Rain, Cats, and Hawaii

[shannon_a]

The rain continues to mock us. Or the lack thereof. I went out to Endgame yesterday in my new waterproof windbreaker, carrying games in my new waterproof panniers. Not a drop. We were also supposed to have rain all day today and now the forecast is saying maybe tonight.

(Oh, I'm sure I'll be complaining about it when we finally get rain and I have to go out in it.)

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Our Guest Cat went home this morning. Poor Melody & Jared got delayed at Honolulu for 2.5 hours yesterday, and so weren't able to immediately pick up their cat as they usually do. So, we instead have a mid-day pickup today.

As is typical, Tai Chi was well integrated into the house by the time he left. He was loving lounging about on our cat tree, particularly at the top, and pretty much no one was hissing at him except under extraordinary circumstances. 

And, as usual, Lucy was jealous. (Lucy is jealous of anyone else who gets my attention.) A few days ago I made the mistake of kneeling down in the Living Room and calling Tai Chi over. He came running and Lucy, seeing this, leapt out of the cat tree, landing partially on Tai Chi and then chased him out of the room. Poor Tai Chi fled upstairs where he yowled for a few minutes.

Sigh. I didn't make the mistake of doing that in front of Lucy again.

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Now, life goes on. We'll see how Cobweb's eating now that there isn't a strange cat and strange food in the house. (We were never sure if she was eating really badly or not, as she might have been noshing on Tai Chi's dry food, which she's liked before, but the poor cat is getting soooo skinny, so I'm not really optimistic.)

And, I've started making preparations for my own trip to Hawaii. As is typical, I've started hoarding some of the best comics I get, as they're great reading for the loooong plane rides. Thus far I have Fables 16, Incognito 2, and X-Men: Age of X. I'll be adding Ultimate Doomsday as soon as it arrives.