Happy New Year!
Now if we can just get some reprieve from this damn rain! I guess I’ll have to give in and dig out my happy light. It’s just been relentless the last number of days, so dark and just plain nasty.
I find myself thinking about fellow Canadians who flocked out here to the coast for the winter because the borders are still closed. I wonder how they are making out, stuck in their RVs in this dreary soggy weather. I bet they can’t get the chill out of their bones. I doubt they realized how miserable it can get out here. Sure, the temperatures are not too bad. Today it got up to 8 degrees, much “warmer” than in other parts of the country where they are below zero, but that 8 degrees is not as great as it sounds when it’s pissing down rain and the puddles are building all around the house making you nervous about water getting in. It’s been a bit difficult to find a reason to get out of bed these last few days. This kind of weather will do that to you. It’s repetitive days like this I actually find myself missing the brightness of the snow!
On a brighter note, HeyZeus got an outing yesterday. It’d been awhile since he was out for a walk in the stores. We took him into Bosley’s pet store for his first time and he made out great! He settled in on the top of a tall cat tree while everyone in the store came and fawned over him. He sure knows how to play it up. The store manager even gave him a catnip toy for free, he’s such a charmer 😊. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures of that adventure. I’ll have to get some next time.
We had a little bit of fun the other day, when there was a break in the weather I let the boys out into the backyard. They weren’t too impressed with how soggy everything was and before long, they decided they were wet enough and came inside. Sadly though, I forgot that whenever they are finished outside the first thing they do when they come in is go into their litter boxes. Turns out that’s not such a great idea when they’re drenched! I didn’t notice the impact until I saw HoseHey walking all funny, shaking each paw as he stepped. He was COVERED in litter, all over his wet paws right up to his shoulders and hips. And of course, so was his brother HeyZeus.
In hindsight, that would have been a good picture to take...but my first instinct was to get them into a bath asap so the poor guys didn’t try and start cleaning themselves and ingesting all that cat litter! This was their first bath. I partially filled the kitchen sink so I could get all the litter off their paws. Interestingly enough, HoseHey did really well. At first he resisted like all cats do, and he made one really sad and pathetic yelp. But soon after that he just stopped and stood still letting me clean him off. He likely figured out I was helping him, and it doesn’t hurt that he actually seems to like water. HeyZeus on the other hand wasn’t too keen on it. He resisted the whole time, but we got ‘er done. I call it a huge success, as measured by the fact that I didn’t have any bloody scratch marks to show once done!
With more of these dreary days on the horizon, I’ll refocus on our RV adventure. We were ready to go in the fall of 2020, but prevented from it due to the border closures. So in terms of having everything we “need” for the trip, we pretty much have that covered. One “bonus” item I’ve been researching though is drones. I figure that’d be a great way to get aerial shots of our adventure, the RV parks we stay in, the beaches and towns. I’ve settled on the DJI Mavic Mini 2. Looking forward to getting that and practicing with it before we go. Will likely wait until spring to purchase it, once the weather is better and we can actually get outside to use it.
Next winter we’ll be able to escape to much drier and sunnier surroundings. The countdown has restarted, and assuming the borders will be open by next October we’re only about nine months away! I’m hopeful the time will fly as quickly as the last nine months have gone.
I’m looking forward to writing more blogs focused on our preparations for the trip, including getting all our four legged furry friends ready to go! Until then, we’ll continue to dream of sunshine, turquoise waters and sandy beaches 😎
