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I don’t know why anyone would say that….

Life has been hectic. And when life is hectic, blogging does tend to be a little sparse. What has been happening?

First of all, Kalea cat died.  That was actually pretty tragic. She was pregnant and the kids (and me) were looking forward to the life-birth-death cycle with life-birth emphasised.  She wasn’t due, she was about the equivalent I suppose of 7 months in human terms.

One day she came crawling back, looking quite ill. I thought she was in labor. It went on and on and she was not doing well. We took her to the vet. One of the kittens had died and the vet didn’t give her any chance of survival.

Claire went with Peter to the vet, a very brave little soul I think.  She said her goodbye’s to Kalea and the vet put her to sleep.  They brought her home and we had a full scale funeral/burial.

The kids cried, Chris held out the longest but she succumbed at last too.  I cried when I saw the kids crying. Poor Peter, alone with three weeping females.

Anyway…

That was a fairly major happening, one which should have earned a blog post on its own, complete with pictures.

The other major is that we’re moving. Yes, I’m following Peter as he chases his rainbow.  The Association has finally outgrown its nest and is asking for “a place of me’ own please.”  So we’re leaving our mountain home and heading for (slightly, or so we hope) drier lands, and a place a little closer to the hubbub of Taipei central.

Yes, I’m sad as I will miss this place.  But I know it’s needed.  Still, knowing that doesn’t necessarily make it any easier. The kids have mixed feelings. They’re not so keen to move either, but Chris is starting dance classes nearby and Claire may end up going to Chinese Primary School, so there are new horizons for the kids too.

We’re taking Nike ’cause no one wants us to leave her (she’s still at awkward puppy stage, only she’s full grown in size…) and because she’s my baby. We’re leaving Dexter. He just fits here, he suits, and he is a help catching snakes and barking at postmen. Plus he’s pretty low maintenance.  We’re taking one cat, and leaving one cat.

Sniff.

We’ve moved warehouse and I’m trying to work at home. That’s fairly chaotic.

So if anyone’s wondering why I haven’t posted in a while, that’s why.

Ange, I did it. I posted.

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