Loose Feline

  Night shift was slow, so I spent it sleeping.  When I awoke at 5 am, Mary, who was going to be on Day shift, told me that there was a wild cat in their house.  She asked me to come help her get it out, so I followed her to the Orange House.  The cat on hearing us approach, ran from the living room into the kitchen.  We followed, & Mary opened the outside door, hoping that it would run out.  Instead it jumped onto the counter & weaved it’s way around some dishes that were clean & drying.  It then began climbing the window screen.  I reached for it & it dropped down onto the counter.  If it was an American cat, I would have had it when I tried to grab it by it’s scruff.  However, as it’s a Philippine cat, there is no such thing as scruff on it’s neck…..probably a good thing as I don’t know what would have happened if I actually would have been able to pick it up by it’s neck.  It darted off the counter & up the stairs.  Mary & I followed laughing, but trying not to wake the other girls.  Kitty decided that it didn’t like it upstairs, so ran downstairs again.  When it entered the kitchen again, it began doing small jumps & hitting the kitchen cabinets in a weird fashion.  “Oh no, now the cat’s going crazy & it’s in OUR house!”  I opened the outside door again & this time the cat made it’s exit! Yea!!  It sure began my day in an exciting manner!! :)