The Cat that Spilled my Water

We're back from Wisconsin now. It's so good to be home, such a good feeling to have a place to come back to that you know. I was going through high-speed wireless internet withdrawals and it was nice to sit on the couch with my laptop and feel free again. It was also nice to come home to a piano that I can sit down and play at any time instead of making a trek to the nearest one wherever I'm at. But I guess these are things that I take for granted and I'll have to get used to a different way of doing things down in Honduras. Flexibility is important wherever you are.

Along with the joys of being home come some annoyances. My bed is in an open room in the house now because my parents decided to turn my room into my dad's office. Even though that sounds kind of ruthless, for parents to kick their son out of his own bedroom, I agreed that it would be a good thing. My dad's paramount gift is not neatness and, like many moms, my mom likes her house tidy, so she has always liked the idea of having my dad's office behind closed doors. I'm not home much anymore and so it didn't make sense for me to hang on to an empty room when they could put it to good use - I know, I know, such sacrifice.

So last night, I let my sister's cat (Darling) in from outside and laid down to go to sleep. It wasn't long before she jumped on my bed and I felt her pawing at me. I lovingly petted her a little bit and then shoved her off the bed to give her the hint that I was ready to enter into uninterrupted sleep. I then reached over to the cup sitting on my desk and sat up to sip some water. Just then, Darling jumped up onto the bed and whacked my hand with her paw spilling the water all over me! At first I was slightly annoyed, then I laughed inside thinking about what had just happened. It was just funny to me that she actually bumped me hard enough to make me spill my water.

But anyhow, I'm safe and happy at home, enjoying the last few days that I have here even if I do have to share my nights with the animals.