Embarrassing

I spent the day sleeping in my room today and mom came back in to check on me later. I was glad to see her, I meet her by the door when she opens it but I hesitate to run out - I watch for what she's gonna do and then I'll turn the other way and stall.

So she checked my room over, brought me my dinner. Then she put me on the bed to check my belly again.

Well, the door was open and Googie was standing out there, looking in curious as ever.

So here I am, with mom peering over my messed up belly, I'm spread-eagle paws all out in all directions, and she's putting something on me. While I let her do her thang, I craned my neck over to Googie's direction to look over and see if he was watching.

I really just can't be seen like this.

Checking Awn Pipi

This day has gone as weird as the day before.

Ah didn't get to see Pipi. I could only catch a whiff of her. She was behind that closed door still.

Mom "gonna go bye-bye", I saw her leave. And Pipi was just not around, she was out of my reach.

And so, when mom came home, Ah patiently and quietly joined in the checking awn Pipi. We went 'upstairs' together and Ah watched as she opened the door to go see her.

After a little while, mom tried to get us to see each other. She took Pipi in her hands and put her down right in front of me just so we could at least touch base with each other.

Well... Naw, AH'VE been told to "stop fighting", right? And so, Ah'm being really careful naw, NOT to do anythang ...untoward.

And so, Ah really didn't know what to do... Pipi was suddenly right there, in my face, but she was really lowering her face below mah chest... Ah could tale she wasn't exactly as she was bafawre she left for the 'doctor'.

And then Ah smelled her, the back of her head, as she presented herself to me... And Ah didn't know what to thank, it waus different ... and rather disagreeable.

--- But Ah held mahself in check. Mom was right there watching me.

Ah decided eet waus best to just walk away - in a clip. Instead of risk being told Ah'm "not nice" or whatevah...


:))

Coming Home

I thought this was gonna be another ordinary day for me and Googie but I've got to hand it to mom, she really sneaked up on me. I didn't even have the faintest inkling what was about to happen. Well, except when I heard the sound of one of our boxes being opened up. When she came back upstairs, I did get this panicked look on my face, ready to bolt. But she acted SO casual? It really went over my head.

Next thing I know, she's carrying me downstairs nonchalantly, not saying a word. And then there I go, into my box..

I really didn't bother to cause a commotion, I mean I did hear the only words she said: "You're going to "the d-o-c-t-o-r"."

Next thing I know, I wake up totally confused .. looking around for a sign of mom.. She finally comes over and sticks her face down to mine to check me over. I was really quiet on our way home. And then I had to deal with Googie.. yuh..

I came to realize, slowly, that this was gonna be really all-about-me night. I got the big room, my water, my favorite food.. god, I was so hungry, I had to stop everything and eat!

Mom closed the door behind her every time and I figured, you know what? This is probably a good idea, I'm not gonna fight it. Now: let me just do my nails and clean up a little bit. God! my paws are dirty.

Trying to Understand..

Wale, as a cawntinuation of mah previous tell-tail:

Mom sure did come back later tuday, with Pipi in her box. Actually? come to think of it, it was my box but Ah wasn't gonna get awl uptight over that.. Ah mean, fane, Ah stood and stared a beet cawnfused bafawre Ah approached - but Ah had bigger fish to fry here.

"Pipi, honey, what's happened?", I asked as I stepped up to greet her nose-to-nose. It didn't matter that our faces were separated by this see-through thang.

"Googie, please.. I was at "the doctor's" and I don't really know what happened. I'm confused and don't feel so hot right now, okay? "

Ah didn't know what to make of it. Ah stood around watching for mom's next move, trahing to sort it all out. But Pipi wasn't let out of her box. Mom actually carried her, in her box, all the way upstairs to the 'beddie-bye- floor.

Ah followed up, well.. actually I led them both upstairs, as I knew somehow how this all was gonna play out. At first, Ah thought they were gonna go to mom's room, so Ah went in there and patiently waited to see what would happen next. But then Ah realized that mom took Pipi to 'our room' in the other direction.

And closed tha... door. On me.. So Ah couldn't get to Pipi...

Ah hesitantly skulked around nearbah Pipi's room... Trying to make contact, somehow.. Ah hesitated to even stick mah paw underneath the door, to tale you the truth.

And then mom would go in and out of Pipi's room several times, taling me in the process to 'leave her alone', to back off, to 'be careful!'.

So Ah parked it a few feet away - Ah was going to cooperate, Ah waus!

Until this last time mom came out of the room where Pipi was een? And she tried to corral me, to fenagle me to walk awn down the stairs. She was right behind me the whole time and Ah had no choice but to go down.

Until the fifth or sixth step. Ah figured, nawww! This is too much! Ah ain't gonna be forced to do somethang Ah don't wanna DO, awkay? !

HISSS!!!

Ah stood mah ground as Ah knew mom was right behand me. Ah stopped and stood there and let her know in no uncertain terms that Ah was unhappy about this - yes, Ah deeed hiss. But at least it wasn't in-her-face. She was overpowering me as it was, towering over me.

She backed off. Ah went back upstairs, still worried as hale about Pipi, and parked it again a few feet away.

Finally, mom comes up to me from the lower steps, in a submissive posture. She was facing me, below mah face, clinging on the steps below me: "Gabriel, it's okay. She went to "the d-o-c-t-o-r" and she's gonna be okay. But you can't fight - "NO FIGHTING", okay?", she explained in low tones to me.

Mah eyes shifted back towards Pipi's closed room as she talked, and back to her face again, as mah eyes were as big as ever. As soon as Ah heard those words, "no fighting", Ah understood. Ah stood up, stretched nonchalantly, taking it all in, and head-bonked her. Ah was ready to go 'downstairs' now with her, as she had previously insisted.

Ah understood.

[And so, he spent the rest of the evening literally by my side, next to the laptop.. Occassionally letting out big sighs.. Still.]

:))

Ah Wonder Whah...

Ah thank Ah may have meesed something tuday... 'dis mornin'.

It awl seemed all right at first, Ah mean Pipi and mom went about their usual thang this morning.

And then they both disappeared. Then mom came back a leetle while later. Ah hung around nearbah her but Ah couldn't find Pipi.

So Ah jumped on the table to be close to her, and Ah moved in closer to her face. Ah sensed something was wrong... Ah really was in no mood to shmooze up to her the way Ah usually do.

Ah was seeking answers.. Ah needed to read her. And Ah could tale she was worried about something.

Ah settled bah the corner of the table, trahing to figure it awl out. Ah let out a deep sigh.

Wait, maybe Pipi is downstairs. That's where Ah'll go to find her... [jumps down and walks downstairs].

Naw... she wasn't down there either.. Ah looked toward the kitchen as Ah came back up.. Then Ah went back up to face mom - eye to eye.

"She's at the "d-o-c-t-o-r's", honey... She'll come home soon, okay?", she said to me in a low, whisper of a voice.

Ah head-bonked her at that.


[Princess is at the vet's going through routine surgery. .... ]

Blowing A Little Too Much Sunshine...

Mah day started with following mom down to the little room and parking it close bah to her.

Ah kept looking up at her, wanting to be even closer. So she finally picked me up and got me in her lap, hugged me real good. During these moments, Ah feel one with the whole universe with her.. It's just awesome.

So naw, after she put me down again, Ah was all puffed up and ready - Ah could take awn the world!

And what do Ah see? There's Pipi! Rolling on the floor, teasing and tempting me! Ah pounced in an instant. Ah wrestled her down on the floor, like she wasn't already, and started nipping her in the back of her neck.

She needed it.

"HEYYY!!!! ", Ah heard mom scream. "STOP IT!!"

Oooh, boy - she waus upset. Ah tried to act as casual as Ah could about it, while Pipi got back on her feet checking to see who mom was really mad at. Yuh, Ah guess it waus me.

But Ah can steel look cawnfused. Until Ah felt mom's finger poking mah butt: "YOU don't DO that, OKAY?!!"

Aw, allright, allright... Let me just saunter under the table and chair for naw... Wait 'teal she cooles off a beet.

Inspection Time

Googie and I were lounging as usual near mom tonight while she was busy again with The Thang (laptop).

Once she stepped away for a little while, I jumped right up on her chair. Googie had already been laying around next to her and The Thang so I had to see what was going on.

Huh... Nose-to-thing.. I can barely reach it, standing here on top of the chair. "Googie? what did you see? Anything?"

"You wouldn't understand these thangs, Pipi.. Ah sat here and helped her put her paws on top of these black thingies... This is just beyond your understanding.."

"Don't get so full of yourself Goog, okay? Just remember: I brought you in here, I showed you the whole house, I am the one!"

Oh, here she comes back now.. See now, I don't have to wait for her to tell me 'excuse me', Googie. I know she needs to sit back down! [jumps down]