Romeo

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep." - Juliet to Romeo

On Friday, we brought Romeo home. We, not he, are on trial this week. He has a tale of triumph, evil versus good. He smote down, with the help of GSRA and The Campbells*, those that would do him harm.

He is incredibly sweet and laid back - in fact, we believe, it is his calming nature that has made this easy for Pooh. She still hides but since he doesn't give chase, she has had the time to acclimate to him. Of course, this hasn't stopped her from hissing from a distance and going up and over the couch to get to the kitchen. He is not fond of our laminate flooring but we provided him some carpet runners that seem to help his confidence to make it around on his own. We have spent most of our time on the porch, enjoying the breeze and being lazy. He takes Amy on a walk twice a day, when possible, and she thanks him every time he makes her walk all the way around to the driveway rather than the shortcut through the grass. We laid out on a blanket yesterday where Romeo proceeded to pounce on Michael and lay in his lap. We enjoys his squeak football and has found some interest in tossing milkbones in the air before eating them. Yesterday we went to the park, PetSmart and today we went to CVS. He saw lots of people, cars and got some wind across his ears.

We have found it very hard to leave him alone. When he is sleeping on his blanket in the living room, it is painful not to get down with him and snuggle.

We did have a startling revelation today that we did not think of.... we were watching Saving Private Ryan and when the gun fire started he ran around through the house. We didn't understand at first but, duh, we changed the channel and he calmed down. No more action movies for us and well, that is okay.

We hope that at the end of the week, he will want to stay.


*The Campbells - The wonderful and fabulous Foster Family of Romeo's.