Hide and Seek

I have a very weird habit of constantly checking to see where my cats are before I leave the house. I have to do a headcount. And, if I haven't seen one of them in a while, especially with baby Becks, I have to go and find them. I have this fear that one day they are going to get out and I won't be able to find them.

My cat Maru, who passed away, got out once. I was laying on the sofa (I know you are shocked) one day after work. I had the house open, all the windows and the sliding glass door. The boys were in the back room in front of the sliding glass door and all of the sudden I heard a loud crash! I ran to the back room, there's the Fuji running in circles and yelling at me - no Maru to be found! I just know the Fuji was saying, Mom! I told him not to do it, but he did!

So I go tearing out the back door to find Maru - almost forget to close the sliding door in the event the Fuji wanted to venture out. I am freaking out because not only is my baby on the lam, but he's DEAF. Stone cold deaf. Even if he would come if I called his name - he couldn't hear it! Turns out he went tearing off after another cat. Maru was quite the heavy weight, but he had no front claws (he and the Fuji came that way). So I was really worried the other cat was going to rip him a new one. Of course, as soon as Maru sees me, he runs from me. As I'm trying to corral him and he tries to climb a tree! Needless to say, fat boy with no claws didn't get very high. I finally cornered him under a neighbors truck and managed to fake him out by pretending I had food. What a nightmare. I was so mad at him.

But, even before that, I had the weird habit of always checking to see where they were. Now that I have two again, the Fuji and baby Becks, I am the same way. Tonight, baby Becks was no where to be found and the house was awfully quiet, which can only mean trouble is being had. I couldn't find him! It's not as if I have a huge home. I don't know how they do it - they always manage to be back in the same room I started in when I retrace my steps, sitting there, looking at me as if to say, I was here the whole time you MORON.

Meow.