i finished albert and the whale, it was real good, now i got arcadia and america on fire. i'm still trying to decide. i guess i'm a melancholic reader, i like melancholy stories. 

as for mouna, i'm focused on letting her do her thing, i don't want to socialize her, i mean she can do her own social thing. and i won't try to persuade her to the duck pond. today i followed her to the park between vista homes and the museum where the laboratory kids were at play. she enjoyed watching them. her leg was a little out of joint but she shook her hips and kicked and then she was running with her tail in the air.