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Pets

The spoiled scarlet macaw at our house had pancake and scrambled egg for breakfast. She's going to move to Fatima in a few weeks, and I don't think she'll get that sort of food there. Right now she lives on a diet of cat food, raw peanuts, rice, scrambled eggs, and pancakes. That's probably going to change to rice and bananas.

The dog will be going to live with Chad and Andi in the center of Shell. The have a high-walled back yard, and she'll certainly have a change of scenery from our grassy yard and chain link fence. I'm a little worried that she'll bark too much over there. As I've worked on the tower and wireless network installation over there I've been impressed with how noisy it is in town. Dogs barking all the time, street vendors walking through town shouting their sales pitches, trucks driving through town with the driver shouting over a loudspeaker, "¡Cuarenta naranjas por un dolar!" over and over, zig-zagging back and forth across the blocks. It makes the sound of helicopters and planes seem very minor by comparison, as we live only 100 yards from the runway.

Leaf cutter ants continue to chew their way through the plants around our house. They are worse right now than I've seen in a long time. There is not much you can do about them, as they are very resilient and keep coming back for more no matter what you throw at them.

MC the cat has turned out to be a very lovable addition to our family. Dustin has pleaded for a cat for years, but Ellyn's allergies always screamed a resounding "no!" to that idea. Back in January Ellyn finally gave in, when Dustin fell in love with a kitten of our neighbors' cat. MC lives outside, making occasional visits inside, and Ellyn's allergies haven't gotten any worse. Dustin continues to beg for MC to join us in the United States, but I'm sorry to say it's not going to happen. It looks like we have a lead on a good home, and it's going to be really difficult for Dustin to say goodbye to that cat.