Miss ECC update

Ellen here...

Not much new happening around here.

Mama's sick - has a summer cold - and is using up a lot of kleenex and napping a lot.

She bought us a vibrating cat toy that Sissy chewed the string thingie off so it stopped vibrating easily - that was within the first 10 minutes of it being here.

Mama made us catnip bags - one for each of us. Its fun getting into all of them at once and rolling around a lot!

Mama also started taking us outside on a leash - I'm the only one who hasn't went yet, but she assures me that I'll be okay when I'm outside because I used to go outside before. Her concern is that if there is a fire and she has to chuck us all out a window, that we are familiar with our surroundings. V'lu hadn't felt grass under her feet since she was 6 weeks old! And Sissy and Bebe are too chicken to even leave the steps, but Mama is going to be taking us all out during the summer here, so that we are comfortable with it. Maybe Mama worries too much..? She just thinks that if there is a fire, and she is able to get us all out, that we are comfortable enough and will come to her when she comes looking for us, for she said she will always take care of us. I don't know that she should worry about a fire so much now that it is just Mama and Darren living in the house, but you never know, is what she said.

There are buses going down the street today. Last time buses went down the street was over a year ago, and a dog got hit right outside the house while Mama was having her first cigarette of the day. She is still "unwell" with that day.

Mama is Reading:
About to start Inside Secret Societies - what they don't want you to know. Mama is a sucker for titles like that. She last read "Tuesdays with Morrie" and she's been mulling that over for about a week, going back and rereading passages. It is about how to make peace with yourself before you die, or, if you learn how to die you'll learn how to live. It is a book she'd like to own someday.

Mama is Listening To:
The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Here's to the summers of 77, 78...when disco wasn't cool but the songs got stuck in your head anyway.