I Only Know What I've Got To Do

BELLA: 

"Mom came home full of bags and half of them were ours this time. She layed out a lot of different nummy-num on all these bowls and dived into it all. But then, I noticed she was sad... So I jumped up on the counter to be close to her.. I looked her in the eye, worried.. "It's okay", she tried to reassure me. I kept looking at her, tucked next to her and that laptop thing. I couldn't tell you what got her this way.. I only know that I've got to make her feel better."

The Trouble With Groceries

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:  

Mom lady came back in and me and daddy were already down there as she opened the door. I craned my neck to look what was past her, I got curious about that place she comes in from. She greeted me with her finger, asking for a "kiss-kiss" and I reciprocated forward to smell it, in kind. So we all followed her around as she brought all the scrunchy bags in the kitchen.. Miss Bella was really anxious that things were gonna come of them for us.. I followed suit, following along anxiously. We didn't get a second dinner... So when mom lady sat down in the living room, I ran over to join daddy .. I took my place under the coffee table, begging for treats near her...

Why else would she come back with all those bags??

 

Greeting Duty Protocol

BELLA'S BITS:


" Mom came home tonite and I was on-point and on time with my greeting duty, trotting toward her at a good clip.  I chin-marked the railing and waited for her to rush down to make the beep-beep stop.  As usual, I followed downstairs to supervise her second order of things:  she takes the jingly thingie in her hands and opens the door and this big door opens and she goes out and comes back in.  Part of my duty is to supervise all that, like ... you know, look out at the dark area there to make sure there are no intruders, things like that.

And then when she comes back in, I make my rounds all around her perimeter, making sure all is in order.  Googie may come down and it don't bother me.   But Princess broke protocol - and I had to chase her into hiding.   Cause she came down and pranced around with her snooty airs about her and I can't stand that.   "WHAT are you doing down here?  Out, out!! Don't you know I'm busy taking care of mom here?  Don't you know this is MY duty?!", I charged her and chased her all the way into a corner.

The minx comes down but leaps back up again, and little Getty stays upstairs as well.  It's really only Googie that I tolerate down here during greeting duty.  "

I Know My Real Name

KATIE KITTY'S KAHOOTS: 

" Mom started calling for "Princess" in the kitchen so I ran in and chirped back "Yes??" in meow, my tail sticking up in the air in anticipation.

And what do you mean I'm not Princess? That's my name! That's what they called me back in that place.. ! "

I'm Just As Good If Not Better

PIPI'S POINT: 

" Mom started calling for Bella out in the middle of the room.. Well, Bella was the only one missing, everypawdy else was right there in the same room. But no-pawdy else got up. I was the one to get up from my lounge and walk over to mom.   "You don't need Bella - you've got ...ME ", I looked at her and sat in front of her. 

I know how to step up to the plate. "

Digging Mah Claws In

Ah got into a fight with none utha than mom last naght. Ah don't know how Ah get into these thangs.. Awl Ah was doing was huddling with mah babeh-Getty down below in da corner "downstairs".. Next thang Ah knew, mom done comes down and got Getty spooked - she took one look at her face and she jumped off and ran away.   Ah was that last one left layin'. Ah was hoping she'd ignore me and let me be but naw, naw... She wanted me to go "upstairs", and dis tame? Ah did not oblige. So then she picked me up to carry me awn up there and Ah protested with a tormented cry.. Ah knew what she wanted.. but Ah wouldn't buuudge.   

Half way up the steps as Ah'm climbing them on mah own bah now, Ah hissed.. Ah hissed in protest becauuuze Ah have rights! No means no.

Ah then used the bathroom for an excuse - Ah had to use the box. And den Ah had to get a snack. She waited patientleh until Ah was done with all the excuses Ah could fand.. She then egged me on to "c'mon, let's go upstairs to beddie bye"..

Ah reluctantly started to climb the stairs again and WHO do Ah run into ? Big Bella was now coming down to stick her snout into this scene. Ah nearly bumped into her bah the landing there and bah gosh cat-darn Ah had just found me a new scapegoat!

"Heyy, you beatch!! What are YOU doing here?!! ", Ah hissed and snorted with mah neck twisted. Ah sure put HER into a twist of her own, back her good and up against the wall.

"You crazy boy, what the hell's gotten into YOU now? I'm just coming down the steps you freak!! ", she hissed back. Mom done come into it and Ah continuing hissing, cursing and climbing up the steps to the blasted "beddie bye"... Ah finally gave up and settled on her bed allright.. But Ah gave Katie Kitty the stink eye and warned her not to bug me - or come on the bed.

If Ah'm gonna be cajoled and corralled onto the "beddie bye" then AH will rule!!

Bella's Duty

BELLA: 

" I stayed back with mom here while the others headed back upstairs.. We agreed that one of us HAD to keep her company and guard her after Getty's meltdown.   Even though Katie Kitty tried to coax her away from the kitchen with her incessant calls, I convinced her to go on upstairs - I would be the one to guard mom.

I am skipping my afternoon slumber for this you know. "

A PTSD Cat..

LITTLE GETTY'S WORLD:

 "I followed everyone else in the kitchen when mom lady led the pack.. But then mom lady focused in on me and tried to come near me.. And I began to lose it again, my ears flattening as I began to wail. The others watched me .. they did not seem to understand. I held my fear in check for a moment and tried to look normal, raising my ears a little. 

They all stared at me in shock. Katie Kitty was on top of the refrigerator when she regarded me with shock.. And miss Bella watched me from the counter next to mom lady's thing there... She felt sorry for me.   If I could only have miss Princess running interference.. but she wasn't around. 

Then daddy Googie stopped his eatin' and walked over to me: "What's wrong baby? Didn't we say that there is no danger here?", he looked at me, his ears pointed and his face serious and concerned. He nose tipped me all over, head-to-toe, while mom lady was closeby behind him. He wanted to make sure I was okay. 

"Daddy, daddy!! I'm telling you! She's... she's terrible! She gonna GET me! Something horrible will happen!!!", I tried to tell him again.

"No such thing is evah gonna happen little one.. Don't you yet understand?? ", daddy Googie told me. "

Sinking 'n Freakout

PRINCESS's POINT:  

Mom got a little crazy with me tonight.. All I know is, I gingerly trotted on over to the kitchen sink while she was on her laptop thing.. I stepped right in it only to find that there was some strange smelling stuff in there - and it got under my paws. Right at that moment, as I tried to nose tip my way around, she freaked out. 

I ran away hearing her trailing in the distance "Let me CLEAN YOU!".. I tried to hide under the table and then Googie came out to run interference and he looked at me like I was the one who was crazy.  

"Let 'er clean you dear.. Clean is everythang.. ", Googie offered.

"Yeah, easy for YOU to say, pretty-boy!".. I finally stopped by the steps and twitched my head around, back and forth. Okay: I was gonna let her "clean me". I reluctantly let her pick up my front paws, one by one, and all I know is?  She got them wet. I finally squealed in protest because I became aware that everyone was watching.. 

I can't be victimized like this!! 

A Catty Eruption

BELLA:   A CATTY ERUPTION

"I just put that minx in her place. Yep, mom got all startled by the eruption caused in the dining room. By the time mom made it to the room, I was seen walking slowly towards my post, satisfied that I had made my message clear.

"What just happened here?!", she goes in her usual way. Katie Kitty was left standing on top of the power chair looking wide eyed and freightened. Yuh! "

My First Duty

KATIE KITTY: 

"I have been peacefully snoozing throughout the evening when I suddenly heard little Getty hissing.. I woke up with a start to find Getty full-on hissing at mom, running away from her coming up from the "downstairs". She ran for cover in her usual area, under the table.  

What in tha?... I was dumbfounded but my first instinct was to run towards mom who was just emerging up the steps from downstairs.

"Mom!! She's running amok again here, hissing! Are YOU okay?!", my eyes were wide and I quickly went to nose tip mom through the railing. Once I made sure she was okay, I led her to the kitchen, my tail sticking way up in the air. I was confident she would be safe. And I got my treats too. "

I Couldn't Take It Any More

KATIE KITTY'S KAHOOTS: "I couldn't take it any more!"

"I let it go on long enough: I was not gonna take one more minute of seeing big-Bella schmooze her way with mom right there on top of the couch. This had to stop, and I was gonna stop it right then and there! I came up from the side of the couch, behind mom's head where she couldn't even see me - and pounced! I stretched all the way towards big Bella's face and pattycaked her on outta there!

Of course... this couldn't be done without the sudden hissfest...And mom suddenly yelled out, startled, it was messy. I had to run for the hills upstairs - but hey! my mission was accomplished: big-Bella was unseated away from mom. And I came back down the steps shortly after.

I'M the only one to be closest to mom.. (Well, except for miss Princess.. I have not tried to get her down from mom's belly when I see them together.. I just don't want Bella near her.)

Unfortunately? I did not get a treat this time.. "