Small furry things

I can't believe I neglected to mention the absolutely BRILLIANT way we spent our Sunday afternoon last weekend. Some background info, first of all...my boyfriend Jim and I live in an apartment a few blocks away from campus across the street from our friends Carl and Melissa Stoltz (YES, they're married!) who have two cats, Milo and Jax. Sometimes we cat-sit for them and the cats are absolutely adorable. Well, both of them came from an animal shelter about half an hour away from Beloit, and it turns out that they have "Adoptathon" days in the spring and fall when their "kitten quota" has been surpassed. WELL. One thing led to another, and Carl and Mel invited us along as they went to check out another cat and look into becoming perspective foster kitten parents. MIND-BLOWING. There were about 50 kittens (separated into nice roomy cages of course) scattered around the building, and we were allowed to pick them up and play and listen to their tiny little mewing noises. This was incredibly overwhelming, as my brain has only so much "wee furry" capacity and so I kind of overloaded on preciousness. But it was TOTALLY worth every minute. It looked like the majority of the kittens were getting adopted, too, which was fantastic. Woot baby kittens!! Just another event to add to the ever-expanding list of summer activities in Beloit!

Until next time, then...I hope everyone has a great weekend! I'm headed back home to Iowa for Saturday night for my dad's birthday--we get to see "King Lear"--WOOT!

~Laura DM