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What I Did on My Lunch Break by cat_77.

Kitties!

Got home a bit late tonight due to needing to pick up the car from the shop. We stopped for dinner on the way back and got home about 6:30. And then promptly went out again.

Only to our yard though as only one kitty apparently spent the day in the house. Ghost, the youngest, met us on the front porch meowing plaintively, white fur a decided shade of brown. Got her in and noticed only Inky greeted us. Went to put the leftovers in the fridge and saw Bootsie staring back at me from the sliding door to the back yard. Let her in and started the search for her sister, Puss-Puss (yes, Puss 'n Boots are sisters).

Could not find her anywhere. Looked outside. Looked in the garage. Looked around the sides of the house and in the front garden. She was finally found under the steps in the back yard. She had not responded to calls because she's damn near silent on a good day and you can't get a peep out of her when she's panicked. (When she's pissed, that's another matter all together.)

So, cats are in, one of the three wiped down with those little wipe-thingies and the other two still needing to be brushed. Did I mention the sisters are about 17 years old and share a brain cell? Kind of added to the panic on our end as well.

Best we can tell is that the cleaning service that comes once a month somehow let them out. The boys are careful not to and chase them down if they try. None are outdoors cats (well, Ghost was a stray kitten when we got her, but has been inside ever since), and really could not survive in the wild. Puss and Boots got lucky the hawk in the back yard took the day off, though Ghost was safe(r) on the porch.

Sigh.

At least we found them all?