We found a kitten.

He was outside making a nuisance of himself, like desperate cats will do. Dogs won’t. Quite a smart thing. If he was scooped or inched in willingly, i could not tell the difference. He was happy and eating within moments. Odds are against him at our house, but better than they were.

This title could never be his name. Kitten names must be morsels. but if I start mucho grande i might negotiate down to Eduardo. Or Jesus. Or Arpaio. So many difficult choices. Like how to explain to Genevieve her role in our smuggling cartel.

Me: You’re going to have your dvd player on, really loud, with ‘Bolt’ or ‘Tom & Jerry’.
G: What did you say about the bag?
Me: Don’t think about the bag. Think about your dvd, and laughing really loud. But not too loud.
G: he won’t like it in the bag

G is fatal to a conspiracy, but we had grand fun scheming about it for 3 whole days. That we pulled it off is a tragic indictment of the Customs Bureau and Border Patrol.   If they can’t stop a kitten and kindergartner giggling babbling ‘there’s nothing in the bag, bro‘, we are destined for nuclear winter or zombie apocalypse. I’ve got back fat for the former, cardio for the latter.

Beckie says I’m a pessimist, but I prefer to consider myself wary and prepared. I had to work all weekend steering an e-commerce train wreck of myopia and acquiescence just long enough to not get fired. Surprisingly, being filled with charity and simple warmth and fuzziness, it was one of our best trips evah!

Alana woke up and said ‘Cybro’s home!‘   It was so sweet in a pet cemetery way.

we still luv you Kila

kite taking Alana for a walk

6 times i parked outside the sports bar and covered my TPS report. All my riding was to the stoop outside the bar, with my laptop. A pic would have made a nice capture — me sitting in the dirt ganking signal on the day i decided i’m quitting PayPal, but this was much less wallowish:

G spent her time constructively. handwriting has gone to shit in a month, but summer adventures help her discover writing.

smugglers