I get to house sit this week for my friend Jen Lilly. It’s a nice break from mom’s house and gives me a slight feeling of independence that I’ve lacked since I’ve been staying with mom.

Jen doesn’t have internet service though, so I wont be checking email or posting new blogs until I get home from her home. It’s quiet at her house and I really enjoy spending time there. Plus I get to see my cat.

I don’t know if I mentioned that Jack has been living with Jen Lilly or not. She has been so sweet and agreed to foster him when I told her that mom’s dog, Gabriel, didn’t like the cat and was chasing him all over. Trying to keep a cat in a bedroom only works for so long. That’s when Jen said she would take on the little feline.

And Jack has never seemed happier. He loves her house with the big windows and lots of sunny places to nap. He doesn’t have Barkley trying to take all of his attention. Jack curls up with Jen at night and they fall asleep.

When I house sit, he curls up with me and seeks all of my attention. I know he misses me but he does seem happier with Jen and her son.

At any rate, I love getting to house sit for Jen. I see the cat, I get to have cable again, I have a sense of being an adult again. But with no job, I do tend to get bored – that’s where cable comes in handy but it’s hard for me to watch tv like I used to. The only negatives are that I get bored, she doesn’t have internet, and mostly that I have to return home and lose that sense of independence that I had acquired for a few days.

One of the greatest things though is that it’s so quiet and serene that I really can think while I’m there. Tranquility really sets the mood for being able to sit quietly and reflect on life.