bizarre

once in awhile there's that really weird, completely random event that occurs on what seems like a perfectly normal day. apparently a bat got into my mum's house last night and my ferocious cat (okay, more like sweet adorable little jack) managed to get ahold of this night sky-dweller and kill it. much to my mum's surprise. she called animal control who said they're worried about the chance of rabies and so my mum and sister are heading to the vets to get both of my cats checked out. and so they called me to tell me that the cats have to be quarantined and nick and I's plans of visiting for a wonderful weekend of swimming, relaxing and being in the country have to be cancelled.

bummer.

a grand surprise

i was given an early birthday present from my lovely husband the other day. it involves being stuffed in a car for over two weeks, driving hours and hours each day and seeing as many places as possible across the states. a road trip! i'm so excited. nick knows me and my traveler's itch so well. he wanted to do this before my actual birthday (in october), so we could go for longer and most importantly it would actually be warm when we did it! and so we're going from east to west, in the beautifully hot august sunshine. camping here and there, along with a few nights in a hotel during our stays in the bigger cities. my most favourite stop on the way? arizona. or more specifically...the grand canyon. i've been dying to see it for a few years now and is the main star of this road trip -smiles-

so now we're planning out my birthday adventure...can't wait.