Christine and I went to Vancouver on Monday to pick up my neice, Kirsten, who had arrived from Australia. We spent a couple of days in rainy Vancouver and headed back home on Wednesday night. It is great to have her here - I just wish I could get away from work so we could have some more fun. First order of business was to head to the SPCA to pick up "Hockey Sock." Violet, the mom, was in a cage, crying, and the five kittens were in a separate space. We ended up taking the grey kitten as well as Hockey because she was sick and she needed some tlc to get better. I haven't adopted them - and probably won't - because two cats really is enough. Particularly two really irritated cats who are sulky and jealous of the interlopers.