Gracie Where Are You?

For several hours yesterday I couldn’t find Gracie. I found her but she gave me quite a scare.

I looked and looked but couldn’t find her. I wondered if she got out but that didn’t make sense at all. Any time she’s wandered onto the porch she realizes she’s out of her safety zone and runs back in. Three hours went by and no Gracie.  I was already tired and emotionally warn out so I just sat on the sofa and put my head down and cried. She’s been here forever it seems so for her to suddenly not be here for hours at a time was heartbreaking. Then across the street at the golf course some animal was getting killed. I knew it wasn’t mating because the sound was only about two shrieks then nothing but rustling. There’s been a coyote in the area for a bit now, it even made the news. I just knew it was Grace. Long story short she was stuck under the bed. She didn’t’ call to me or anything at all for quite some time. I’m not even sure why but she didn’t.

When Brody breaks out I never know if I’ll see him again. It makes it difficult to rely on him. As much as I’m annoyed by Gracie and her spring and summer time antics I can at least rely on her. She’s predictable. When it’s hot she’s angry when it’s cold she’s a love bug. Maybe that’s not the kind of predictability a person wants but for someone who changes identities all the time predictability is accepted in the smallest of forms. I’m happy she’s okay. I don’t know what got eaten last night. I didn’t go look.

We have major thunder storms this evening and lots of power outages in the area. I’m going to curl up in bed and sleep to the sound of the rain. I have therapy tomorrow.

Me