Bird Symphony

At present, we have five birds in the house here in SD. Three cockatiels and two budgies. Two of the tiels and the budgies are upstairs in the bedrooms; Juno is down here with me.

Today they all screamed together.

Breaking it down:
Juno was calling for me.
Sydney heard Juno and started shrieking for her.
Chloe shrieked because she's a budgie and she loves to make noise.
Big Nick shrieked because he heard Syd and Chloe going off.
Dexter shrieked because....well, no one knows why Dexter really does anything.

Needless to say, it's loud. It's actually very entertaining if I'm already awake to enjoy it...but being shrilled from a sound sleep by Sir Syd is...painful. When we were roommates, he would wait until I had rolled over in bed and then launch into a tirade designed specifically to get me up and moving.

Meanwhile, the dog is looking at me plaintively. She sees all the attention Juno gets (walking around on the table after dinner! Cuddles from everyone!) and yes, she is jealous. Or at least put-out.

Mom had a copy of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff...and it's All Small Stuff (or something like that). Not surprisingly, she's never read it. She sweats the small stuff quite a bit; that's where I get this nasty habit from. I started reading it last night before bed.

I am working hard on bringing my Amazon entry up to snuff; it's sort of placeholding right now, entered but needs further polishing. My pitch really needs work. That's the project for the next few days.