My apologies for keeping the kitty crotch shot up for so long but I’ve been a busy bee. I’d like to announce that after a full on nipple search on both cats as well as all of your wise advice here and on facebook, I feel confident that my cats are at least post-op trannies if not naturally male. We all feel better knowing because as GI Joe always said, “Knowing is half the battle.” And now I’m left wondering what the other half of the battle involves…

In other news, I wanted to give you a head’s up (just in case you are in the running) that I’m totally winning Mother of the Year for 2009. On Sunday, when I pick my 9 year old daughter up from her two week stay at summer camp, I will have the biggest, most coolest surprise to share with her. It will go a little something like this:

We’ll have the car packed with her trunk o’ filthy clothes. She’ll be busy chattering on about how much fun she had cantering every day on her favorite horse when we’ll call her dad on speaker phone.

Honey?
Yeah?
What do you feel like doing today?
I don’t know. I’m excited to see the dogs & cats. I’ve missed you guys. (I’m SURE she’s going to say how much she missed me.)
What would you say if I told you that we are getting on a plane in a few hours?
To California?
Yes. But better.
What???
Tonight, you and I are getting on a plane to San Francisco where we’ll meet up with your dad and sister and…are you ready for the best part?
YES!
We’re going to Disneyland!

Her mind may very well explode at this point so I’m going to have to be prepared to pull over and administer first aide. But do you think she’ll EVER forget a surprise of this magnitude? I think not.

And then I win Mother of the Year.

But before that, I have one more day with an empty nest and I intend on enjoying it. Food, fun & friends – it doesn’t get much better than that. Oh, and a 4 mile hike first thing in the morning. (God, I am SO OLD. A hike? Thrills me?)

Happy Fourth of July!!

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