Archive for May 29th, 2006

Today, while Courtney and Geoff were here visiting, we discovered that one of our cats – Chester – was missing. I found him under the bed. I thought he was sleeping, so I left him alone. Ann went in to investigate, because he’s not known to frequent under the bed. Unfortunately, he was dead. He hadn’t been dead long because he was still warm and just beginning to stiffen up. It was very unexpected. He gave no signs of not feeling well or anything. He was on the bed snuggling with us this morning as usual, he ate his morning food as usual, and he was following me around the house as usual. There appears to be no foul play. It seems to be a natural death. Ann says that he was known to have a heart murmer, so he must have had a heart attack or something. At any rate, it was very sad. He will be missed. He was a very good cat.

shototiger and his counterpart Courtney came over to Columbia today for a visit. It was nice to see them. He’s looking great after his double lung transplant. When they arrived here, it was sunny and around 90 degrees. We went in search of food, which didn’t work out too well. All my favorite restaurants in Columbia were closed for the holiday, so we went to the old standby: Old Chicago. About halfway through our meal, we noticed the sky was getting dark. Shortly after, it started raining like mad. Unfortunately, it was raining so hard that we weren’t able to show them anything of Columbia. So, we headedback to the house for some good conversation. After the rain stopped, Geoff and I went out on the back deck and discussed karate, and I showed Geoff some of the kata we’ve been learning. It was a pretty good time. Ann and I really miss hanging out with them. We’ll have to do it more often since it’s only 1.5 hours away.