And in other cat news:

No rest for the wicked.  Two nights ago, one of the outside kitties (Pear) followed my daugter all the way down to the village pond and then got chased away by another cat.  He didn't come back. Last night, my lovely wife went down to the pond to look for him.

She found him, but he was hiding under a car and didn't want to come out.  I really wanted to go to bed due to nearly fatal jet-lag, but instead had to get some cat food, cat treats, and a carrier and bring those down to the pond.

Happily, the food was enough to get Pear to come out, so he got shoved into the carrier and brought home.  Mango popped up when we were a few blocks away and escorted us the rest of the way home.  This morning, both kitties were waiting by the front door for their breakfast.


Also, sadly, I was out of the country for Pandora's birthday party, but I did make it back in time for her adoption day party tomorrow.  It will have been 5 years since her impressively loud squeaks got my attention and she was brought home to live with us.

Just over 26 hours to go and then I get to fly to LA, San Fran, and finally Hong Kong.  Then it's a taxi to the border and my wife will (hopefully) summon a car to bring me home.

glad you're happy here. You are an inspiration.

Oh my.  If I'm an inspiration, the world is in trouble. 


Dolphins were fun.  I wanted to take one home, but they wouldn't let me.

There was also an underwater walk (yes, walk) with helmets (heavy enough to keep me on bottom with enough negative boyancy to walk slowly).

And, the snorking area had tons of fish and rays.  I'm guessing the sting rays had some minor surgery to make sure that no park guests not stung.  Now I just need to get the pics out of my underwater camera.

 

strikes me as an easy decision to make. Follow what you are good at, what you enjoy doing. Nice to have a fallback if you need it, but you won't get to do and be who you want by staying at your fallback position.