New digs

I am now in new digs in Santa Monica. I am cat sitting for a friend of a friend in a nice open plan one bedroom apartment about 2 miles from the Ocean.

A couple of you have asked what was so awful about my other place. So to summarise very briefly:

• I was in the owner's room, not a spare room, so there was nowhere to put any of my stuff or unpack. That meant he slept on the couch. There were often tell tale signs that he had been in the room when I was out.
• Often there were 4 of us in the 3 bedroom house. Noisy front door and other (female) guests that would give my dad a run for his money on the snoring front.
• The blankets etc were old, worn and not clean, and I wasn't given a change of bed clothes in 2 weeks. The towel I was given also smelt really damp so I didn't use it.
• The carpets were beige and really badly stained across the whole house.
• There were cobwebs
• The house felt damp, there were spots of mould in the kitchen and bathroom. 
• When the heating was on, it was so loud and would come on with such force that it would make by bedroom door rattle all hours of the night. 

All for the bargain price of $70 per night!!! There are many other little bits that made it an unpleasant experience, but I would say these were the biggest issues. I didn't feel comfortable at all. I was really disappointed and can only pray that my other rental accommodations are much better. They bloody better be as I have hired them for me and my parents!!!

Anyway this place is much nicer! and my new cat Dulce Biscuit Hands Babycat is a handsome lovely boy who has a touch of the Marus about him when flying through his play tube.

I am here till my folks arrive on 2 January...