I can not believe that M Kaz and M Sooz are still awake at this time of night. It is 11:24pm and they have just done the Truvia quiz in the Sydney Morning Herald – not today’s … tomorrow’s. Given their performance though they really should have waited until morning. What did they get? They would be embarrassed if they knew I knew … but out of a possible 15, they managed 8. That’s right – 8! The only positive is they beat their score from the other day – their worst ever – 3. It’s hard to think I’m the smartest one around here … do you hear that Mummies? I know I am the smartest one (there’s that science training kicking in again) but I don’t want/like to rub it in. Heh heh … that’s me, smart and modest to boot!
It’s still raining and I know that because I went out in it today. The Mummies weren’t planning to take me out but while they were fumbling with the shopping and the front door, I made a break for it … and I made it too – out onto the stoop, then through the water puddled on the path, onto the grass with ground sodden underfoot, with quite large drops of water hurling themselves down out of the sky at me. It didn’t take me long to swing around and race back inside … just as M Kaz was swearing her way out to come and get me. I wasn’t out there that long so I didn’t see Lennie but M Sooz had … on her way in. He was in the lemon tree pot and it looked like he was more than knee-deep in water. M Sooz was worried about him, and once I was back inside (and patted dry with a towel) M Kaz went out to check on him. He was okay but she didn’t want to risk him not being able to get out of the pot as the water rose – as it surely would with the continuing rain, so she lifted the pot so the water drained out and then she put it on its side so Lennie could have a quiet wander, stay in the pot or go and sit in the base which still had water in it. He seemed appreciative. There was no sign of Kermie though.
Month: February 2022
Sunday
M Kaz seems to be feeling a bit better today (Friday – sorry too busy to post this blog when I started writing it) because she was a bit crook on Thursday morning and spent most of the day in bed. It was good to have both Mummies home for the day although it would have been more fun if both of them had been awake, rather than snoring like bears in a forest. They didn’t go out to Trivia last night – that’s how I knew M Kaz was not feeling well at all. I also suspected M Kaz was not well because she coughed and spat – to use one of our RATs. The test came back negative and she seemed very happy about that because she was not keen to share CoVid with Aunty M’s cousin – who was very happy to have been told that she has CoVid. I will never understand some humans.
Sunday now. They did go out to breakfast yesterday morning where they caught up with Blue – who likes watching television as much as I do … they think he thinks he spent too much time with his cat-sister Tilly in his formative months and thinks he’s part cat-part couch potato-and a little bit dog.
The Mummies are not keen on the news at the moment. M Kaz refuses to watch it on television and just now she left the room while M Sooz was waiting for it to come on the radio. M Kaz didn’t want to hear about what’s going on the Ukraine where somebody without a shirt is insisting on sending soldiers into other people’s homes – in another country – and not being nice at all. Heaps of people are trying to escape the violence but since shirtless man’s country is almost surrounding them, they are having a hard time of it. And the ones who can’t get away are doing their best to keep themselves and their families and friends safe by hiding in the train stations while shirtless man sends rain made of bombs and troops to find them. I will never understand some humans.
It continues to rain ordinary rain here. I’m not sure where Kermie and Lennie are but I hope they’re okay. I want to bring them inside but I don’t think the Mummies are going to let them come in. I don’t know why. I would share my stuff with them. What do Lennies and Kermies eat? Do they use a litter tray? Can Lennie climb the walls like the next-door’s Lennie? Can he go on the ceiling? Would he enjoy dropping off the ceiling onto the Mummies’ shoulders as they walked under him?
And why is it taking M Kaz so long to do her assignments. She was in her office for a good while yesterday afternoon and while I’m not an expert on these things, it did look like she wasn’t actually studying for lots of that time. There was an awful lot of looking at photos on the computer and moving them onto her new “hard drive” – it’s orange so I can understand why she would want to. I think Aunty Sy gave her the idea at breakfast when she was talking about scanning all her photos – and that she’s going to put them onto a blog so everyone can see them. Hmmmm … I’m sure I’ve heard some people complain about being made to look at photos – of course, they’re always happy to see pictures of me!
I did try to help M Kaz study as much as I could – and when we had done some, I entertained her with a science experiment – but I wouldn’t let her close the lid of the box … I keep telling her that Schrodinger’s experiment with the cat was not a real one – it was a pretend box and it was a pretend cat! Of course, she then had to show off by telling me that Schrodinger did have a cat and the cat’s name was Milton … so we all know where the idea for that experiment came from!
M Sooz is using the rainy weather as an excuse to read books. She finished the one about Helen and her diaries, and the one about the swimming pool, and now she’s reading one about philosophy and love and I’m sure she has other ones that she’s keen to borrow from the library or to have M Kaz buy for her.
I’m using the rainy weather to make myself comfortable on their bed and catch up on some sleep … studying, especially where science is involved, is very tiring … but it’s definitely worth it because I recently heard that it makes you more intelligent!
Friday
M Kaz really needs to get a bigger desk. It is hard to fit her, the computer and me on to Ollie Tedesco. I do what I can, but it gets awfully cramped, especially when M Kaz is trying to type. It will be better when she gets the new typewriter from Lego. Of course, she has to find out whether it actually works first … or if it’s just for show – after she’s put the 2,000+ pieces together.
Hmmmm … she does have a birthday coming up so we will have to see what M Sooz makes of all of this. Of course, there’s also the Titanic Lego as well – coming in at over 9,000 pieces – boy that would keep them all busy for a good long while… especially if they invited friends over to help!
It continues to rain here and it’s a bit like a wildlife habitat out the front. Not only do we have our own Lennie now – just a bit smaller than the next-door’s Lennie – but we also have a gigantic Kermit (a toad not a frog though). I think M Kaz was a bit afraid to go out there with him this evening – certainly she ran past Kermie as she went to the freezer in the shed to rescue their dinners (yes, yes, M Kaz says she is going to clear out the “house freezer”) and she kept a close eye on him as she righted the lemon tree, which had fallen over a little bit again. She was going to put it back in its big pot but she couldn’t because that’s where Lennie’s living. I can’t wait until I can go outside and play with them.
In the meantime, I am keeping M Kaz company in the office – I have my own spot in the shelf – on the bottom, out of sight behind the ironing board. It’s one of my favourite spots at the moment, if you don’t count my hidey hole between the couch and the wall in the sloth lounge, or on the cat tower, or under the bed, or with the Eiffel Tower or … wow, I really do have lots of places where I hang out!
Monday
I can’t believe they left me at home alone overnight and they didn’t get Aunty M to pop in and see what mischief I was getting into – and we all know how I love getting into mischief. It does make me wonder though- how long do the Mummies think I can be left alone for, all by myself? M Kaz came home in the afternoon to refill my food and water bowls and spend time going around the house collecting rubbish, cleaning out the fridge, doing my litter tray and … thank goodness … opening the kitchen window so there’s some crossbreeze and air in the house. To be fair, I’m not usually here alone so Kaz probably didn’t realise that it can get to be like an oven in the house on hot days – of course, that’s only when M Sooz isn’t here with the Vornado – or the air conditioner – on. M Sooz feels the heat too. M Kaz gave me specific instructions when she opened the kitchen window.
As she stuffed steel worms into the window track she implored and begged me not to take them out because they were the only things that would keep the biteys and crawlies out. Hmmm. Now that they’re home and can play with anyone who does come in, I’ll hide the worms and see how long before we have company. I’ll let Lennie know!
Aunty M didn’t come last night but Aunty A was here today and I gave her a big hello – hoping I’d distract her from chasing after me with her vacuum cleaner – but that didn’t work … it never does. To be fair, she never does actually chase me with it – she just insists on having it in the house while I’m here.
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