Spring Break

And boy. . .do I need it. lol

Let's see. . .what has been happening besides school stuff? Well, trying to get the house cleaned up and organized. It's a slow process. There is so much to go through from my various moves and things. So, it's gonna take a while.

Michael and I got another cat so that Hydona has a playmate. She has way too much energy to be by herself and needs another outlet besides us. I told Michael that I wanted a cuddle kitty. I still miss Shaman terribly but I wanted a kitty I could smoosh around like her. Hydona is affectionate but she doesn't really like to cuddle. She'll sleep on my lap but it has to be when she's worn out. So, we went to see the vet in person the day after Shaman died so I could tell him about her. He really is a nice guy. Anyway, while we were there (the other Petsmart in town), Michael saw a male cat who looks almost exactly like Shaman except he doesn't have the black nose or black chin patch. And he's bigger. So, I said, ok, we'll go talk to the cats. Well, there was a female who was fairly friendly but she wasn't as attached to us as Hydona had been the first meeting. But the male, Solaris, just wrapped his paws around my neck and wouldn't let go. He purred and when I passed him to Mike, he did the same thing plus washed his ear. Michael was a goner. lol

So, he found me a cuddle kitty. Solaris is only 9 months old but he's a big boy and just sweet as can be. He's so soft and just a big fluffer. It took Hydona two days to accept him. After all, she had been here first and we were her people. lol Solaris handled it all pretty well. He's not as dominant a character as she is but can be if need be. Hmmm. . .sounds familiar (that just occurred to me). lol Anyway, we made sure not to show preferential treatment. They get along better now than Shaman and Miri did. Of course, Shaman was way more territorial than Hydona. The two get rough but it's all good fun. Hydona and Solaris each love both of us but she has a preference for me and Solaris has a preference for Michael. It's kind of funny. But it's good cause we now have a cohesive little family. They both slept on me earlier but that was because Michael was shut off from Solaris. Now the two "men" are zonked out on the bed.

Michael was gone all last week. He had to go to NY for some computer training. He loves going up there because he gets to massively geek out on machines. He is so jinxed while traveling by air. On the way up, one of the luggage conveyors literally blew up because the belt was out of whack. So he was stuck at the airport forever. Coming back, he almost missed his flight because of traffic but since it was delayed 2 hours, he managed to (barely) make the flight though he was a half hour late and they'd already assigned his seat. Then in Atlanta he was delayed twice with the second being a sudden pickup in the wind that caused the pilot to realize that they didn't have enough fuel to compensate. I told him we are so not flying anywhere for the honeymoon. lol

But, I was smart and had gotten us a hotel room in Charlotte Friday night so it didn't matter that he didn't get into that airport until 1a. We had lunch with his mother yesterday and then came home. However, today was exciting because he woke up in severe pain. I rushed him to the ER. Turned out he was passing a 2mm sized kidney stone. (sigh) That better be our medical emergency for the year. We got him around 1p and he fell into an uncomfortable doze. The stone seems to have passed but not out yet. So, he's still taking tomorrow off from work.

That's fine by me. I have to drive up to Charlotte again tomorrow night to pick up Jami and Cynthia from the airport. They land very late. But that won't be too bad, I think. They can crash in the car. I'll be awake enough to drive. I'll probably update you all again at the end of the week.