Family Daze
Jun. 15th, 2011 12:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aDidn't write about the familial visit on Sunday. My mom and Bob came up, as Bob had been kind enough to build us some shelving for our garage. Bob and I finished the assembly, while Kimberly and my mom went to shop at Target for things too large to carry on a bike.
The visit was great. Dinner was great. And the shelves are great. Kimberly and I spent an hour or two yesterday evening starting to fill it, mostly with her clothes for various times, but also with some of my stuff, including the first tub of games intended for auction at Endgame next year.
(Yay! to those not cluttering the house for a year.)
Then Jared and Melody came to pick up their kitty, Tai Chi, tonight.
Poor Kimberly had already collapsed, following the busyness of the last few days, a mild heat wave during the daytime, and a bike ride she and I took down to Emeryville after work. (We also had delicious Chevy's, which she treated.)
So absent Kimberly, the three us as chatted for a while, and our occasional Guest Cat is now on his way back to San Jose.
(Man, that cat doesn't like to get back into his cat carrier. He always looks like something out of a monster show when he does, as he's been pushed into the carrier, and he's trying to pull himself out with one paw hanging on to the outside.)
This visit, the cats were all relatively mellow. Tai Chi was totally relaxed, Lucy was mostly relaxed, and Munchkin mostly forgot to hiss after a few days. Cobweb kept up her hissing, but only when Tai Chi got in really close.
He was really my buddy this time and took to hanging out on the shelves next to my desk while I worked. It was amusing, as I had cats to either side, as Lucy likes to sit to the other side of my computer, partly behind it.
I was pretty surprised one day when I found Lucy and Tai Chi lying within a few feet of each other:
Then later on they were almost lying together! However, you will note that at no points do the cats actually touch!
(Copy these photos to Facebook for Melody, Kimberly?)
I remember on his first visit, I was relieved when Melody picked Tai Chi up afterward, because it'd been a bit stressful keeping all the cats happy. Now, he just blends right in and I miss my little buddy when he's gone. (OK, big buddy; he might mass the same as any two of our cats.)
The visit was great. Dinner was great. And the shelves are great. Kimberly and I spent an hour or two yesterday evening starting to fill it, mostly with her clothes for various times, but also with some of my stuff, including the first tub of games intended for auction at Endgame next year.
(Yay! to those not cluttering the house for a year.)
Then Jared and Melody came to pick up their kitty, Tai Chi, tonight.
Poor Kimberly had already collapsed, following the busyness of the last few days, a mild heat wave during the daytime, and a bike ride she and I took down to Emeryville after work. (We also had delicious Chevy's, which she treated.)
So absent Kimberly, the three us as chatted for a while, and our occasional Guest Cat is now on his way back to San Jose.
(Man, that cat doesn't like to get back into his cat carrier. He always looks like something out of a monster show when he does, as he's been pushed into the carrier, and he's trying to pull himself out with one paw hanging on to the outside.)
This visit, the cats were all relatively mellow. Tai Chi was totally relaxed, Lucy was mostly relaxed, and Munchkin mostly forgot to hiss after a few days. Cobweb kept up her hissing, but only when Tai Chi got in really close.
He was really my buddy this time and took to hanging out on the shelves next to my desk while I worked. It was amusing, as I had cats to either side, as Lucy likes to sit to the other side of my computer, partly behind it.
I was pretty surprised one day when I found Lucy and Tai Chi lying within a few feet of each other:
Then later on they were almost lying together! However, you will note that at no points do the cats actually touch!
(Copy these photos to Facebook for Melody, Kimberly?)
I remember on his first visit, I was relieved when Melody picked Tai Chi up afterward, because it'd been a bit stressful keeping all the cats happy. Now, he just blends right in and I miss my little buddy when he's gone. (OK, big buddy; he might mass the same as any two of our cats.)