Carol and her daughter came yesterday and got the cat perch and a few other things. Simone is still with her and she has promised to be really selective about who adopts her. I still have mixed emotions about having to give her up. A part of me missed having to tell her to get out of the way while I was cleaning this morning. But an even bigger part of me likes to breathe easier. Surprisingly, I’m already getting better. I thought it would take a week or two. I had just a little congestion and wheezing after I got into bed, but am otherwise better. So now my asthma has once again been rendered dormant, and that’s the way it should be since I don’t smoke. 

I wish there was a way to test out climates before moving to them. If we really do retire in either Hawaii or Florida, it would be nice to live there for a couple of months to see how my lungs are going to react. I had no problem when I was in Hawaii, but I was only there for a week. No problem cruising the Caribbean either, but that too was only for a week. 

It took two wet Swiffers to mop the small bathroom floor and the laundry room floor. Both Swiffer’s were totally blackened when I was done. Where the hell did all this dirt come from? 

It’s been unusually cool, though quiet around here. That is, except for Saturday morning. They were cutting a tree down just outside the park and that was a little annoying. Temperatures are warming up again, so I will definitely want to go swimming sometime this week. For about three days it was cloudy, cool and windy, but it never rained. The grass is all brown along the perimeter of the park because they’re conserving water. 

Yesterday morning I woke up with a headache that started in my forehead and then moved down between my eyes. I don’t know what the hell that was. Maybe a sinus headache. 

My wall decal of the window to the woods arrived over the weekend and it’s now on the master bathroom wall and looks great. The quote it came with, however, makes absolutely no sense at all. It says, "The beautiful views out of the window for alley." 

I can remove the writing. I just thought it was a funny phrase. I am such a sticker addict that even though I say I’m done with them for a while, I always get more. I’m getting a large colorized photo sticker of a brown rat that I will place above the rat cage, and a set of eight realistic rat silhouettes that are smaller. 

I did some bike riding, said hello to Jim along the way, then I did some running. I took my Dutch lesson, and after I post this I will get on with my story. Busy day.