Koala is very needy this afternoon. He keeps bugging me to pet him.

He's come a long way from his feral past, and sometimes comes up on my
lap and demands petting when I'm in the living room. However, he
generally ignores me when I'm on the computer. However, the events of
this week have changed his attitude.

My air conditioning has been out for four weeks. My house is old enough
that the original ducting was asbestos, so that had to be removed, and
everything had to be replaced. On Monday the asbestos men came. After
they'd been gone for a while, Koala came to me once or twice for
petting while I was at the computer. Today the AC men came. The took
out the old heater, put in new ducting and heater, and installed a new
air conditioner. They were here for about six hours, and emptied out my
bedroom closet, had equipment all over the house, and made lots of noise.

It took almost half an hour for Koala to come out of hiding after they'd
left. Since then he's come up to me at least a dozen times, demanding
petting. Pickles has needed some reassurance, but not the way Koala
has. We're all relived that it's over, and we're really enjoying a cool
house.

Sorry, I have to go. He's baaack.