Hi 2J! ~waves~ Glad you could make an appearance!
Well, last night I had a dream, I think the fact that Ruthy is coming up here is sinking into my subconscious! In the dream, Ruthy brought with her an enormous pet alligator. She said she had had this alligator for 18 years and he was a pet. He adored Ruthy, and she carried him around, though he was HUGE, like the crocs on Crocodile Hunter, he was docile as a lamb.
The problems started when she'd try to take him swimming, because our water was too cold, and he'd get all lethargic and we'd have to go haul him out because he couldn't move.
So we took him to a zoo type place to stay up here, but they called a few days later and said he was too depressed, too bonded to Ruthy and she had to come back, he wouldn't eat.
We picked him up from the zoo place, and were trying to figure out how to build him a big pond that would be heated when I woke up :~D
So there's that.