My husband returned home Friday night to find the cats in bad shape. Tl;dr – a lot of clean up was required and Panther was hissing at Serval, who has a bad cut under his eye. They have never fought before, not seriously, and we were pretty worried about them both. The good news is that 24 hours later they were both a lot better. The bad news is we’re not sure how to avoid a similar incident when we’re all away again in Hawaii. We need to find someone who wants to stay at our house, and we just don’t know anyone who is interested in that.
It was a really stressful 24 hours before we felt certain the cats were going to be alright. I didn’t sleep much one night and was very distracted the next day.
Our final days in St. Louis have been low key. We’ve had two events with my mom’s side of the family, which is very big. She was one of 12 kids and most of nine who are still alive live in St. Louis. Gatherings with her side of the family are loud and somewhat confusing for those of us who only see people once a year.
We spent yesterday at fun community pool with a couples slides, diving boards and a little lazy river. Yesterday the high was only 80 and it threatened to rain all day, so we came again today because my only other idea was 1.5 hours away and my kids play together great here.
I’ve gotten to see one of my cousins that I like a lot, but who has younger kids and has been pretty unavailable the last few years. This year we got to talk a lot and the was so nice.
Tomorrow we fly to Charleston. I love St. Louis but when every one is busy it’s hard to keep my kids occupied. I’m ready to head out on a new adventure, especially since their favorite cousin friends await us there.
[I worked out four times this past week and I’m quite pleased. The weather has been pretty cool so I got to run in 68-72* temps on two different mornings, which felt like heaven. I also did two strength training videos. I don’t think I’ll get to work out as much in Charleston but we’ll see.]
Glad cats are better.
Sounds like you are having a good vacation and recovering from another hard school year. Glad for you!
What is the name of the pool?! This looks better than any pool I’ve found in SF. We’re visiting Minnesota and the pools here are so great, much better than every pool we’ve been to in the Bay Area. I guess I need to do more research.
Oh this pool is in St. Louis County. In Webster Groves. I’ve never seen a pool like this in the Bay Area! I wish!
Ha! That explains it. I wonder why the pools are so much better in the Midwest? Growing up in Minnesota and being cooped up in the cold for 8 months of the year, we all lived for the lake or the pool in the summer, so maybe that’s the answer.