House Sititng

I am spending this week house sitting for a friend in western North Carolina. Up in the mountains. It is quite nice. I haven't been doing much except playing my newest old computer game, (Hearts of Iron) and watching movies on TV. My friend and his wife took their kids to Disney World and asked me to watch their dog and their salt water aquarium. The dog and I got off to a rough start as he bit me about 1 minute after I got out of the car. I told him that was his freebie and the next time my boot was going doing his throat. I guess he believed me as we haven't had any more trouble. He is a small dog that seems to have swallowed a large dog some time in the past. Or maybe an amplifier. He does not have a small dog bark. His bark is at least twice, maybe three times his size. After 2 days he began to freak out a bit. He would come into the house, go look in the kitchen, the office, downstairs where the kids room is and then come back and look at me with this "What did you do with them?" expression his face.
Today I did manage to lock myself out of the house but luckily for me my nefarious skills are still up and I was able to break in and get the key I left on the counter. then I went to Sylva where I wandered into a little auction/antique shop that just happens to also be the Republican party headquarters. It was great. I bought a whole stack of books, all published in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century for a grand total of $10. I am a happy camper.