Somebody save me! This woman is driving me the way a dog drives sheep (to paraphrase Garrison Keilor).

Our storeroom is now a guest bedroom. All the junk in that room has been moved on to the carport where I have been sorting through it for the last two days, between putting up blinds and assembling a sofa bed.

I barely have time to play with the kitten.

Of course, all this work is being done for good reason. Wakana's parents are coming to visit. They will be here for 16 days starting on June 16. That's only a few days away. We are really looking forward to their visit. I take it as a chance to pay them back for all their kindness to me when I was in Japan. It will be fun.

Mika is doing well. He's full of piss and vinegar. And he is fast, zipping from the couch to the open door faster than you can get through the door yourself. Earlier we caught him on a window sill trying to figure out how to get down on the outside. Good thing we are in a ranch style house. Total distance to the ground is about 3 1/2 feet.

The other two cats are still unhappy about Mika. Mama is doing nothing to accept him. In fact she is staying outdoors mostly and Wakana has to entice her to come in at night.

Neko, on the other hand, is making some progress. They have been nose to nose a couple of times. And Neko has discovered a talent for eating all the kitten's dry food when nobody is looking. Funny thing is, Neko won't finish off the food in her own dish.