Jorge Lives- And I Passed Candidacy

Today was a big meeting for me- the Admission to Candidacy Oral Exam. It went pretty well. I blanked on a few obvious things, but that was OK, because then they didn't have to get too picky to find my limits. Otherwise God mercifully granted me coherence and intelligent words in the midst of nervousness, and it worked out fine.

Jorge is back for the second evening in a row. I am giving him food, and he lounges in the backyard. He has a scar above one eye that he did not have before, and he is thinner, but he appears to be OK, and his fur is growing back over his injuries. I like having a cat around, even if he will not talk to me. That is OK.