LOL2 boys did navy nuke school and took fleas to active duty, 1 sub and one carrier, and the carrier one, my stepson Mike, is in port for the first time in 4 months and called us first, tonight. The other, Hardi's stepson David, has a plan for regaining custody of the boat he was on before being pressganged onto a rival sub. AND they are not in jail!
1 daughter overcoming her third round of mono to be a college frosh on campus 10 minutes away, and brave enough and smart enough to fail a class rather than make herself sicker, while getting great grades in the rest of the classes, all honors level.
1 cat who gave up catatonia (not kidding) in favor of lap occupation and such, my son's cat who has adopted me finally after going into shock when he left.
1 cat who has found every possible spot in my house to pee, poop, amd spit up on, who looked SO cute when he got a 6" styrofoam ball stuck on, with burrs, to the fluffy underside of his gray plumy tail... bouncy bouncy down the stairs, funny sight-- but who has accepted incarceration with grace (Grace is happy too) and who escaped an attempted catnap, no a kidnap, today by marauding cat-needers who came by to take him away...
1 dead wild bird in the burnt storage addition of the house, half eaten by...
numerous barn rats who have moved into same area again this winter despite roof being open to the rain and snow and wind, DUMB rats...
I can't claim the dog, a tiny red dalmatian. We feed her and love her, but she belongs to MMario AND HE KNOWS IT. Little Ruby Hoobie Dooby. She's OK for a soul-scarred kennel rat from a puppy mill who had never been touched by a human bean til she was liberated at 8 months by the SPCA, never saw a door open and close, never been in a house, never been on a leash, everything terrifying-- she plays and snuggles and then lurks in her corner, it all being much too much for her... Oh she has her own computer chair now and was "at" Mudcat with me the other day for about a half hour, holding hands. Dogs at PalTalk. I'll give ya a Pal! Man's best friend that's who! Give her an admin button...
And fleas.
OH AND THE CLUSTER FLIES, billions! Come on-- who has cluster flies???
(Yo, Frank, you still coming over????)
~Susan