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I have been very busy lately and it was nice to have a long weekend.

Kit went camping with the cat-scouts but she got rained out and ended up leaving early and spending the last night at her cat-scout leader's house. Little had a friend stay the night on Friday and Little and I went shopping after we dropped his friend off at home on Saturday. We had to pick out his Halloween costume. He wants to be a scary cat this year. On Sunday, Little helped my clean up the cage of our new class pet, gerbils. There are three girls named after constellations: Ursa, Vela, and Lyra. On Monday, the kittens were home and we spent some time cleaning and running errands but we still managed to rest, read, and relax a little.

Room To Clean

Kit Kat has been busy lately. Last weekend she was partying with a friend for a birthday. This weekend she is camping the whole time. You add this to the fact that she has been sick lately. The result is a very messy room.

It is disturbing to walk by Kit Kat's room. There is just all this stuff on the floor. Now I am not a freak for cleanliness. But I insist that things be in order. Everything should be in its proper place. It just seems nothing is in the right place in Kit Kat's room.

After work today I took a nap. I had nightmares about Kit Kat's room it was so bad. This caused me to wake up. I was determined to tell Kit Kat that I would have to intervene and make her clean up her room. However it turns out that as I was sleeping, she started taking on the massive task of cleaning it up. Unfortunately it had to get worse before it could get better. Good luck to us.

Missing Objects

I went to take a shower and the shampoo was missing.  I went to brush my teeth and the toothpaste was gone.  I know Black went camping but I did not think he will be taking a shower.  I use the toothpaste in the kittens bathroom and I have no idea why it would be gone.  Kit went over a friends house but I am sure she will use her friend's toothpaste.  So where do you think these items went?  Life is such a mystery!

Birthday Celebration

My boss is out of town. In fact, he is out of the country. So I am doing my job and his. Therefore I had to get in early today. The only good thing about getting in early was that I could get a lot done. In the mid day, a lot of people visit and call me for help. So progress is slow.

Since I got such a good head start on the day, I was able to leave a little early. I got home and it was still bright. Whenever this happens, I go out to work in the yard. After a while, Little Kat came out and helped me. Even Mamma Kat came out for some support.

Kit Kat would have helped. But she was getting the house ready for her friends. Two of them are spending the night. Tomorrow we all go camping together. After dinner, Kit Kat and I opened a bunch of gifts we received. I got a number of books, shirts, videos, and other creative gifts. I'm not going to say how old I am. But I am no spring chicken any more.

The Long Bike Ride

This weekend we went camping with the Boy Scouts. This month Little Kat graduates to become a boy scout. The scouts said they are biking next month and wanted Little Kat to come. Knowing that the scouts just did a 10 mile walk up the side of a mountain, we asked how far they planned to bike. They replied about 30 miles or so. Given their usual underestimation, that probably means they are going for a 50 mile super bike marathon.

I told Little Kat we needed to train so that he could keep up with this active boy scout troop. Our first practice run was to ride out bikes to the closest public school and back. The total round trip distance was 2.5 miles. It was a rough ride because of the many hills in between. Kit Kat got lucky and escaped with Mamma Kat to the store in our new car. So it was just Little Kat and me.

It started out tough with a steep up hill climb. We got a breather as we went down a large hill. That was followed by a very long hill that took the wind out of you. Little Kat ran out of gas two times during that ride. When we got the school, we took quite a break. It was an even harder ride home. You just don't have to have the energy to climb the hills. You have to watch out for oncoming traffic on the roads that have no sidewalks.

Next weekend, Little Kat and I are going to try the bike run to the school one more time. Little Kat insists that Kit Kat be made to endure the pain with us. Now we only need to get Mamma Kat to buy a bike. Then we will be the family that bikes together.