Folio is learning all the time. Meredith called me at work to tell me that Folio finally had a bowel movement. Yay! Sadly, it was on the floor and not in the litter pan. While Mer was on the phone with me and cleaning up the mess, Folio peed on his own. Huzzah! That also was on the floor. Still, progress was made. I asked Meredith to make a bigger litter box out of an old cardboard box, which she managed to do nicely. By the time I got home, Folio had peed in the box. Good kitty! Smart kitty!

We also went to a dual-grad party tonight – a grad party hosted by two different students. These are pretty popular guys, and there were a ton of people there. Mer and I stayed and chatted for two hours, and I ate so much I felt slightly ill for a time. Other than the self-inflicted gluttony, it was a nice time.

We then headed straight to downtown Cuyahoga Falls, to go to the ***free*** Riverfront Irish Festival. We had to park quite a ways away from the festival, and as we were walking there, black clouds rolled in, but we pressed onwards. We wandered the length of the festival (three blocks with two stages), and by the time we turned around, the black clouds had moved on. Whew.

We popped into a popcorn store to see one of my ceili dance students, and we got a festival special – try samples of two kinds of popcorn for free and get a small bag of regular popcorn for free. That was happy. We tried white cheddar for one sample and mint girl scout cookie for another sample. Both were good – I think I liked the cheddar better (it was salty, which hit the spot).

We then went into a tent to hear the group Barleycorn. The consisted of a banjo player, a guitar player, and a keyboard player, and they seemed to be having a good time on stage. They had a good traditional sound, and we heard about five songs when the skies let loose with a huge downpour and lightning for good measure. Barleycorn was wrapping up their set, but most people seemed quite happy to stay in the tent. I looked over the shoulder of a guy who used his web-enabled phone to call up radar, and most of the state of Ohio was covered in rain. As such, Mer and I decided to make the long trek back to the car when the rain slackened. For most of the walk. Happily, when the rain got a little harder, it still stayed shy of a downpour, so we did not get too wet.

The festival looks like much fun. I hope to get there again this weekend (either Saturday or Sunday).

When we got back home, we found that Folio had pooped in his new litter box as well. What a good kitty!