3/25/2012 - Tomorrow is going to be Lik's "first 7 days" after leaving us.  Ball and Fatty followed the Chinese tradition of "burning stuff to deceased lives" and handcrafted a paper house (with skylights and awning too because Lik loved to hide inside a box for most of her life) and 2 maids in paper.  They have also prepared a lot of her favorite toys like cottonballs, catnip, and scratch pad, so that they could burn all of them before going to work early tomorrow.  According to what Fatty told me vaguely, in Chinese tradition, "burning stuff to deceased lives" means that the deceased person could "receive" things that are burned by family members or friends before or on the "first 7 days" after passing away.  Anyway, I don't mean to criticize their handcrafting or art skills, but the products are at amateur level at best.  Though I believe it's the thought that counts.  They have done it for every single cat after they passed away since 5/2003, when Fatty's own cat, BB, whom I met a few times, passed away.

Later in the evening, it has become a bit colder despite Ball and Fatty have cranked up the house heater and the space heater.  Temperature has been fluctuating quite a bit as it was in the 80F's last week and it will be in the 20F's tomorrow night!  Rigth now at 7pm, room temperature is at 67F and outside temperature is at like 55F.  I better wrap myself in a blanket now, otherwise I would keep sneezing in this type of crazy weather.