Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.

Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
story house for now.

Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.

The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a
little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack
late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
part of the night.

I'll post more when I get a little more time.  Thanks, everybody, for
your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
purchase completed.

Dan