Today I finished another young adult book called Between Shades of Gray, not to be confused with Fifty Shades of Grey. It's a war about the Soviets taking a family from their home in Lithuania. The story is similar to others WWII stories I've read. The captured families must ride in a cattle car, and they throw out the dead bodies. Unlike the other stories, these Lithuanians are not Jewish, and the it's the Soviets not the Germans taking them to work camps in Siberia. The mention the NKVD often. Although I knew it was the Soviet Secret Police, I knew little of the devastation to Lithuania. Lithuania last 780,000 people in WWII. Who knew? Certainly not me.
Other news from today: I took Kitty Klaus back to the vet for follow up x-rays. He's doing better, but I'm giving him small, frequent meals and monitoring him. At first he was supes glad to have food since he hadn't eaten since Thursday. Now he's getting a little finicky. I can tell he wants his own food and not the bland stuff the vet gave him. The vet, BTW, is awesome and wanted me to call him with follow up reports today. Actually, I e-mailed instead, but he responded which I appreciate.
I also learned that otters can be trained to recycle.
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Cool otter vid.