Aug 092011
 

I meant to post this yesterday, August 8th, but things got so hectic I didn’t get the chance. I wrote this sometime in the afternoon, around 3-4 pm, while I was fiddling with installing my new blog.

Oh, my goodness! There’s a storm coming through and the thunder is loud and the crack of lightning sounds close. I never know if it’s the thunder making that loud noise, but it sounds to me like lightning hitting a tree or something. I don’t know, but it was loud. My first thought was, man, that sounds close.

My poor cat, Ibis, came crawling out of the kitchen, very slowly, crouching as low as he could as he crawled towards me. I knew he didn’t like rain and thunder, but I’ve never seen him do that before. Considering how fat he is, it’s difficult to crouch without his belly dragging along the floor. It’s odd because he’s perfectly safe in the kitchen, or living room, or just about anywhere in the house, but he’s a scaredy cat. Continue reading »