The Mobile Home Surveyor Reports

Loud & Scary Outside!

Sister Lisa and a growing-up Emma are here for a couple weeks, so that means I'm not allowed in the guest room. Mommy has done her best to cover Emma's mattress so my fur doesn't get all over it, but Lisa is telling the story about Emma rubbing her face on the sheet and then licking her mommy's arm because she had "Ivan fuzz" on it.

Ooops; guity as charged!

Lisa and Derrick and Emma went to spend a couple days with Becky and baby Megan, so Mommy went over there to have lunch, leaving me alone for a while. I don't like being alone, but normally its OK - except for today. I hate the outside noises that come with flashing light. I don't know what it is, but it scares me! I don't know why someone just doesn't stop that noise!

Today it was really bad. It was so dark outside; the light was so bright; I could hear popping and horrible crackles and crashes outside the windows. The windows got all full of water and it sounded like someone was throwing rocks at the house! I was so scared.

Finally Mommy came home and picked me up. She was worried that I'd be so scared but she couldn't come home to be with me because it was too dangerous to be outside during the storm, she said. I was still too scared and not pleased that she wasn't there; I didn't purr for her like I usually do when she comes home.

Then Secretary came over with her laundry, and everything was right with the world. She waved my blue stick in the air and we got to play a long time while her clothes got clean. She said I looked very kitten-like when I play, and then she told Mommy about the very baby, orphaned kittens she got to hold at the animal shelter today. She said one of them had coloring kind of like me.

Secretary wore me out with all that playing. I had to take a nap in the pack 'n play on the kitchen table. At least by then it was quiet enough to sleep!