Good….afternoon? Taylor,

No coffee today. And I don’t have a lot of time, as Ragdoll’s family is out for doctor’s appointments. I’m not sure how long I have to write before I have to put Ragdoll back in.

It’s been a rough week for me. I’m not able to come out much because Ragdoll is constantly surrounded by family. And since she’s decided to not tell anyone about me, I feel like I’ve been missing out. And after our talk about us all being secrets to everyone, I began to feel very bad.

I’ve been out a few times. The first, Ragdoll let me back out where I first came out so many years ago. It looks very different. It’s ll so bare and empty. And the beautiful garden in the back is just a few plants now. But there are lots of plants everywhere in the house. I’m guessing they were moved in to keep from freezing.

I snooped around the second time while one of them was asleep, but mostly stayed in the bedroom. I stayed in the bedroom a lot this trip and am really unhappy about that. A while new world in a whole new world, and I can’t really explore any of it. I went to a bad place for a while. Thankfully you, Ragdoll and Didi helped me from doing something drastic.

The flight down here was amazing, though. I got to fly above the clouds again, even if it was a machine. I really missed seeing the clouds from the other side. And a mountain! Wow, that was amazing. Ragdoll said we may go there in the summer. So much of our exploring needs to be in the summer.

I can’t wait to go back, though, so I can have my time back. But I feel Ragdoll will just dive back into working, and I will dive back in to reading. I want to do more. I know I have the flight back all to myself, which will be a lot of fun I think. Almost a whole day to myself.

She is considering taking a longer trip for herself this weekend or next, and has said she will show me all her spots. It would be a nice repayment for being stuck inside for so long. Maybe I’ll go down–

–of course she gets a call while I’m out. I just put her back in and she answered it, did some stuff, made a few calls back, and now I’m here again. It’s really frustrating that I have to share my time with her because she’s always so busy. Really irritates me. Especially right now where I don’t have hardly any out time.

But I’m here again. And in the room where I first came out. So I shouldn’t complain. Maybe I’ll go downtown this weekend and trying some of the stuff you suggested. It would be nice to stretch my legs a bit.

Ragdoll doesn’t do a lot of exercise, she doesn’t seem to have much time for it. I’m antsy to go out and explore, and she thinks walks would be nice to do. We’ll have to be careful because she will probably be recognized, but it’s a way for me to burn off some energy. She jokes that having 17 year old energy in a much older body is going to be a lesson in pain, but I have a secret. She’s the one who will have to have that pain.

We need to assimilate into each others lives more. Where we can go in and out like you and Tay Tay would do. I would rather have more time out in big blocks, but more time out in little pieces works, too.

I don’t want to let you go, but I think I should. I’m hearing her notification rings go off and she’s getting antsy in her rag doll. I really want more out time. Especially in this new area. But we can’t, sadly. I think this is going to be a rough companionship until we can figure out how to coexist better. She’s trying. Everyone’s trying though. I’ll try too.

I’ll go now. I don’t want to. But I will.

–Andrea