The term "ADD" - Attention Deficit Disorder, has been changed to "ADHD" - Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. It's too bad, because my wife had used the original phrase in an amusing fashion that I think is worth continuing. We have two very loving black labs, and the younger of the two is just not happy unless she is the centre of attention. We often say she has "ADD", meaning that she can never get too much attention. When people ignore her, her "attention deficit disorder" causes her to intrude on conversations, meals, cuddly-times, whatever is going on... and aggressively work her tongue against any exposed area of skin she can locate. Sometimes, this is cute. More often, it is annoying.

The cat is doing well in her new environment. We visited her in her room numerous times throughout the afternoon and evening yesterday, and for the most part, we found her curled up in her "condo", just as when she had full run of the house. On all occasions, she was pleased to see us, purring happily and rubbing against us. Last night was her first night in the room alone. This morning, when we opened the door to her room, as we expected, there was feces on the floor near her litter box, but she had urinated in her box. Following directions in a "cat guide", we have now located her food dish over the spot where she pooped (we washed it first, of course) to discourage her from doing this again. Whether or not we are eventually able to retrain her, we will keep the cat, since messing this enclosed area is not so intolerable.

My wife has picked out some "open house" properties to go through today, and that should take up the bulk of the afternoon. Tonight, we will have my sister and her husband over for a movie night. I'm looking forward to that. Last weekend, when we went through open houses, we met a real estate agent that said that properties, fairly priced, are selling within three weeks of being listed. I wonder what the agent meant by "fairly priced"....

Mortgage rates and loan rates have risen in Canada over the past week. Even if I get another job before it's time to pick up our new cars (we haven't informed the dealerships about my job loss yet - in case I were to find another job before the end of June), the monthly payments on the cars will now be higher. Since these vehicles were at the top of our affordable range, it is unclear whether we will be able to find affordable financing.