He's a Survivor!

You know that song: "The cat came back...thought he was a goner, but the cat came back....?

Well it has been in my head all day.


After being gone an entire month....Cash found his way home last night at 12:30.



Here is the story in full-boring detail:

Last night I went to bed early(11:00), thinking it would be nice to get a little extra sleep. I was kidding myself... Every time I dozed off, I would dream that I was falling off the back of a treadmill, so I would jump and wake up. After about an hour and a half of this I finally fell asleep, only to be awakened by a familiar meow at the back porch. I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs and opened the door. There he was; a very excited Cash. He came in and after getting some attention from me, he ran straight to his food dish. He is pretty skinny and has a few scrapes on his body, but is otherwise fine.
He meowed VERY loudly for a couple of hours and woke Charlee and Sydnee up. They were very excited, but after his persistent cry for affection they wanted me to shut their door so they could sleep. :) Justee woke up at 5 am to find her kitty and she was super excited. I woke up to her screaming excitedly, "Kitty! Kitty! Momma, kitty here!" She played with him for about an hour and then came into my bed and fell back asleep. When it was finally time to wake Syd up for school Charlee was even more excited, "Mom he has stripes! It really is Cash!" I guess he just looked black to her in the dark and she must not have been convinced it was her cat snuggling with her.

Sydnee had to rush off to school, but Char and Justee haven't left that poor cat alone. I think he really enjoys the attention though. Char told me that she is so happy that Cash is home, that she doesn't ever want to put him down. He seems very excited to be home. We are happy to have him back as well...but jeez, couldn't he have picked a better time to make his appearance? I think I need a nap today. ;)