Jun 03 2009

Welcome Home

Published by at 2:13 pm under Cats,Henry

I made it home in good time, and was warmly welcomed by the girls. I’m always relieved when I get home and find no-one has broken in and nothing untoward has happened – leaving your house with all the blinds closed and no car in the driveway for a few days seems to be asking for trouble when you live in Oakland.

I may be slightly bitter about having the GPS stolen out of the car and the bicycle out of the back yard.

But I digress…

The girls milled around my feet and told me how much they missed me. When they started sniffing the bags I brought back, with their interesting smells of Other Cats, I went out to see how Henry was doing. He still had lots of food and water left, but was pretty snippy with me. He always gets mad at me when I go away, which leads me to believe he enjoys my scintillating conversation almost as much as his bargain basement food. But seriously – I do think he likes having the company and attention. He usually forgives me the next day.

Back in the house, it soon became apparent that the usual naughtiness continued apace while I was gone. One of the two water bowls had been overturned, creating a nice, slippery mini flood on the kitchen floor. The candle holder in the fireplace had similarly been knocked over, merrily scattering votives, even though the cats know they’re not allowed in there.

In the bedroom, my jewelry box had been tossed onto my desk, spilling jewelry all over it and creating hopeless tangles. The TV remote was hiding nervously under the couch. I could just picture them racing all over the house, frustrated that they couldn’t go outside. And maybe missing me. A little.

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  1. # Joy Fon 04 Jun 2009 at 5:03 am

    Glad you got back safely.

    I see that your kitties don’t need toys….they do very nicely playing with your things. Would be interesting to be a fly on the wall while you were away. Can you just see June saying ” What do you think of this necklace… does it suit? Or what about this ring? …..it rolls really well ” etc., etc….
    Hearing all the noise they must make, any would-be intruders would think someone had beaten them to it!

    jx

  2. # Guyon 04 Jun 2009 at 5:45 am

    Hope you had a good time and that the cats were greeting you with open arms, Henry was just worried, he needs you to survive just like we need them, my small little dog felt the same as Henry when I came back from my visit in Toronto, but forgave me and he remains on my lap since.
    I heard that it might be a birthday, please let me offer my birthday wishes to you and many more to come Suzy.