So Mr. Darcy, the cat the girls adopted a few weeks before they left, has now returned. When he saw the girls packing a week or so before they moved, we think he freaked out and ran away. We never heard or saw anything of him and thought the worse or maybe even someone else adopted him (even though he had a collar). I knew that as soon as the girls left he would return and I would be the one deciding what to do with him. I was right. Though Mr. Darcy is a sweet cat in his own way, I cannot keep him. I already have a cat and adding an adult male to the family would turn out to be a disaster. If no one wants to claim him, I will have to take him to the shelter and I really do not want to do that. Spread the word and please get back to me ASAP.

I won't go into too much about my Spring Break since Courtney described a lot of it already. But I will tell everyone about one thing that happened to me that was very special. On this trip to CA I got to see a part of my family that I have not had contact with since I was 14 years old. 6 years. That is such a long time especially since it was all of high school and part of college. After spending time with them, I realized that I had such a warped idea about who they were. Talking to them was like meeting them all over again, this time, with an eager and open mind. I learned some things that are invaluable to me, but more importantly, I feel like I gained a family- my own family. I can't say enough how happy it made me to see them all. My cousins are HUGE and I barely recognized them and I realized that I missed out on so much of their life. They looked at me like a stranger and that was sad. But whatever kept me from them in the past won't be a problem anymore. I love them all so much and I don't want to lose them for a second time.