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Not long now

River Rhythms last night.
The band was good.
They played mostly their own music, which I am not always fond of as I like to recognise it, but their own stuff was good.
I liked them.
It was a lovely evening, warm but not humid and we took along another chum.

He hadn't been to RR before as he is a truck driver who works nights.
He is on vacation this week so Philip invited him.
He really enjoyed it.  I was glad the band was good and not one of the dreadful ones that do show up from time to time.
He couldn't believe how much food we take.
There were very few weirdos there.
I wonder if it depends on the band?
Maybe certain bands attract more weirdos than others.

The sunset was quite glorious.

It is hard to believe that this time last week we were on our way home with TommyJones and Elsie after their long flight/ordeal.
They have done very well considering it is just a week.

TommyJones now has the run of the house.
My cats are mostly ok with him.   Tootsie really likes him, Looby Loo is intrigued by him, Sally is nervous of him and Lily is being the psycho bitch from hell that we knew she would be.
It will take her some time to accept him.
TommyJones actually doesn't give a hoot.  He bimbles around doing his own, sweet thing even when Lily is growling and hissing at him.
He is doing exactly the right thing.
Here he is snoozing on the windowsill, completely oblivious to all the drama he has caused.


Elsie likes to stay upstairs at the moment, which is fine.
She watches the birdies from the windows, snoozes on her cat tree and plays with me and the stick.
They all seem to like a stick.
Alan used to call Bubba, Sherman, because when you played with him he would storm in like a tank.
That title has now been passed to TommyJones.  He is hilarious to play with.  I wasted way too much time this morning playing with him and Elsie.

Elsie is a sweetheart and I think once Donna and Lauren arrive next week she will summon up her courage to explore the rest of the house.

Here she is playing with the stick.
We have a hundred toys here but they all seem to like the stick.

I am looking forward to Donna and Lauren arriving next Friday.
I have set up meetings with an insurance agent to get them health insurance, also the bank to open an account and we will have to take them to get social security numbers too.
You can't do anything without those.
When we came we didn't have a clue and we knew no one here to help us out.
When I think back I wonder if we were incredibly brave or incredibly stupid.

posted by Sue Banks @ 12:51 PM