Sleep Not Today

Something is going on and I need to be alert.

You see it started off as a pretty normal day. I went and surveyed the estate. Max got as far as the rockery and said it was too cold and went back to bed. Sebastian got to the greenhouse and said he was dying of starvation and turned for home. I went about my business inspecting, checking and sorting before returning home for a nice breakfast. I smelled bacon cooking. Now my two legs don't have a cooked breakfast unless there is something special on. I tried to listen to see if I could make out what it was but they were having those nonsense conversations where they say lots of words but it doesn't mean anything. I have no idea why two legs like to do that. We felines believe in keeping quiet unless you have something worthwhile to say.

Anyway they ate their breakfast and let Sebastian have some scraps. I don't lower myself to begging at the table for food. If I want it I take it when no-one is looking. I was watching to see if they put their outdoor clothes on but they didn't so they were intending on being indoors today were they.

They went upstairs and I left them for a while. You never know what people are going to do when they disappear upstairs. A long time had passed so I thought I better go and see if they were alright. Well! I have never seen anything like it. My home was turned upside down. He was in the new wardrobe - I think he must have been trying to hide in there because all I could see was his legs sticking out and over the bed.

She had cupboards and drawers all over the place and as fast as she emptied one he was diving in and out the wardrobe putting stuff away. Then he would take it all out and start again. What a waste of time - it's just like those conversations - they just do it to pass the time I think

Well it went on all day. Stuff going from one cupboard to another. Then the furniture started going walkabouts. everything was in a different place. Then the dreaded ladders and he was up in the roof with boxes and parcels disappearing into that great hole up there. I always have to be careful that I don't get picked up and put up there. Max says he lived for there for 3 years one weekend.

We are all tired out. No chance to sleep with all that chaos but at least they have stopped now. We don't know where anything is and keep bumping into things that have been moved. Why can't two legs leave things alone!