Headache's Gone!

So my headache went away last night, after consuming mass amounts of water, watching a Smallville and closing my eyes...

Woke up fit as a fiddle again this morning! Since it was a bit cooler again, and we had electricity all through the night and could use the fans, I slept quite well. I find that with a ceiling fan and a standing fan blowing on me, it's just right to sleep with my pajamas on and then my sheet sort of draped over the middle part of my body - my legs and arms are still all out in the open to feel the breeze, but I somehow like the feeling of having my mid-section covered... I guess it's a safety blanket sort of thing!

Anyways, that's neither here nor there... at the moment, I have my Zane covering my mid-section! He voluntarily came and sat on my lap this evening. He is truly becoming a "real" cat, with his finicky eating habits and everything. Last night, I went to chat with the neighbors, and as I was coming back, I happened to walk under a neem tree in front of our house. From way up in the tree, I heard a really pathetic little mewing... I looked up with my headlamp, and sure enough, there was Zane looking down at me with his big yellow eyes.

I ended up having to climb on top of a chair, and reaching up to coax him down out of the tree. I think he had been trying to escape the wrath of the neighbor's bigger cat earlier in the evening and ended up getting stuck in the tree! Crazy cat.

Speaking of cats, Grace ended up bringing home three little kittens this morning! They were SO cute... I mean, really, seriously cute. I have some photos, which I will post... but my own Zane is so nicely sitting on my lap that I don't feel like moving to get my camera :)

The poor little kittens are still nursing, so we ended up feeding them with a syringe for lunch. Richard ended up taking one of them home for his kids to play with. I'm not sure what Grace plans to do with the other ones. At the moment, they're living in a box in the verandah. I don't think Zane's really up for being a big brother to them, though. So they may have to go back to their mommy sometime in the near future.

One of the other highlights of the day was having tea and dinner with our neighbors. I love these neighbors. Kay was born on the exact same day that I was - same year, same day. I still have to figure out what time of the day I was born so we can see who's older. She's an eye surgeon and her husband is also a doctor. I think they're my favorite neighbors... though I do love them all to bits! But these ones are just so down to earth and ever so British... jolly good fun to chat with :) Plus, they fed us cappucino AND Lindt chocolate.

AND... the best part is, Kay is going to my absolute favorite country in the world in three weeks! I'm hoping to get her in touch with my friends there so they can take her out and feed her injera and zigni and make some nice coffee for her. Plus, I can also send some letters and goodies to them. I'm just so excited that she gets an opportunity to go there - she will be helping to train some nurses and doctors there. It's been so long since I've known of anyone who is travelling back and forth between whereever I am and there. So I just pray that I can find the best way to connect her to people there so she can get a good picture of the situation and be an encouragement to my friends there.

Um, this is enough rambling for the night, I think. I'm just enjoying having my cat sleep on my lap, so I don't really want to get up and move from my computer...

But good night anyways. Hope all is well in your corners of the world.