SOCIALIZATION: FOOD = LOVE!

OUR FRIEND JOHN took to the Mahals as quickly as the Mahals took to John! Not that the wheatgrass sped things up.
(NOTE FROM EDITOR: WHEATGRASS SPED THINGS UP.) It's been a good day.

...I even "popcorned" for the first time since we began grieving.

The Mahals brought in a Zydeco Band last night...MAHALS, WHO ARE YOU?!
DEY Mahals den danced on dey's little piggie feet,
sang wid dey's little piggie voices,
and Popcorned de piggie night away to dey BIG SWAMP Zydeco Beat!

where mom find 'dem Mahals, eh? dem's some noisy beasts, dem Mahals! what? yeah!

Mom said she and Edwin took Zydeco dance lessons once but Edwin danced on her and sprained her
ankle and their first lesson turned out to be their last. Probably good thing, yeah?

ALL NIGHT LONG! o.k. they maybe cheered me up because I tapped my little piggie toes, too. If you listen to Zydeco
music and don't tap your little piggie toes you need your little piggie head examined! They cheer me up those crazy
Mahals. A little. A little at a time.

And John cheered THEM up! So, we all cheered up today. The first real pinprick of light through our dark cloud of grief.

Thank you, God. We needed hope!

Today, John also took mom to see our new city place (everything but the inside of the apartment itself, because somebody still living there until April 30) and mom said we were going to be very, very happy because it is SUFFUSED WITH SUNLIGHT! and lots of nice neighbors and a view of the city and the Bay.

Yes, a view is the most important thing to a 6-inch tall rodent: always the view! Good one, mom. Funny!

Thank you, John, for cheering us ALL up today!  And volunteering to help us move. Come back soon!

love,
YumYum, Raj and Taj Mahal