Where the cats slept while I was gone

On my black, wool coat. Yuck!

New art wall, happy cat

I know, more cat pictures. Sad, really

Missing Indiana but mostly cats

It's like I am cheating on my own cats

Cute overload

Blogging

To be clear, there are some posts I feel belong here, and some on my website blog. It's confusing to decide what goes where, but if you check both places, you should see some awesomeness.

I have received requests for pictures of the apartment. I am working on them now!An organized desk is a thing of beauty. Everything in its place!

Things you should bring on a road trip

* Your favorite cats-- you want to make sure you have someone to talk to, to remind you to take breaks, and remind you to stay in hotels and not open the door in the middle of the night.

* A thermos-- hotel rooms furnish mini-coffee makers and styrofoam cups. These cups are ridiculous, and environmentally insensitive, plus true road trippers don't have time to sit in a hotel room and sip away a pot. Why not an insulated cup, you ask? Because an insulated cup is what you take with you to work, at your job. A thermos is for the long journey of the road tripper.

*Granola bars-- excellent source of fiber and protein and don't decay during the trip. The problem? They always have little chocolate chips that jump off them and get between your pants and the car seat.

* Film canister pinhole camera-- I think this one is pretty obvious.

* A GPS-- The trick with this device is how you program it. Obviously, it helps you find you way from one place to another, but it does take you on the least inspiring route possible. Be sure to select the option "least use of freeways," every now and then, to see some true country back roads.

Beware, however, that you may not like all that you see on those back roads:

I got back on the freeway after driving behind that one for a few miles.

Two story cats

Cat Drama

Surprisingly, she did much better today that the past two. J did a fabulous job loading the car (hence our very late start), which placed the cats right between the two seats so they could both see us easily. After the initial outburst (seen here), Dharma went to sleep. Every now and then she would wake up, meow at us until we talked to her, then go back to sleep. We considered driving all night it was working out so well.

Leaving California

Today, J, two cats, and I loaded up the Matrix with the remainder of our possessions (the majority went on a moving truck last week) and headed out on our Great American Road Trip, on our adventure in moving.

I will be posting as we go, and including link locations and images. Click on the titles to see where each entry was written. Below is the approximate map of our trip.

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