"Oh," says the lounging kitty,"Were you working here?"
Thursday morning, My Sweet Baboo headed out the front door to go to his early morning men's Bible study, and to his surprise he found our strictly-inside; no-front-claws kitty sitting on the front step. She bolted into the house...leaving behind her break-away collar and shredded tufts of fur all over the front walk. She had to have slipped out of the house Wednesday night amongst the goings-and-comings of the family; I know she was in the house when I left around 5:30, but after that we just don't know.
I heard a noise in the bushes beside the front door when I came home around 9ish, but I assumed it was a possum or a squirrel and didn't investigate. It was dark so even if there had been fur tufts on the front walk then I'm not sure I'd've noticed them.
She was unusually subdued all morning; I saw a small scratch on her nose and another just above her lip on one side, so I called the vet and ran her by before I went into work. They found a couple of nasty scratches and one puncture wound on her back and she was running a fever. Two shots and an oral antibiotic later we were headed home.
She is just now beginning to move more like her old self; I suspect she had some pretty sore muscles along with the scrapes and bites. Hopefully she has learned her lesson and won't be so quick to try to dart out the door now.
But she must be feeling better; she has plunked herself down on the pattern I'm trying to trace for the coral linen jacket. I've settled on Vogue 1055 (I've no idea how long that link will work; it's currently OOP), an Adri designed wardrobe pattern. The jacket is constructed in one layer...no linings, facings or under collar.... But I haven't made it before, and the reviews on PR only discuss the skirt and one of the shell tops, so I'm actually debating a muslin, although I want to get it put together next week. If my typical Vogue alterations work, I'm ok. I hope. ;-)
But first I've got to move a pitiful kitty...
One of my cats was partly feral when I adopted her. Whenever she slips outside she begins to skulk around growling in this guttural wail! As you can imagine startled neighbors and guests are quick to point her out. ;)
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