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My life trying to get outside and other musings

Its been a month

Sorry its been so long since we have updated our diary. Mom has been too busy to help us. She had to finish out the school year and the end of the year is always a huge pain for her. She is a secretary at a middle school, and getting the end of the year stuff taken care of and the stuff for the next year ready to go takes a lot of time. She spent most of the last two months getting home really late.

She also has a friend that has needed company lately and she has been getting home really late from there too, so that is even more lap time we are missing with her, and then she disappeared overnight earlier this week, and she won't let us walk on her like we used to (Mom here - I had back surgery and they insist on walking on the incision - the back feels great, until they decide to put all of their weight on the bandage).

We are looking forward to having mom home for the next three weeks before she has to go back to work. We like having her home with us.

Tavi

Mom's been getting home late

Well, with the end of school only a week away, mom has been getting home very late. She is always at least an hour later and sometimes more. She says she is really ready for the kids to be gone, if only so the end of the year field trips, awards ceremonies, promotion practices, and all the rest of the end of year activities will be over and done with. I'm not sure why she likes the kids as much as she says she does - but she says that the middle school years bring about such changes in the kids and she really likes watching the transformation from someone who thinks only of themselves, to someone who will occasionally think of others. She has a whole lecture on why the pre-teen and early teen kids are great, but I won't bore you with it.

She has another week of activities, and then should be back to getting home on time. Personally, I can't wait. It means more snuggle time with us kitties.

See you after school is out.

Tavi

Outside

Since we keep trying to sneak outside, Mom finally broke down (after 13 years) and bought us a harness and a leash. I have to share with my brother, but that is okay because I have discovered something - I don't like to be outside on a harness. Mom has taken me out a couple of times, and I just sit there. I refuse to move. She even took me on a long walk and she ended up carrying me most of the way. When she would set me down, I would take a step or two and then freeze. I really like being outside, and sniffing the air, but I don't want to have a harness and leash. I think mom is going to have to break down and buy a stroller for us.

Tavi