Well, a Nigey has to keep themselves busy while the Mummies are keeping themselves busy. M Sooz was doing something called “prepping” for most of the day which meant she was standing at the sink making fizzy drinks and then making faces as she drank them, and then she writes something down in her book, goes into the bedroom to read for a while and then comes back out to do it all again. I can’t figure out – if it’s that terrible, why does she keep doing it?
The other Mummy has been futzing around in her office again. I know she did have some work to do for Uncle Peter, but after that she was all over the place. I do know she was very happy that she had popped in to JB Hi-fi on the way home today. She went to their Camera area and couldn’t believe it when she saw a lens she could use on the Nikon I cameras she was about to throw out – so thank goodness for her procrastination! Aunty M came to see me this morning before she and M Sooz went out to Brekkie. It was (a little bit) funny that when Aunty M arrived, M Sooz hadn’t opened the door so Aunty M couldn’t come in and play. M Kaz let her in though and then Aunty M could give me my head rub and pat. I’m not sure where they were going for breakfast – but we all know what M Sooz did when she arrived back – fizzy drinks!
I cannot believe how windy it is out in the front courtyard this morning – or why M Kaz would have thought I wanted to go out there in it! I think she finally realised after I ran from one end of the yard to the other, and then made a bee-line to the front door so she would let me back inside. What had I done? Had I been a bad Nigey to deserve this kind of treatment? And don’t be such a sooky-la-la M Kaz it wasn’t that bad of a rope burn when you tried to stop my bolting down the yard! It didn’t even break the skin! What’s that … you only did it that way because you didn’t want me to be jerked back when you put the leash brake on? Well, I do appreciate that you would want to not have me hurt … but who’s the silly one now?
At least it has stopped raining and even though it did rain most of the night, by the time we were out in the yard this morning, it wasn’t even wet underfoot – that’s not to say it wasn’t a tiny bit moist – but all good!
There’s still no sign of Kermie or Lennie – and I am a bit concerned about them, especially as the Lennies have started coming out over at Mimi’s place. What does she have that we don’t … besides a pool, and water views, and a pier! Don’t get me wrong, we have good stuff too but obviously not the stuff that attracts Lennies and Kermies. Hmmm … although I do see a theme here … maybe we have to start leaving water out for them … especially as I think, but I could be wrong here, that Lennie is a water dragon! Hmmmm … more thought needed.
Let’s see, what else has been happening around here? Besides the rain, and the wind? M Kaz did take me out into the yard earlier this week (wow, that makes two times this week) so I was able to eat a little grass and chase some ants. Do you know how many ants are out there in the yard? Most of them are tiny – even when you’re looking at them from ground level … which is to say that I climbed the frangipani today and they looked even tinier from up there. No, there isn’t a photograph because M Kaz wasn’t expecting it and didn’t have time to get the phone out before I jumped back down. You can see where I was though because there are little drops of sap coming out of the branches where I clung onto them with my claws. (Yes, M Kaz says it is time for me to have them “done” again!)
M Kaz has been re-organising again and she has moved the kitchen trolley she has been hiding in the laundry out to near the table so she can put the Meta Portal on it. She can use the Meta Portal to make Messenger and Whats App video calls – and to play photos!
Oh wait, there was another thing. When the Mummies were away last week, they came back with a present for us. It’s really for M Kaz but she let me be near it too … it’s a green chair!
The only good thing about the Mummies disappearing is that Aunty M comes to see me. She is wonderful – although I think she misunderstands it when I talk with her. She told the Mummies that each time she came to see me over the weekend, I was standing at the window and screaming at her … and that isn’t exactly correct … I was screaming at her, yes, but it was screams of delight that she would come to see me, and to feed me, and to empty my litter tray. You’d be silly not to be thankful for any one of those things … but Aunty M does them all! Thank you Aunty M!
So yes, that does mean the Mummies were away for the weekend … again! I did know something was up when M Kaz called Aunty Rosemary the other week – I’ve known her long enough now to know that M Kaz isn’t a “talker-on-the-phone-for-no-reason” so that could only mean they were trying to book me in for an Aunty Rosemary holiday. But it was not to be. M Kaz had been too quick to get my annual vaccination done and that meant they would need to wait two full weeks before Aunty Rosemary could take me … so that meant their three-nights away had to be shortened to just two – which then meant that M Kaz wouldn’t be able to go to the Zoo with her sister (my first mother when my name was Denile). But they will go another time – it just means that the baby zebras (or was that giraffes?) will not be babies any more. Maybe they will have newer, better babies.
It’s not very nice when you crow M Kaz. Aunty A came today to help them with their cleaning and while she was here the Mummies were telling Aunty A about the buses – and why it is that we have two – one a little prettier than the other. If you remember, that was the one that Elly (the KMart shopper-lady) put together … and then her cat didn’t like it, so M Kaz bought it from her. All the while M Kaz was saying that Elly’s might look pretty but because she knows I like to sit on the roof of my vehicles – or caravans, or beach houses – she said she had reinforced the entire bus with tape so it would still be standing after I’d been sitting. And we found out today that she was right! The pretty bus roof collapsed while I was on it … it was lucky I didn’t get injured. Of course, you know what M Kaz did as soon as she saw what had happened … no, it wasn’t to rush over to help me out (I was a bit wedged in there) … she went to get her phone so she could take a photo! I know M Sooz would have rushed over to help me … and she was going to but M Kaz asked her not to until after she had taken the photo! I’m glad she did because it does show the danger of form over content! We should all learn to trust M Kaz a little more … says M Kaz!
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