I get tired of playing a guy who gets into a fight, then starts singing to the guy he`s just beat up. -- Elvis Presley

I was up late last night and I wanted to read a little before going to sleep. Charlie had gone to bed earlier. I didn’t want to turn the light on in our bedroom, so I went to the bedroom upstairs. The radio alarm is set for 6:00am. I’ve never turned it off from when I stayed with Taz in that room.

This morning I awoke to the “Jeff and Jer Show” on a local station. They were talking about “American Idol” doing auditions at Petco Park today. They had sent one of their guys, I’ll call him “Tom”, down to Petco to talk to some of the auditioners. They had also sent a girl there, I’ll call her “Alice”, to register and try to get into an audition. Of course this girl could not sing.

So “Tom” got to the back of the line where “Alice” was and then talked to the crowd, telling them that he was live on the radio with “Jeff and Jer”. Then he asked if anyone was from San Diego and the crowd yelled. Obviously quite a few were from here. So he said, “I want to introduce you to the next “American Idol”, “Alice” so and so, and she’s going to show you what she can do”.

Poor “Alice” had to squeak out her little pitiful song in her little voice and it was the funniest thing to hear. It was all a joke and for show, but we’ve watched “American Idol” and honestly, some of the people who audition, really think they can sing. It’s unbelievable.

It will be interesting to see how many from San Diego make the cuts. The registration was held Wednesday and Thursday and the auditions are today. The auditioners had to be at Petco by 5:00am.

One thing for sure, our weather has just been beautiful for all of this week. It will be nice for those coming from other states. Although we’ve had a little more humidity than we usually have here. But, people coming from places that are usually more humid won’t notice it as much.

It’s been three weeks since we returned home from our RV trip. We decided we’ve had enough time away from it and it’s time to take it in for a post-trip service. Yesterday we took it to our RV Specialists. They will go over it and make sure nothing shook loose and make any repairs needed, change the oil, etc. One thing for sure, they will not have to install a new alternator or fuel pump!

On the 19th, our friends from Palm Springs, Bob and Patti, are coming over to stay with us for a few days. It’s about 108 degrees there. If our nice weather holds up, we want to go to the beach one day. There’s a state park right on the beach and our plan is to take the RV and park it there for the day.

Patti asked if she could bring her little cat, “KK” and I told her it should be fine. Of course, the last time we saw “KK” was when I took “Jonesie” with me when I went to Palm Springs to visit Patti. “KK” was not quite a year old and “Jonesie” was only three months then.

Jonesie and KK
January 2011

I remember walking in and putting him down. He immediately started playing. “KK” sat back and watched for a few minutes. Pretty soon they were chasing each other through the house. We had a nice visit. Patti said that “KK” looked for “Jonesie” after we left. She missed him.

I’m not sure that “KK” will be welcomed here like she was when she was a kitten. She was only a couple of months old when Patti and Bob came over with her and stayed for a couple of days. Jason and “KK” had a ball. He called her his “girl-friend”. It was fun watching them play together.

They’re both older now, so it should be interesting to see if “KK” will be allowed to be out in the house or Patti will have to keep her in their room.

“Jonesie” has changed a little since “Rhody” came. He’s no longer the baby of the two and he has taken on a more mature role. They play together, but he does get tired of the continuous wrestling that “Rhody” wants to do. I saw him hiss at “Rhody” this morning. I didn’t worry about it because I’d like for “Jonesie” to start standing up for himself a little more.

“Jonesie” really never seemed to be jealous before, but now he seems to resent “Rhody” just a little. We give both of them attention. Sometimes when I don’t see “Jonesie” around, I will pick “Rhody” up and talk to him and pet him. Then I look around and there’s “Jonesie”. He has such a “hurt” look on his face like “You used to pick me up like that!” When I try to make up with him, he runs away. But, he finds me later and wants attention.

Taz would never have looked at me with a hurt look on his face. Instead, he would have come right over and made anyone there aware that I belonged to him. “Jonesie” wants to be mine, but he doesn’t have the same personality as Taz had and that’s fine. “Jonesie” is a very sweet cat. I will give him all the attention he’ll take.

More later.......