like sands through the hourglass

++ This is how Papa's father's day present was wrapped (Rio Bravo and The Dirty Dozen DVDs if you'd like to know). Try not to be jealous of my superior artistic talents, I'm like Basquiat, Harding, and Warhol all rolled into one.

++ Every morning around 4:00, there is a cat outside my bedroom window that judging by the noises it makes, is either dying or in heat. 4am EVERY MORNING.

++ And besides the cat dying/ in heat, there also seems to be some sort of cat gang war being waged on my terrace. I don't know what they're fighting about but they sure seem angry. As you can only imagine, a cat gang war being waged on his terrace is driving Fifty a little batty, so in turn, I'm going a little batty #timetobreakouttheBBgun

++ Last Saturday evening, two of Papa's dogs got out and did a runner, Leo, the Jack Russell, and Rita, the Border Terrier. Leo came back, Rita didn't, and she still hasn't. Papa's Wife thinks that with the heat and Rita's chubby little body, she went off and had a heart attack somewhere. Papa and The Husband have gone out looking for her with no luck. Rita was a seasoned hunter, she knows the village and she knows where she lives, If she hasn't come back, then it doesn't look like she's coming back. I hate to think of her dying alone so I'm going to pretend that she ran away and joined the circus instead.

++ The village fête is this weekend! I saw the bumper cars being set up when I went to the boulangerie yesterday. I was so happy, I did a little skip, and then was totally embarrassed because all the people sitting outside the bar having their coffee saw me, but then I didn't care. (I want to get a bell, and run around the village ringing it while I shout, "THE BUMPER CARS ARE HERE, THE BUMPER CARS ARE HERE"... that's normal, isn't it?)

++ Pretty Little Liars... let's discuss... does nobody care that Ariana is like 17 and Mr. Fitz is like 27? And what about the young doctor and Spencer in the first season? HELLO! I'm pretty sure this is illegal (although it does remind me of a certain relationship in my family that I won't mention...)

++ Brother-in-Law and Child Bride went to Corsica last week and sent us a postcard which was super nice (I heart postcards) but they spelled The Husband's name wrong. Did they just meet???

++ Aidan & Co. are coming tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited. Besides seeing Aidan who I haven't seen for two months, I'm happy for Fifty to see Clementine. He's been having a hard time adjusting to the new village, and the dogs here have been having a hard time adjusting to him (he was attacked twice last Saturday!) and I can tell he's depressed. I think he misses his friends back in the old LPV so I'm excited that he's going to get some playtime in with lil' Miss Clementine, even if she is a kleptomaniac.

++ The reason Aidan & Co are coming is because of this... The Husband turns thirty tomorrow... T H I R T Y #itsaboutdamntime #youcanallstopthecougarjokesnow

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