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I scuttled around the kitchen last week preparing to leave for work and grabbed the cat food out of the pantry whilst simultaneously gargling mouthwash and wiping biscuit crumbs off the counter.
Normally, the cat hurtles to its bowl right in front of my feet, attempting to trip me and send me plunging head first into the hallway wall, but… the cat was no where to be seen. I heard the sound of bottles falling over and assumed the little shit was in the pantry.
Nope.
I called it and checked the usual hiding spots; the shower recess, behind the curtains, my underwear drawer… nope.
I finished up putting my shoes, lipstick and sunscreen on, tired of its nonsense.
“Bloody cat’s hiding again!” I called out to Scotto as I opened the fridge to retrieve my lunch box just before I left the house.
Guess what I found sitting on the middle shelf with its feathery tail wrapped around a bottle of marinated olives?
I received such a shock, I screamed out in fright.
You just don’t expect to see a hefty, snow white cat nestled amongst the margarine tubs when you open the refrigerator.
He was quite chilly to the touch when I pulled him out, too.
The entire incident has left me mortally traumatised. I can’t open the fridge now without a certain dread as to what I might discover in the salad crisper.
I don’t even know how or why he managed to get in. We were experiencing heat wave conditions at the time but surely that doesn’t explain the mystery of how he succeeded in leaping in without my knowledge?
Every time he disappears from sight now, I find myself obsessively and repetitively opening the fridge to check if he’s ensconced inside; slowly turning into a vanilla catsicle.
When I close my eyes at night, all I can visualise is a bloated, stiffened cat surrounded by condiment bottles and wilted spinach leaves.
He was quite chilly to the touch when I pulled him out, too.
The entire incident has left me mortally traumatised. I can’t open the fridge now without a certain dread as to what I might discover in the salad crisper.
I don’t even know how or why he managed to get in. We were experiencing heat wave conditions at the time but surely that doesn’t explain the mystery of how he succeeded in leaping in without my knowledge?
Every time he disappears from sight now, I find myself obsessively and repetitively opening the fridge to check if he’s ensconced inside; slowly turning into a vanilla catsicle.
When I close my eyes at night, all I can visualise is a bloated, stiffened cat surrounded by condiment bottles and wilted spinach leaves.
Imagine having to explain to people that my cat passed away in the bloody fridge. Nobody would ever eat at my house again and they'd definitely suspect I was some kind of sick, psychopathic murderer of cats.
You know that old saying about nine lives? Well… that’s one life down, eight to go.
And I’m talking about me… not the cat.
P.S.: The title of this post has been brought to you by the writers of "Are You Being Served".
You know that old saying about nine lives? Well… that’s one life down, eight to go.
And I’m talking about me… not the cat.
P.S.: The title of this post has been brought to you by the writers of "Are You Being Served".