tuesday

The Potter link is already dead. I made it to Chapter 13 and was really enjoying it...should have stayed up later, lol. Now I get to wait a few weeks until a copy becomes available at the library :(

This has been a pretty lazy week so far. With Jon's delicate condition, he's been taking the car, so we're hanging around the apartment. I really need to go to the grocery store, though! At least we have plenty of yogurt, Tristan's favorite food.

The neighborhood cat issue is beginning to become a problem. We had two indoor cats when we lived in Kansas City, Manhattan and Leia. The intention was really for them to find new homes in KC before we left, but they ended up down here with us. However, they can't reside inside our apartment, so they're outdoor kitties now. Both of them adapted to it well; we see Manhattan several times a day and Leia a few times a week. Within a week or so of their moving in, though, four or five feral cats figured out that we were a great food source. That was OK with us; one of the more regular visitors was actually a nursing mother. But it's gotten a bit wild out there on our deck. We tend put trash bags out there until we can make a run to the dumpster two blocks away and a few of the cats have begun attacking them. Yuck, yuck, yuck. Leia might be involved, but I'm positive Manhattan isn't. Anywho, I'm hissing at the strays as they come up and so far they seem to be keeping more distance. I don't like dealing with too much mess from kids that aren't mine.