Rainstorms, Cats, and Care Packages

It's been a good day today!  It rained from early morning until mid-afternoon and it totally reminded me of my Washington home.  But here there are some major differences in the rain....first of all it's warm outside even when it's pouring down rain, second of all there are flash floods (!!!), and third everybody gets super excited like it's Christmas morning. 

Life's been moving right along.  The car search is continuing and we keep hoping that each day will bring us closer to our new family member, I mean car.  haha  We inspected a really cute little blue car today and decided it had good enough potential to get a professional mechanic to check it out.  If everything comes back good then we will start negotiating. 

A cat tried to adopt us yesterday.  We were building a puzzle and minding our own business when we heard incessant yowling outside our door.  This tabby cat named Emme was convinced we were in her house and kept trying to get in.  So I let her have some cold milk while we tracked down her owner.  She stayed at our doorstep for at least two hours (probably more).

On Saturday we went to a super fun activity at our friends' house.  Andrew and Robin hosted an all day board game day!  It was enjoyable and filled with laughter and good food.  We played a game called Avalon where you are either a bad guy (or rather Minion of Mordred) or a good guy (Knight of something or other) and out of probably ten rounds I was a bad guy nine times.  It's good being bad sometimes.  ;-) 

I got a super awesome care package a few days ago...it contained a cute card, my RN renewal notice, and the DVD version of The Swan Princess!!!!  That movie is one of the most under-appreciated princess movies.  It's not Disney so everybody tends to discredit it but holy cow it is awesome!  I haven't seen it in years but still know every word of the movie.

Reed is enjoying being here in Vegas where it's hot and sunny all the time.  He's been loving all the time we spend in the pool.  We get to meet lots of fun people and he gets to practice being a shark.  He can swim the entire length of the pool without taking a breath.  He also seems to really like lightning storms and is excited for the day when we can go to one of the nearby foothills and watch a storm over the city.

More of our adventures later...for now, it's time to catch some zzzz's.  :-)