Alan's Rambles: Dunedin: Life in New Zealand. Part 10

For the first couple of days since they arrived back from the cattery, our cats meowed like normal cats. Deep hearty proper meows. They even slurped their water like crazy which was something new to me. They dont normally drink from the water bowl so vigorously, so they must have been copying what they saw from the other cats.

We have visited two more catteries now. One was small and pokey and somehow was a bit claustrophobic, however I thought it would be fine for the cats to stay in for a weekend. Sabine thinks this was a complete no go area. We have since visited another one, yesterday in fact, which was much nicer and bigger, located on top of the peninsular. It was super fantastic with lots of space for the cats to run loose in. So we have decided to book with them too in the future. I also picked up a huge cute Siamese cat there which was begging for affection as we were being shown around. I think its good for the cats to see different places when we are away, and not always go back to the same cattery. Call me mad, but the prices are all roughly the same so why not? Our kitties are not old enough to go outside yet so seeing new places would be a good idea.

Yesterday we also went to the SPCA expecting a huge influx of kittens. At least this is what they said would happen last time we were here. Not the case though. They had some, but most of them are still in foster homes with one of the viruses kittens usually get (its a bit of an issue in Dunedin at the moment). Sabine loves seeing kittens and there isn't much to do In Dunedin so why not come here and visit some cats? And yes we entertain our cats as much as possible. They are in no way neglected.

Work was only for 3 days last week and very sparse. Hardly anyone there at all. People are still away on leave it seems. For me it was just business as normal.

One evening, two "missionary" girls knocked on our door (somehow they would have had to bother undoing the latch on the gate from the other side, just to enter our property, which isn't easy). These two girls were so called "friends" of Vicky Hammond, the previous tenant, who just wanted to call by. If they are genuinely friends, they would know that they moved out over 6 months ago. Surely!

I cooked us eggs and bacon this morning. It turned out nice and crispy. The pan had a hell of a lot of set fat after it cooled down. I'm quite pleased the bacon fat wasn't all eaten to be honest. I'm not a fan of the stuff. And yeah the fat went in the bin, not down the drain.
We had fish and chips takeout this evening. First time eating fish and chips as a take away since we arrived in NZ I think.

We've watched a few movies in the evening. We also watched Night At The Museum 3 which was amazing! I cant believe they managed to make two more films of this thing AND make them as good as the first. Whats more, this film was better than number 2 and even tied off the trilogy nicely. All 3 films are highly recommended.

Oh yeah the power went out in the late morning today. We knocked on our neighbours door and had a good chat with her about it. She was affected too. other neighbours' were too. One guy told us that his granddaughter found out (from using mobile internet) it was caused from a fire down the road. Maybe the firemen turned off the power to the area in order to fix things? It was sorted out within 2 hours so it wasn't that big a deal. It was nice chatting to a few neighbours.