I am unreasonably Happy!

Last night was the first night I did not cover the empty bird cage vacated by Bob on Saturday,Nov 29, after her untimely death. The cage is still in my bedroom, and if I woke up in the middle of the night all sleepy and groggy I would think "I forgot to cover the cage!" So, I just covered it before I went to bed to save myself the night time hassle. I had cleaned it and was going to move it out on the back porch.....but, never really got around to it.
Today I had to venture into PetSmart to get the Science Diet my mutt eats - and the first thing I heard was the chirping and screeching and flapping of the parakeets. Music to my ears. My Mom always had 2 parakeets while I was growing up. A green one and a blue one. For many years she only had one- named "Love". For some reason one day, Love flew the coop and got outside in the tree by my Mom's apartment in Lemon Grove. My son happened to stop by for a visit while this drama was unfolding. When Gramma told him what was happening......my son, somehow, caught the little critter and returned Love to her cage. When I remarried in 1994 - I discovered, too late, that my soon to be ex-husband hated birds. After the Dear Boy left, the first thing my Mom and I did- was get a couple of birds. These 2 birds died an excruciatingly sad death during one of my various moves over the last 6 years. I buried them in the orange tree plant my daughter and her family gave me as a welcome to the neighborhood present. A few months later, I was given Bob and Not Bob. (Who were originally called Thunder and Lightning, then Salt and Pepper, Frick and Frack - but nothing stuck until I went back to the family tradition of naming our birds Bob. Except that I had 2. So, Not Bob was born.). The birds were already about 7 years old, and Bob out lived Not Bob by about 3 years. And so, today.........I picked up the mutt's dog food and oh my, it's right past the bird cages and another "OH MY - the little budgies WERE ON SALE- IT WAS MEANT TO BE !!!!!!!
And so, may I introduce:
Bob Greene and Robert (pronounced "Row-bear") Blu.
Yeah! Birds in da house !!!!!!!!