Apparently, the cats look forward to me opening the door. They’ve all learned to jump the back fence, although not all of them have learned to jump back in (which would be great, since the cat door opens to the back). Methinks the cats like to trap themselves out front so I have to play the doorman again.
I’m looking forward to the following:
1. having a break from teaching. As much as I love teaching (and I really, really do), it’s a difficult job to do non-stop, so I need to recharge a bit.
2. being on track with the book. Denise and I are going gangbusters & now that I have a teaching break, the writing will go faster.
3. perhaps holing up in a cave/condo/cabin somewhere with a laptop to write said book.
4. Margaret Atwood’s new novel, The Year of the Flood, which comes out September 22nd.
5. The Simpsons, Season 12 on DVD, dropping on the 18th. The boy, who is 16 today, is going to buy it for me for my birthday.
August 18 is my actual birthday! Whoo-hoo!