Recent events here:
Rebecca has started potty-training. No pushing involved. She let us know when she started wanting to "go potty". Lots of summertime activities too. She loves to see horses, and we see them several times a week going to and from work, as there are several stables, farms, and equestrian centers near where I work. New Jersey isn't all urban, in fact, near where I work, it's practically rural. I've seen wild turkeys walking across a field while on my way to lunch. Bears are sometimes (but rarely) reported to be nearby. Our security at work puts out an occasional bulletin reminding people to watch out for them. There is a colonial history farm about halfway between Trenton and Lambertville we like to take Rebecca to. She loves to see all the animals. One thing she does that is rather funny is that she will run up to the split-rail fence to pet the sheep, but when the sheep turn around to look at her, she gets afraid and backs off. And one thing to watch out for - don't get close to the huge (huge!) work horses. Rebecca is really afraid of them - she loves to see them, but only far away. Oops, we forgot to take the camera, so we don't have pictures. Next time.
In other news, one of our cats, Trixie, is not doing well. We don't know how it happened, but she lost a claw, and the resulting abcess became infected. The vet did a bit of surgery, but the paw just isn't healing, and now she can't even support her weight on that arm (or fore-leg) of hers. Yesterday, the vet told us to confine her in a cage with shredded newspaper litter, and changed her prescription. Hope this does it.
This coming weekend has us going up to the Poconos for a weekend getaway, a typical monthly outing for us, except that this time, our outing has us going to Long Pond and the Pocono Speedway to see our first live NASCAR race, and hopefully a backflip after the race is won! Go Carl Edwards!