Ramblings of an EdMan

So we got displaced from a chimney fire on Saturday afternoon. Luckily, everyone was okay and the fire just smoldered some leaves, it didn’t combust. We were able to get our cat Squiggy to the hotel on Saturday night. And we briefly saw our other cat Lenny.

So luckily, they didn’t run out of their house after the fire.

Now it’s Tuesday, and we still haven’t got Lenny.

We got a Havahart trap from the Ansonia Animal Control on Monday to try to corral Lenny and we went back 5 times yesterday.

Today we went again this morning and thought it would be easier if we could do a web camera on Lenny. Nothing made sense to buy at Target or Best Buy. Eventually my wife Lanna googled the Alfred app. And we used an old Galaxy S4 phone and a $5 cell tripod at Five Below.

It was easy for Lanna to set up, I was napping. And we just went back once to try putting a t-shirt in there and find out Lenny was pushing kibble out of the trap without going in.

So we took the kibble out, swept the floor and changed the wet food to a seafood one.

And at 8:42pm we saw Lenny on the web cam checking things out.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157778446649179&id=669734178

I really hope he takes the bait and we can get him soon.

It would be a huge relief after a very tough weekend.

2018 was a weird year. I am happy to see it go.

Especially after the chimney fire on Saturday.

May 2019 bring new beginnings.

Definitely in recovery mode after the fire

We hope to borrow a Have A Heart trap to get Lenny out tomorrow.

And I think we will want to cull quite a bit after we return in a few weeks.

Be gentle with yourself and each other.

We had a chimney fire at our house today.

A lot of burned up leaves but luckily it did it combust.

And our upstairs neighbor had issues with her car starting so was there when she smelled smoke.

Our house is currently “unsafe” and we are staying at a local hotel that allows pets.

Everyone is okay. Squiggy is with us at the hotel. Lenny has barely been seen and we couldn’t bring him over.

Squiggy seems pretty chill and we do have a very handy kitchenette.

All said, we will get through.

We do have renter’s insurance and the American Red Cross was also.able to get us a debit card.

Still I would have preferred just going to the zoo.