Still tired from the weekend. Rain has been almost constant, harder to do outdoors/care for animals.
Saturday: Auction for a bit (bought nothing!!!), then tripped off to the north - 7 hours for a 4 hour trip. Stayed over with friends and enjoyed their company and a visit from a clown and his friend. They were looking at the property with the idea of turning it into a summer camp training place for acrobats and such. The drive is a mile long and there is a large industrial building, 45 feet high, with an overhead crane. Also two crystalline lakes with fish, a beautiful house and other buildings.

Finally left at 4 pm on sunday for the 6 hour/4 hour trip back! Took baby Banjo who had all manner of exciting adventures - lake, grass, digging in sand for goodies, long walks. Such fun to watch a baby have new experiences.

Monday was recoup day - after we went to see friend about the raccoons living in their front yard with no mom; we will bring them a live trap; then visited our friends who host Apple Hollow Music Fest - looking for posters to post! Then to where the posters were and picked them up and visited a property that looks interesting. "Quick trip" to help re raccoons took 'til about 2 pm! Then we had "breakfast".

But a friend in Lachute (2 hours away) has two kits and no money. We did NOT feel like going! Enough adventures for now. So I talked to her and we determined they would be OK 'til morning. I drove up on Tuesday and brought the babes home. Now we are 7! And these are tiny compared to the rest. Tomorrow, warmer and drier, I will introduce them to the big guys. Right now they are in a dog crate in the kitchen and I spend a lot of time watching them run loose because they need to - and scream LOUDLY if they do not get out! They have interacted successfully with Banjo. I will clean the big cage better, put down more rubber mats and see if the big guys will cope with the babies.

Allergy has abated thanks to careful washing after each exposure. Just a little itchy still but no welts or redness.

My diet went out with the traveling. Started again today. No weight loss but at least I feel better.