Roxy's Mischief

I had a nap, then woke up to check some bids. By midnight, the laptop battery went off, and I was getting ready for going to sleep, then Groundel wakes up and asks a stupid question: “Where is Roxy?” And so… I start to look for friggin Roxy… (Ok, for those who do not know WHO the hell is Roxy, she is my 8th cat, a femme that I rescued from El Faro and that seems to be a mixed breed… whose attunement with me is strong as she is a bully, a cascarrabias and yet she is love incarnated with me). Back to the story… I looked for dear Roxy Heart…Not under the bed, not in the bathroom, not in the litter, not in the living room, not in any shelf… Roxy had escaped and we had not noticed. I went nuts. I went outside, looked around the house, around all cars, around the perimeter… no sign of Roxy. And so I go back to my apartment, devastated, on the verge of crying my eyeballs off… Groundel put on his shoes and went outside for a walk, to see if he could find her. I moved around the house, nervous, crying… My baby was gone… More, my familiar, my kindred animal soul was gone… So finally I decide to get outside, sit down in the floor and close my eyes. After a small while I heard a faint meow. I whistled, and the meow grew higher. It was my baby. And she was in the other side of the fence, in the neighbor’s house.

So, I approached the fence, calling for her. Then another cat, a white male, appeared out of nowhere, chased Roxy until she got up in a tree then he come back to me, purring. The bastard would not let Roxy get down, and each time I whistled or call her, he would come to me. After a while Groundel arrived, and I explained what was up. I asked him to get food for phantom kitty to distract him… I started messing with the fence until I could open up a hole that was already there (that’s the way that the neighbor’s chickens use to come to my side), and started petting and talking to phantom until he finally came to my side. I went to my apartment, saw that Groundel was appearing with the food, and just as I was telling him to go with phantom to the front of the stairs that lye close to my door, Roxy made a super fast triumphant entrance inside the apartment, staying behind Groundel’s legs, staring at phantom as if saying “They are mine, my own, my precious, and you ain’t coming here!”.

So… Almost 1:30 in the morning, I took Roxy to the bathroom for a bath to make sure she had no guests in her fur, then bathed her in the anti-guests cream, and then let her be after hugging her and caressing her for a while. I love Roxy. All the times that I’ve been very sad and insanely depressed, she comes to me to make me feel better. She sleeps at my side and always watches while I surf the net… She’s an extension of me. After that, couldn’t sleep for a long while… I stopped counting minutes after 3 AM… Ah… There is always emotion, action, suspense… and lots of love…

Woke up at 7:30 AM. It was a miracle I arrived on time to work… I feel sick, seems the wind, the coldness of wee hours in the morning and then the cold shower while bathing Roxy will get to me after all… My nose is stupid and my body aches… But no matter… I rather be in pain than lose my furry friend.

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