Re: Zazu Comes Home
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:04 am
Well gang, it looks like I missed you all (or was too stupid to notice you). But please don't take it personally -- things have not been entirely magical this week:
*Someone put poisoned bread in my driveway in Florida in an attempt to kill my cats. Three dogs in the neighborhood have already been poisoned.
*My cat-keeper confirmed that the cats are all okay, but they now have to be shut in the house full-time (with consequent negative impact on their nerves and my carpets).
*The sherrif refused to take any action without a dead body.
*Animal Control got confused and served me with a notice to comply and ten days to respond or get hit with a $1000 fine. (Since evaded.)
*A dear friend turned out to be near death from painful cancer.
*My father has had a series of small strokes and a nasty fall, and is starting to lose it both mentally and physically.
*My wife *hates* my brother, and we shared dinner tonight. (Rainforest Cafe, and the thunder wasn't the loudest noise I had to listen to.)
It's likely that we wouldn't have made very good company, so you-all are probably lucky we didn't get together.
At this point, I *really* need a vacation. Fortunately, we board the Disney Magic tomorrow for a 14-day cruise home. Email may be intermittant, and I intend to leave the cell phone turned off!
Hang in there everyone, summer is almost over!
*Someone put poisoned bread in my driveway in Florida in an attempt to kill my cats. Three dogs in the neighborhood have already been poisoned.
*My cat-keeper confirmed that the cats are all okay, but they now have to be shut in the house full-time (with consequent negative impact on their nerves and my carpets).
*The sherrif refused to take any action without a dead body.
*Animal Control got confused and served me with a notice to comply and ten days to respond or get hit with a $1000 fine. (Since evaded.)
*A dear friend turned out to be near death from painful cancer.
*My father has had a series of small strokes and a nasty fall, and is starting to lose it both mentally and physically.
*My wife *hates* my brother, and we shared dinner tonight. (Rainforest Cafe, and the thunder wasn't the loudest noise I had to listen to.)
It's likely that we wouldn't have made very good company, so you-all are probably lucky we didn't get together.
At this point, I *really* need a vacation. Fortunately, we board the Disney Magic tomorrow for a 14-day cruise home. Email may be intermittant, and I intend to leave the cell phone turned off!
Hang in there everyone, summer is almost over!