I'm very sorry to do this, as this is totally non-music-related and really not anything that anyone needs to hear about, but I just have to get it out of my system.

Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew!!!!!

Nia (my beautiful kittycat) just came in from her outdoor ramblings, and I was thinking, "Oh good, now I can close the window and go to bed." And I look as she jumps down from the window, and she's got a dead (well, almost dead!) RAT in her mouth. I mean, this thing is HUGE. About fifteen inches long from nose to tail tip (yes, I measured, that's totally disgusting). And she drops it and I can see that it's still alive, barely--it sort of tries to get up, but can't quite manage it. I had to finish the thing off with one of my snow boots. I guess it's good that I'm getting some use out of them.

I love my kitty, but EWWWWWWW!!! She better not try to lick my nose tonight...

So anyway, just had to get the screaming heebie jeebies out of my system. I know this is a fairly common occurrence with cats, and she's caught mice twice before, but this was different--it's the first time I've EVER seen her catch anything this big. I mean, it was ENORMOUS. I almost wish I could have seen the fight, except that I'm queasy enough as it is. Ewwww.

Molly