Into The Wild

I've been back at The House With The Creek with The Boy and The Girl for a while and let me tell you, it's been GREAT!  For some reason The Boy and The Girl are home with me all the time!  They never go off to the place where The Bouncy One and The Serious One go when they leave me all alone all day.  So I get all kinds of attention.  Sometimes, when The Girl is sitting down making clicking noises with her hands in front of a screen, I go over and put my head on her lap and she starts playing ball with me right in the house!  I hope The Bouncy One and The Serious One never find out -they probably wouldn't like that one bit.

But then a few days ago, I got really worried.  The Boy and The Girl started loading up for what looked like a long car ride.  I don't like long car rides because I get really queasy and also because usually I end up at a new house with new owners, like when I ended up at The House With the Cats.  I don't want anything to change -I have The Boy, The Girl, and The Creek and no cats!

But instead we ended up at The House With The Big Woods.  I like this place because I get to spend all day outside!  They never make me come back inside (although sometimes it would be nice to sleep inside.)  Anyway, at The House With The Big Woods lives The One Who Won't Touch Me, But Takes Me For Great Walks In The Woods.

Hanging in the garage with The Great Walker

Well, The Great Walker smells a lot like The Boy, just like The Serious One and The Bouncy One smell like The Girl, which makes me think that The Boy and The Girl are their puppies.  Anyway, The Great Walker doesn't like to pet me too much and I get the sense he's the one who won't let me come inside, but he makes up for it by taking me on great walks in the woods where I get to do anything I want!  I can explore and run around and sniff things, I can pee on whatever I want to and chase animals and I don't even have to walk with  anyone or stay on a leash!  

So after a few days of this, I decided that I could take myself for a walk on my own in the woods.  Even though I could hear The Great Walker calling for me, I thought I'd try to make it on my own and see if I could join a dog pack in the wild.  But after a while, The Boy and The Girl came out into the woods and were calling for me so I came back because they're my pack right now and I don't want to leave them.  Also, I remembered I hadn't been fed breakfast yet.

When we got back in the car for one more long car ride, we ended up back at The House With The Creek!  I was so happy to be living at The House With The Creek with The Boy and The Girl that when I heard a loud noise, I just tipped my head back and howled.  I was so excited, I didn't even stop to take the ball out of my mouth before howling!

Where Am I?

Things have gotten pretty strange since The Boy and The Girl returned.  For a few days, The Boy and The Girl and I hung out at The House With the Cats and they spent a lot of time with me, but didn't take me on many walks.  They didn't appear to be doing anything important - just eating and staring into the box that makes noises.

  Then the weirdest thing happened: we got into the car for a really long time - which I'm used to now but still makes me woozy - and ended up at The House with the Stream.  WTF?  I am always here with The Bouncy One and The Serious One and their friends.  I didn't bother checking to see if they were around - I went straight into my favorite room and rolled around on the floor.  It feels sooooo good.

The Girl drying me off

  The next few days were so boring.  I remember The Boy and The Girl always used to do fun stuff with me. I would run along side them while they rode on these crazy metal things with wheels or slid on long sticks on the white stuff (humans are so weird).  At least they are normally very good ball tossers but there was no ball tossing at all the past few days.  All they do is unpack boxes and move things from one shelf to another.  I tried to hint several times what I was after by bringing over a ball and dropping it at their feet but each time all they did was toss it back into my mouth.

  I miss The Bouncy One and The Serious One a lot.  I miss My BFF the Black Cat and how he would always bat my face when I sniffed him.  Oh, the times we had.  I'm happy The Boy and Girl are home but I miss the friends I made while they were away.  Sometimes I just stare out the window and remember The House with the Cats.

I even miss The Fat Cat

  Luckily, things are improving around here.  The Boy took me on a super fun run today (where he was on the sticks on the white stuff) and I didn't misbehave at all.  I wanted to be super good so he'll take me again sometime.  This morning The Girl invited me up onto the bed and we cuddled for a long time.  The Serious One would have never allowed that.

  I hope The Bouncy One and The Serious One come to visit soon.  And I hope they remember to bring up some nice artisan beer for The Boy and some organic coffee for The Girl.  They would love that.