A friend asked me to take care of his cat while he was out of town for almost two weeks. I thought it seemed easy enough even though it takes 25 minutes to get to his house. I didn’t have to go every day. The first day I had to fill up the cat’s water bowl, but it was so dirty that it had to be cleaned. The sink was too dirty and full of dishes to clean the water bowl, so I had to wash the dishes and scrub the sink. The next time I checked on the cat it was quick and easy. The third time I had to use the bathroom… but the toilet and sink were so dirty I didn’t want to touch them, so they had to be cleaned. The bathroom was rather gross. It was so dirty that I didn’t think the toilet and sink would be clean, but guess what? They are nearly new, and the dirt hadn’t stained yet. Amazing! I had been to his house for parties (bathroom looked the same), so I thought the fixtures needed replaced. I have a couple more visits to make. At this rate, he will come home to a clean house. I think I should take bets to see if he notices.

I survived the all day Tahitian dance competition. I arrived at just before 8 am and left just before 8 pm. With over 200 girls and 30 boys competing, it took awhile to have everybody dance. My group (the “old ladies” 35 and over) was small, so we advanced directly to finals without preliminaries. That means that in my first competition ever, I danced alone in the center of the gym with the judges, musicians and about 100+ people watching. I hardly saw the people. I was surprised to see that those of us in the older age group don’t move that quickly. I also got to see my competition in this area. It was over quickly, and frankly I was relieved. I had waited all day to dance at about 6:30 pm.

Today I’m resting and nursing a sore throat. I had no idea that I would be so tired after only dancing for 90 seconds.

Finally after a week of dealing with the free local wireless–it’s slow–I finally got DSL back and faster than I used to have it. I switched services. I hope I will like this one, but so far customer service has left me wishing I never changed. I spent an hour and half with them last night trying to figure out why I wasn’t getting phone service as well. By the time I spoke to more than seven people and got to the right department, they were closed. I’m still waiting for the phone service, but at least I have internet and TV.

I had several hours of panic since I thought my cat got out. The installer left doors open all over. I couldn’t follow him everywhere he went at one point. The only thing that is annoying now is that I can’t figure out how to make the remote change the TV to VIDEO so I don’t have to get out the TV remote.