So the reason I jumped on the computer tonight and saw that Yahoo News article about the fire in Dubai was to write to you all about a near cat-astrophe we had about an hour ago.
One of the cats fell out the window.
Seriously.
See, the windows in our apartment have no screens, and the cats, Kitty and Lily, like to walk around on the sills. This, of course, freaks me the hell out. In fact, when I'm home alone with the cats, we leave the windows closed.
Anyway, tonight Liz was home and the windows in both the living room and the kitchen were open. And all of a sudden we hear a weird noise from the kitchen. Like a "thump".
I run in, and can't find Lilly.
We search the house, no Lilly.
We run outside and look in the bushes - no Lilly.
Our downstairs neighbor calls Liz in - apparently the cat fell out of our second story window and somehow into their window. Here's a photo (from last March) to give you some idea of the distance she fell:
We think she must have landed in the tree, and climbed in their window.
That, or she completely ignored the laws of gravity. Well, after the initial tumble, I mean.
Anyway, once indoors again she apparently crawled into their closet and just cowered. Our neighbor thought she was pregnant and about to have kittens (As Lily has a little bit of a belly).
She's safe now, and sitting smack dab in the center of the living room on the floor. I bet it will be a long time before she goes up on the window sill again.
(Mostly because we're never going to open the windows again, or, we won't if I have any say in it ...) |
