Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Will The Miracles Ever Cease?



When I was a wee lad I used to watch the Transformers cartoon after school. Because it was one of the more awesome things on television at 3:30 PM.

I always sang along with the theme song in my head without really knowing the words (Transformers...Mordenmeetsdeiye!). I have a very vivid memory of laying on the brown wall-to-wall in my living room one afternoon, the Decepticons acting like fucking pricks, as usual, and feeling like the unluckiest person on earth.

A) I had no transformer friends,
B) I did not yet have the hang of tying my shoes properly and
C) my beloved 2 year old cat was crushed in my driveway. Assassin unknown.

But after watching the madness and mayhem unfold on Transformers, I would stand on the brown sofa and say I AM OPTIMUS PRIME. And I'd feel marginally better.

For those of you who manage to slog through the singular tediousness of this blog month after month, you may recall that we lost our cat in October.

We sometimes take long weekends to country town to escape the city. In early October, E went up to country town with dog and cat in tow, while I stayed at work. In the throes of first trimester narcolepsy, E apparently arrived at country house, walked in the front door, opened the cat carrier, sat on the bed, and thereafter slipped into a four hour long coma.

E having failed to close the front door after stepping in, our cat made her way outside and Into The Wild, as it were.

Our cat had not been seen or heard from since, until we got a phone call this weekend.

She weighs a fraction of her pre-adventure weight, and is also freakishly strong. Although this is heartbreaking on the one hand, it is probably better for her long-term health on the other hand. A mere 3.5 months ago she most closely resembled a small beached seal strewn sideways across our couch who rarely trotted for the swinging of her stomach got in the way of her legs.

She's now lithe and muscled, but back on our couch where she belongs.

I am the luckiest person on Earth. Or, as I said again recently, having just watched the intoxicating adventure that was the Transformers movie, I Am Optimus Prime.

13 comments:

Amy said...

Holy crap, that's incredible! Did she have a tag around her neck?

Anonymous said...

no tag around her neck - we hung signs around town...it was totally miraculous to find her.

Pixie said...

That is so amazing!!!
Congrats! Was she living with the person that found her for awhile? Or was she just discovered?

starrhillgirl said...

Yay! Yay, yay, yay!

Hooray for found cats. I am glad she is back on the couch where she belongs.

R said...

That is awesome that she is okay!!

Anonymous said...

Yippeeee!! That's great news. Now Aiden has his buddy back so you needn't worry as much about how he's going to do when the baby comes, eh?
The Indian

Melody said...

That's so fabulous. I'm happy she's back home with you guys.

Jen said...

See kitty just went on retreat to prepare for the coming of one with the sticky grabby hands. She was just conditioning. :o)

Aunt Becky said...

First off, I was beyond thrilled by the Transformers movie. So much so that I insisted that my son get the Bumblebee transformer from the store.

For HIM.

Secondly, holy wow. That's awesome your ickle kitty is home!

CD and SP said...

I am so, so happy for you! That is so amazing. That's almost a more impressive feat than becoming pregnant. Wow!!!

Anonymous said...

WONDERFUL!!! And guess what? i can comment again!

i am SO SO SO glad she is back home safe and sound.

Anonymous said...

...that's fucking awesome!

Malifacent said...

That is so awesome. I can't imagine much news, outside of a BFP, competing with that one. Very happy you have her back at home.