Aunty M and her mother (and her sister and brother-in-law who are visiting from Turkiye) have almost finished moving to the new unit.
A big truck came and took all their stuff because there was too much to fit in people’s cars. It wouldn’t even fit in Ravi, and we know how big it’s boot is.
I haven’t been to the new unit but the Mummies say it is lovely. It gets a lovely breeze and there is a wonderful view to the north and out to the hinterland, and they can also see the ocean! M Kaz loved the way the afternoon sun lights up the nearby buildings.
Aunty M has had Mimi staying with Michelle (the cat minder) while they’ve been preparing for and making the move. It’s going to be quite different for Mimi – who has a touch of the ‘let’s go for a wander’ gene – to live in a 4th floor apartment rather than in a house with easy access to ‘outside’. Aunty M will have to take her downstairs and across the road to the park if she’s going to interact with the local wildlife. I think a pet backpack has been mentioned. Aunty M is also trying to work out how to make a safe enclosure on the balcony for Mimi so she can wander out to see the scenery – without being in danger of falling off if she (Mimi) gets distracted if she starts chasing after a bird or something. I’m not sure that she will get to see dinosaurs on the 4th floor – unless they’re geckos. Hmmmmm.
I am still enjoying the llama cushion Outback although I knew even it couldn’t save me during the massive thunderstorm we had here last night. It sounded as though it was right in the back yard but M Kaz said it couldn’t have been that close because the lightning and the thunder weren’t happening at the same time. She did concede that it was very close though – which wasn’t much comfort to me as I ran up the hallway looking for a safe place to be. If those Mummies had had any sense, they would have as well. The power did go out here for a moment – just enough that M Kaz had to reset the internet and the television. And she only did that because M Sooz had just turned on the television to watch the news. Which reminds me – believe it or not, Midsomer Murders has still not reappeared on the television since the Mummies arrived home.
Never let it be said that M Kaz is not a problem solver. She came out this morning to get some clothes out of the dryer and sorted them, and then she went to clear out my litter tray. She didn’t have shoes on and she went ‘ouch ouch ouch’ (what a wimp!) when she walked on the concrete (she had been on the mats) and she was going to abandon the exercise until she put shoes on, but realised if she did the tray from the other side, she could stand on the mat while she did it. It was good that she’d been up for a while and was fully awake or I fear she may not otherwise have been able to work that out. (Cheeky? Me?)
I’m counting down the days until the Mummies start putting up the Christmas decorations. It’s time! It’s time! I hope they’re going to put up my very own Christmas tree again (they never did find the Santa that I pulled off it) – and they can put one up for them too. M Kaz says they are going to bring out the nativity set this year – and I really want them to start using the Christmas all-colours (well, maybe four) light-up globe. ET would love that too!
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