Meow Muffin?? Did you just call me Meow Muffin? I think you’d better inspect your morning muffin to see if there’s anything strange in it.
Oh, Tessa, we think you should just go with the flow today and accept whatever term of endearment we might bestow upon you. Would that be so horrible, for once?
Just moments earlier, Tessa was sitting on a window sill and get this: She was making soft mewing sounds at someone or something outside. When did this happen, we asked ourselves. When did Danger Cat Tessa start talking to outsiders?
We crept to the window to see what or who Tessa was talking to. Was it a bird? She often softly chatters with birds, trying to convince them to come inside just for a moment. Understandably, the birds ALWAYS decline her invitation. Was it a cat visitor? Sorry, Tessa, outside cats cannot come inside for a visit, either.
Nope, no bird or cat. It’s Shaggy, the raccoon, coming to check for food in the feeding stations. Hey! Since when does Tessa meow at the visiting raccoons? No, Tessa. Absolutely not. That raccoon is NOT coming inside for a visit. Not now, not ever!
Someone said this is Friday. But is it really Friday if my Mom isn’t here? She’s not here. She’s working some other schedule for a few weeks and all I can say is she had better not come home smelling like other cats!
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And as luck would have it, visitor Murray finally approached Mom and sniffed her catnip-laden fingers. This is HUGE, Mom says, using her best jazz hands. HUGE! Mom says she washed her hands before giving Pia attention so Murray and Mom’s brief interaction is a secret from Pia. Shhh.