Today I woke up to Cabol telling me “Buddy’s disappeared!” See, she is always complaining about his marking of things, and how we should lock him outside, but deep down she’s just a big softy. So she decided today to let him outside while she was working in the yard. But when he disappeared under a tree, she freaked out. Softy.

We located him eventually. He spent much of the day outside, and didn’t seem to do anything bad. If he tried to get near (within 10 feet) of the ducks, they would start quacking and chasing him, at which point he would make a wiiiiide circle around them in fear. Later, he hopped up on the roof from the porch railing. He was too scared to hop back down, however, and made sad little noises until I grabbed him by his scruff and dragged him off. He’s so, so manly. I bet he would get along well with Sydney.

Today we went and got paint for the living room (you remember, the room with the deep purple floor). We got beige. Well, I think the actual name is Camel Toe or something like that, but it’s beige. I never thought we’d paint a room such a boring color. Cabol says it is because the floor is so bright. I think we now need bright red furniture.