There has been a (not exactly abnormal silence) on the blog for the past few days- the reason being, of course, that Fruit Bat and I have returned to our respective domiciles. We are home, people! It's so good to be back- seriously.I'm back to my Christmas-setup, with my computer and desk over in a corner with a lovely blue cord that gives me internet access stretched across the stairway, ready to clothesline some poor person.
Anyway, anyway... so the day before our last day at school, Fruit Bat worked her animal magnetism one more time for the road- she found a sweet dog! I think it was a boxer... my memory just decided to check out for the summer. Well, this nice fellow didn't have a collar or tags (seriously people, get tags for your animals) so we wound up taking him to the San Angelo animal shelter- if you live in that area, stop by, see if you don't fall in love.
We also trapped the kittens- operation cat in bag went off without a hitch. Midnight and Saul went in the large carrier, Solstice in the smaller one. Fruit Bat and I closed the doors- Midnight noticed right away- freaking out, jumping around, etc. Apparently, if your cat does this in a carrier, all you really have to do is put a towel over it so they can't see out. Worked really well!
Solstice didn't notice/care that I'd closed the door- he was more interested in the food at the back of the carrier.
Now Saul and Midnight are with their new owner- Midnight's name has been changed to Inspector, and Saul's name change is pending...
Solstice is settling in pretty well over here, I wound up giving him to my youngest little sister for her birthday (yesterday). He really dodged a bullet too, she was going to change his name to Mushu, but fortunately, he only responds to Solstice. ^_^ He's using the litterbox (no surprise to me) and he's friendly with the rest of the family- he just still gets weirded out when we're all together in groups of three or more. He and the other cat, Stassney, have met. At first Stassney was putting up a good impression of Golumn from LOTR, hunched over and making strange noises- but now they're playing. Stassney likes to pin Solstice and try to give him a bath, but after a little bit Solstice gets fed up and it degenerates into a "fight".
We still have to get him used to the dog though- poor Diego is really friendly, and doesn't understand why Solstice keeps swiping at him! Pretty soon though, I think we'll let him have free reign of the house- so far he's been cooped up in various rooms when no one is home or the dog is inside. That can't be fun.
The picture was colored by me, as per usual, lineart by Weiringo of DeviantART.
