So, what’s the deal?!??! The odd thing that happened again is that there is absolutely NO FOOD in the trap- it just walked right in, and got stuck. I was wondering why my cat didn’t want to go in through the side-door, now I know. Now, I have to go to the park and drop this one off again. Well, it’ll do better up there anyway..
For the last three weekends, I’ve been taking two days off each time, and it’s been great. One thing that I’ve been thinking about is this idea for a little 10-day trip to South America. Basically, I have the opportunity to travel to Brazil to experience Carnival with some of the locals. Basically, I’d go with a group of about 5 people, and after Carnival, go to this resort island off the coast to relax, then go to Rio to relax on the beaches there. From there, maybe go to Manaus to see what the Amazon is all about.
There are obviously some risks associated with this- I would be going by myself, and would be meeting up with people that I haven’t actually met. But… taking a chance on a opportunity to hang with the locals, and have a great time is something that will come around but once in a lifetime I would bet. Now is a good time for me as when I get a family going, I won’t be able to do these things in quite the same way. I’ve always wanted to make it to South America, and this seems like an opportunity that may only knock once.
Right now, I’m waiting on some info to see if I can crash in one of the booked hotel rooms as their are no rooms available. If this checks out, I’ll just have to make sure and bring some sunscreen, and a computer so I can download pics from my camera (I may just get a bigger memory card), oh, and make sure that I blog the whole experience with pics! I think that would be a great thing to do.
I talked to Andie about this, and she totally thinks I should do it. She offered to take care of my cats during my absense- there isn’t a better person to watch over them. The only thing is that she won’t pull on their tails like I do (for those that don’t know, my cats do enjoy it in a weird way).
On another note, the hole I created in my ceiling last weekend is fixed. It was a HUGE hole in the living room. Lonnie came by on the Monday after Christmas, and did a wonderful job (which he does with everything). I’m so happy to have that fixed. The one thing that was problematic was that he moved the hole for where the smoke detector sits over about 8″ or so. When he did this, the 12/4 wire wasn’t long enough (that connected the other smoke detector), so I had to go down to OSH to pick up a spool of it, and get that done. Needless to say, I didn’t put my foot through the ceiling again. 
I’m not sure what to do here, I have a cage on the side of the house w/ some food in it (well, past tense), and the raccoon ate it without getting trapped. Now, I come home tonight, and the cats are bent, and the food dish is empty. Grr.. I’ll put some bread or something out tomorrow, and try again. 