More Alcolars

I'm busy panicking and packing as I prepare for RWA San Francisco - we fly out on Monday morning but have to get to London tomorrow so I'm at the 'how many tee shirts do I need for one week + two days?' stage.

And I'm having to be very careful not to pack a cat. Flora has got to know qhat a suitcase means and so she can be found sitting by the cases I've taken up to the bedroom with a very reproachful look on her face and is obviously making a statement that good mummies don't ever pack suitcases. Only bad Mummies pack cases and abandon their kittens like this.

But she will soon have plenty of company when the Grandkits return and this is once more a six cat household. They are staying here next week while their house is rewired this time so Flora will have plenty of company and lots of attention from The Offspring and his partner - and probably some attention from Meg, Moz and Stumpy too.

A lovely surprise in the post today - the Alcolars yet again. This time, totally unexpectedly, it's a German edition of the whole Alcolar Family trilogy all collected in one volume as a 'Sommer Spezial' . And this collection has all the stories - including that elusive Wife For Real or Alex's story.

I was intrigued to see that inside this edition someone has prepared an Alcolar Family tree to explain the rather convoluted family relationships of the whole Alcolar Family. I've never had that done before!

Right - back to the packing - first removing one grey Maine Coon teenager from on top of a bundle of underwear . . . . Bad mummy.