After much calendar comparing, we decided today at 10am I could stand by for boarders.
Now these are beloved people and I know from experience that timing is not their strength. Another family member was supposed to get the dogs away by 10, then the cats could be captured and carried over. Just from next door. Right.
At 11 the relative arrived, seized the chance to visit and to load the grandchild's little bicycle, then the dogs. That took a while.
Then the capturing of the cats took another while.
So, near noon, we're all set. Maui and Finny do not approve, but they've stopped howling now, and have taken up their stations, one at the patio checking the same view as theirs next door, one on the top step of the second flight. They already tested the view from the front door and the landing.
Nice to have them here. They've decided to just tolerate it all. They won't accept their regular treats from me, because you're not my mom, you don't know how to do it.
