednesday, so she went home for the weekend. She comes back tomorrow. This is the third time in 4 weeks that she has been gone for a long weekend. i think the cats are starting to take it personally. They are getting very very needy. Especially since I have been either working long days or doing things after work such that I have been home less than usual. These cats are in dire need of constant cuddling, but when i'm at home, i'm cooking, cleaning, and studying for the GRE. And sleeping. They seem to take this one quite personally, and spend many hours every night cavorting directly outside my door. It will be a long time until I am ready for children - i can't even handle 2 cats alone for more than 3 days.
I'm glad Emily's coming home tonight. It has been quite lonely here - i watched two movies by myself! One was Babel, which was actually very good - there are large portions of the movie in 4 different languages, American English, Mexican Spanish, Japanese sign language, and whatever language they speak in Morocco - Arabic, i guess. It's actually a very cool movie, with some good insight into cultural interactions and lots of different emotions. Definitely a drama.
I also, out of loneliness and boredom with studying, got bitten by the furniture-moving bug and spent an hour last night rearranging my bedroom, only to end up putting it back the way it was because i couldn't find a more attractive configuration. i will have to regroup and plan a new way, because i don't want to leave my bed in the window all winter. that seems cold.
now it's time for bed - must get good rest until this test.