Emergency! We're Being Relocated - AGAIN! - Part 1

Peaches here.

I had a strange feeling "something" was up....

First I saw...'THE BOXES!

Wait a minute... haven't I seen Boxes before?  Seeing this many is NOT a good sign....

Upon closer scrutiny, I found MORE ominous signs...

That's Paprika's minature gray sofa atop the boxes.  Why is it up there?

Paprika:  What is going ON? Why is clothing being put into plastic containers on MY bed?

Peaches:  We are Senior Cats now.  Tell us it isn't true!

Relocation is NOT a cat-friendly senior activity!  We demand an

 explanation!

SUDDENLY...

We found outselves IMPRISONED!! In cages! Without our purrr=mission!!! 

The Unauthorized Car Trip

And then...the unthinkable happened.  The most dreaded event of many cats' lives..."THE CAR TRIP" ... Mysterious thumps and bumps to be endured. We sang the song of our people during the journey..but no one sung BACK!

that's me, Peaches, peeking out in the blue carrier...Scaredy cat Paprika (orange carrier) could not bear to look.

But When our human later opened the door...only ONE out of 2 cats emerged...(note empty orange carrier, no other cat in sight!)

WHERE IS PAPRIKA?

Mom Carol looked everywhere.  She kept asking ME where Paprika was. As if I knew. Is it MY job to keep tabs on everyone? and I was too busy  YOWLING at the unfamiliar scenes and smells I was encountering...

Oh THERE You Are, Paprika....!

By Mom Carol: Just when I was about to "lose it" and become totally frantic & call the police !) I saw a dark ear and fur in BACK of their rather tall litter box...
 IT WAS PAPRIKA! I reached behind the gray litter box to coax her out...poor easily-scared Paprika was TREMBLING!

Paprika: Well I thought it might be like that other time where we were  LOCKED UP & stayed there for weeks, caught colds & almost didn't make it. But now I see our human...I'll try to stop shaking!

Peaches: I was busy finding my own place to hide. Our human was so blanketyblank busy comforting scaredy cat Paprika that she hardly noticed ME!~ A pair of jeans will do for now...

OUR PLACES OF RESIDENCE THE NEXT TWO DAYS:

Our human thought she was  smart preventing us from going under the bed ...look at the BOXES she lined up ...however, we hid ALMOST under the bed ANYWAY.

We finally ALMOST recovered, Paprika had even begun hi wire explorations which as a senior cat she has not attempted for at least 5 years....

WHEN SUDDENLY ANOTHER SURPRISE OCCURRED....

FIRE EVACULATION...

YUP, Everyone had to get out of the building...

even us cats...back into the carriers we went though this time, the loud clanging fire alert gave us some idea of the plight and we tried to cooperate...

We Met All the Building Residents!

Admired by one of the building residents

Finally the fire event was over and we could go back to our rooms...our human stayed with us ALL the time like a good cat mom we have to admit....

NOT our idea of a good time, nonetheless. Here we are in the building lobby...admired by many of course! (people pointed at us and said "what are those?)"

Finally we returned to our new digs....

I, Peaches had many things to say...Paprika too.

But WHY? I asked - Peaches the cat

It's been a rough 3 days..Paprika the cat

But good things come to those who wait...eventually. See Part 2 for an improvement in our situation....

-To be Continued -