Catch a Possum, Write a Blog?

The last blog I wrote was done 10 days ago on the day I caught that soggy possum.  Well, this morning I caught another one.  In the 10 days between captures I went to Jacksonville to help watch kids and give K&C a Valentine’s date night.  Penny and I also went to her Uncle’s funeral.

As with all plans  some things went awry and others went as desired.

A bug went through the family , likely beginning with Lucy.  Karen got it next and then Tim.  It was a 24-hour bug with a taper off period of an additional day or two.  Lucy had tubes put in her ears on Thursday.  K&T had their date night on Saturday.  Penny and I spent Sunday with C&C and Monday was the day of the funeral. 

It was a good weekend for a Grandpa.  I got some excellent 1-on1 time with both Sophie and Lucy.  The high point with Sophie was putting her to bed n Saturday.  We read the “My First Words” book and she was able to spell almost every word.  She only confused small “n”s with “u” they look alike except they are flipped over and she thought “p” was “b”.  After brushing teeth and reading she asked me to sing her my song –the same one I sang to Karen and Christy at bedtime.  Lucy and I developed our own rendition of “twinkle twinkle little (pause, wait for it)  STA_A_A_A_R” , singing the star with our mouths wide open and shaking our heads from side to side.

We went to Micanopy with C&C.  It’s a quaint little town full of antique shops, Spanish moss and old buildings.  Here are some pictures:

 

We drove back home on Monday.  That’s when Penny got the bug.  It visited me at about 2 AM.  So we spent Tuesday basically in bed.  Wednesday Penny was much better and I was only partly better.  I got little done except I did go outside and sit in the sun.  We are having beautiful sunny cool days this week.  I also managed to set the trap.

This morning I was still iffy but better than yesterday.  I had a normal breakfast and then released the possum.  I actually got some useful stuff done today but ran out of steam by 5 PM.

I was going to do a lot of walking this week in preparation for the river run but my tummy won’t let me.

Kitty Update—Buzz and Meredith showed up tonight.  I haven’t seen Marmalade in 3 weeks.  The last 2 nights before I went out of town the long-lost Velcro showed up.  He had been gone for a couple of months.

I’ll probably write again next time I catch a possum.  Now I’m going to bed.