My family is flying over the Atlantic Ocean right now. I found this neat thing that lets me watch the path they are traveling, altitude, speed, and arrival time. I am anxious for some reason that I've not been when they've flown before. I'm more anxious than when I fly and I don't really like flying. I hope I get to sleep before they arrive at 3 AM our time.

We have a group of feral cats we feed. We've tried to get the female in for spaying but she's too afraid to be caught. So she had kittens about 6-8 weeks ago. Tonight I think she's lost at least 2 because she's left 2 on our porch. I got one to let me touch it and I'm going to see if I can tame them while my mom's away. If I could do that we could at least get the babies fixed. Earlier they were playing chase and were so cute. I adore my Abbycat but she's definitely not a kitten anymore. Kittens are just adorable. I'd take them in myself but Abbycat would HATE that. My mom can't take them in because her dog would kill them thinking he was playing. I know the local cat rescue is full. Getting them neutered/spayed might be the best we can do right now unless someone on facebook marketplace wants one or something.

We had storms earlier. My mom's dog doesn't like storms but as long as he's not given too much sympathy he usually just lays on his bed and waits it out. We had a big, loud storm this afternoon and I thought he was in the bedroom and didn't give him sympathy. Then I found him trying to shove his head between the wall and the toilet. Poor old guy. He's fine now that the rain and storms finally stopped. We got 1.1 inches of rain today so he had reason to be anxious.

I think I said this yesterday but we've had a raccoon trying to kill our chickens and it got one. My mom did a lot of work and it shouldn't be able to get in. Earlier I was in the living room and heard the raccoon stealing the cats' food. I went out and chased him off and made sure he hadn't breached the coop. I just hope he still hasn't when I wake up.

I hope that I hear from my family soon. We're not positive we have texting set up for international correctly. It's possible I won't hear from them until they land in the US in 9 days. I talk to my mom every day and see her most days. I've done animal sitting many times before but have always had some communication. They are about halfway there now.

I need to work on relaxing. I'm so tense my shoulders are sore. I may take some extra Seroquel to see if it helps.

I need to get this in control or it is going to be a very long week.