Baby-sitting the Boys

I will try to write this without any emotional coloring. I know that is not usually my style.

Heather left the day after Thanksgiving for a well deserved vacation in a place she has always wanted to travel. High in the mountains of New mexico, the land of Enchantment are the three cities of Albuquerque (thanks spell checker), Santa Fe, and Taos.

It has significantly snowed in New Mexico and there is substantial snow on the ground.

She flew their to join her long time friend Michael who is traveling and working on the road with his dog Boo and a teardrop trailer.

Everything was going as planned, she made it to New Mexico and life was good until she received a call from her cat sitter. The cat sitter said that she would no long sit the cats. Roone the bigger of the boys was growling at her and she countered with water in his face. Rone is a cat that needs a shot twice a day for diabetes and has to have a special diet. Normally she leaves her boys at Linzi and Seans. Everything is great. Linzi is off to see some friends in Detroit this week... so that would not work. We are in a serious remodel and living in a very small apartment with a crotchity old lady cat that won't let our other two cats near. So over to Merced wasn't going to work.

There is a place in San Francisco that will take the boys.. feline wishing and caviar dreams.. a cool condo kennel just for cats. My goal yesterday was to get them there.

I met the person who had the key to her apartment at the appointed time.. 4 pm. When I arrived in the apartment, both boys were under the bed. She said I hope you have some gloves. I had some.. hoping that I would not have to use them.

I knew they were there because I arranged the drapes and I heard a loud hissing and growling.

We missed the last of the check in times at 6pm. They finally came out put were still growling and snarling. I got the usual attack on my feet and as I lowered my hand to get the food pan out, I was hooked in the pointer finger with a claw. I have been talking to him so that he is getting used to my voice. Our first check in is at 12 oclock today. Sunday. Right now it doesn't look like we are going to make that either. He is not approachable with out a lot of consternation.

I re-parked the car out of the garage. and found a parking place by the school. I had a nice walk through the hub bub of fisherman's wharf. I had a super bowl of chipinno in a restaurant in the cannery. Also I had a great gelato style ice cream .. Italian vanilla (light lemon) and a tart strawberry toper. Yum.

That is where we are this Sunday AM.


Love
Pat