At 3pm Eastern, Bam-Bam, Barney & Betty go in for their booster shots,
rabies shots (state law) and will have their spay/neuter ops scheduled.
Betty likes to play hide-n-seek whenever it's time to go into the crate at
night (they are such good kitties, normally settling down right away and
staying fairly quiet until DH's alarm goes off at 5:30.  We lock them up in
the carrier at night, as otherwise it's like trying to sleep inside a
pinball machine, with *three* balls going at once!), so purrs please that I
can get them corralled fairly easily this afternoon.

Also, Betty's nipples have developed lumps underneath (Bam-Bam & Barney have
not), and I don't know if this is natural female kitten development (she's
hitting *puberty*) as we've never had kittens this long without getting them
snipped (Ernie, Mimi, Moe & Minnie were all done when they were just about 8
weeks old, these guys are about 12 weeks), or if this is something to worry
about (the nasty C-word), but I'll find out this afternoon.  If TED thinks
that it's more than nothing, I will ask them to investigate further during
her spay op.

Also, purrs for my left hand, which I scraped up some yesterday evening
while stepping-er *tripping* over one of the pet-gates (need I add klutzy to
my sig?), I put my hand against the wall to steady myself (so as not to land
on my face, or a cat), and it hit a spot where the wainscoting/chair rail is
fairly rough, and therefore there are two spots near the edge of my palm
that have been scraped raw, and it's still sore (and will probably bruise).
Fortunately, it does not interfere with my slave duties, or the cats would
be fairly upset!