Bubba Sleeps It Off

Bubba Liss Pie absolutley hates rain! The poor feline lives in the wrong place for that. Every winter he gets SAD, ( Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder)he refuses to go out. He sits and looks out the windows, and mutters. Yes, he can mutter! He occasionally will mutter things to the birds outside, and he mutters a "God Bless You!" to us when we sneeze. But , I digress.

Anyway, the Bubster adores hot weather. The hotter the better! The dog days of summer should be renamed the cat days of summer! When the weather reaches the nineties, which it rarely does, Bubba is in cat heaven! He goes outside, and refuses to come in even for water. He lounges around and sunbathes!

It's tricky to get him in at night, but necessary. I realize that some people leave their cats out all night, but we have coyotes that come out at night. They would make short work of Bubba.

It has been harder and harder to get him in at night. We usually shake our keys, and he comes running, as he does when he hears up get out of our car. He is so obedient that he will come in, but then he finds us a drag, and wants to go back out. He whines, and cries, and goes to stand by the door, and when that fails he runs all around the house at full speed. I find that kind of diverting, but the crying gets to me. So , last night I let him go back out as it wasn't dark yet. I told him , very sternly, to return at nightfall.

Well, midnight... no Bubba. One o'clock .... no Bubba. I got no sleep, I kept getting up and checking for Bubba. I think I disturbed Jim's sleep by doing this. Then... at three o'clock I decided I wouldn't get up again until the paper came. I actually fell asleep, but was awakened when the paper hit the door. I went and looked for Bubba and he was AWOL still!

I can't tell you how distressed I was! There has been a local cat that has gone missing, and they keep posting pictures of it! PACOG got up to get the paper at six, and there was the Bubster. We were so relieved, but still he is grounded let me tell you!

After keeping us up all night he spent the day napping. Jim speculates that he might have been at a Kitty Rave last night, and is sleeping it off! I think it was a Kitty Kegger. ( That's got a ring to it, doesn't it?)

Well, Jim and I are tired, but Bubba is now well rested.Check out the pics following!