Sometime between 12:30 and 12:45 I
was awakened by the sound of Tommy’s distress yelp from the main room. Since I knew that it was never a good sign, I
rushed out to find her standing in the middle of the room.
When I got near her, she flopped over
on her side. I petted her and tried to
soothe her. I felt around her belly to see if there was any tenderness, but I
couldn’t detect any problems. I also
looked around for any puke, but found none. When she moved, Tommy kept low to
the ground and then would flop over again.
I again would pet and soothe her and we continued this one more time.
Because I wasn’t sure what the
problem was, I decided that she’d be safer and I could keep closer tabs on her
if she slept in the bedroom. I picked
her up and she just cuddled. This wasn’t like her at all.
When we got to the bedroom, I put her
on the bed. She did a little investigating and then jumped down and sat near
the chair in the room. She seemed to be
okay, so I got into bed and turned out the light.
During the night, Tommy occasionally
got up and caused quite a ruckus. She
still scratches around a lithograph, so I put it down on the floor. It appeared
that the wall was the problem, not the picture because she continued jumping up
and scratching the wall. Rather than let
the scratching continue I put some aluminum foil on the table and that problem
was solved.
The next time I woke up it was almost
6:00 and Tommy was sleeping on the top of her bungalow. I rolled over to go
back to sleep, but Tommy must have figured out that I was awake because that’s
when the noise making started. She chewed her foil ball, crunched on some dry
food, jumped up near my head to call me to wake up and also went up on the
bureau to make noise with all the objects that were up there.
Occasionally she would stop making
noise and settle down. Just when I’d think that the noise making was over,
she’d start in again. I finally gave up at 7:15. I called to her and she jumped
up near my head. When she realized that I was going to get up she jumped down
and ran for the door.
After feeding her, I went to work on
postings since I was a day behind. Tommy came in to check up on me, but let me
continue working while I’d pet her and she walked near my feet. Once I was done we had some time together.
She was sitting on the sofa, so I brought over the rest of her breakfast and my
bowl of cereal. We sat and ate our respective breakfast.
It was such a beautiful day that I
thought that I’d open the balcony door just a little ad let in some fresh
air. Tommy went and sat by the opening
and enjoyed the breeze and scents that came in through the screen. While she
was preoccupied, I went and showered and got ready to leave for school. When I
was ready, I went to work on some postings while Tommy raced around the condo
occasionally stopping over to check up on me and get some attention. As I
finished typing, Tommy was resting in front of her box in the study. I hated to
have to move her, but it was time to go and since the toxic plants reside in
the study, that room would be closed to her while I was gone.
When I returned I found Tommy
relaxing in the sun. I thought that she’d want to play, but she just wanted
some attention. After some petting and talking I got down her grass so she
could have a snack if she wanted one.
The main room was 75°, so I opened
the balcony door. Tommy ran to sit by the screen and takes in the sights and
smells. We had a relatively quiet time.
We played a little and then Tommy went for a run around the condo before
settling down for a rest on her perch by the balcony.
We had dinner and then settled on the
sofa. Tommy ate her dinner on the sofa while I ate my salad. Then as I watched some programs, Tommy took a
nap next to me. I’m glad that she’s
decided to sit next to me on the sofa again.
When it was time for me to go to bed.
I got myself and the condo ready for the night.
I picked up Tommy and gave her a big hug as I brought her into the
bedroom for her snack. As she ate it I got into bed. When she finished, she
left for the main room while I turned off the lights and went to sleep knowing
that I’d get my usual wakeup call in the morning.
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