Monday, September 24, 2007

babysitting....or, petsitting

Alright, alright, everyone has been asking for a new post so here you go. Now Catie, this is mostly about your rat and the beginning may sound bad, but everything turns out fine, so don't worry. =)

Thursday evening, I got a call from my friend, and neighbor, asking if i would be able to watch their pets for the weekend while their family went camping. Of course i was happy to oblige, but then, i got a tiny piece of news that didn't excite me quite as much. I was also to be taking care of lucy, Caties rat. Now I have an incredible dislike for all rodents and reptiles and this one was no different. I was having my doubts as i was walking down to the Rowlands, but when they pulled the critter out of the cage, i saw that it was quite harmless, and maybe, just maybe a tiny bit cute. So the next day...well, acually it was probably night by then, when i had to go down to feed the pets I took one of guests from dinner. Cassie, our high school pastors wife. When we got down to the house i walked into the living room where i had been told by Catie herself that the cage would be there. I was stopped in my tracks by a most destressing sight. The rat was not there, neither was its cage. Oh great. I thought, where in the world is lucy? "Umm, I can't find the rat Cassie." I told Cassie as i walked back to the front door. Now i wasn't worried at all because i knew that the rat couldn't have just vanished WITH it's cage. But Cassie did not share my confidence. She began to look nervously around on the floor which i thought was funny, but she obviously did not. "This is not cool Kayla" she told me. Thus began a VERY thorough search throughout the house, including the garage, with the exception of the parents room, for the missing pet. But she was no where to be found. By now i was getting frustrated, finally i picked up the phone and called my mom asking if she had any idea where it would be. She said she didn't but she sent down my dad and OJ to help us look. After a while i told them that they could leave, i would stay behind and look for the rat. Well, i finally found it after they had left. She was in Caties room, where i had already looked about 1000 times, sitting on a shelf. I was greatly releaved and after that had no further problems.

Princess Pink

22 comments:

Imperator said...

Hmm. Now that must have been one intresting expieriance, glad you found it

Drama Queen said...

LOL, i didnt know that that happened! I told you kayla that she would be in my room, obviously u wern't listining. My mom is moritfyed that everyone went through our house, and it was a mess.

Thrawn said...

Ha ha. Glad you found the rat. If a pet dissapeared when I was petsitting it, I probably would have freaked out. That's why I don't do pet sitting. :D

atalie said...

yeah i had 2 scoop ink's litter at the mcallister's this weekend, and take care of their other pets. i am also babysitting brandy, which is a lot of fun.

Debater said...

fun

If that rat dissapeared when i was petsitting it, it would probably be my snakes fault...

pink princess said...

oh my, wudn't that be tragic.
eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!!!! i hate snakes!!!!
anyways catie, you can tell your mom that only my dad and i went upstairs. everyone else just stayed by the door. and you did NOT tell me that it wud be in your room. you spicifically told me that she would be downstairs!

Drama Queen said...

Kayla, as i was showing you where her stuff was, i told you that she would be in my room. You wernt listing. BTW, emma just loves Lucy.

Stephanie said...

That is a funny story and I was glad there was a new post :):) Yea!!!!!! Hope you are doing good :)

Stephanie said...

Ok - time for a new post :) How are you doing?

Imperator said...

I don't know who 'sj' is but a week after you post somthing is NOT time for a new post. Next weekend, that would be nice time.

Imperator said...

No offense 'sj', but one needs a week or two to think of something to post. Sorry for getting on this subject so much, I just had a debate about it with a family member, so I am very opinionated on this.

pink princess said...

umm imperator.....sj is a pastors wife...so....you mite want to consider being a teensy bit less opinianated.
anyhoo...i'm doing fine sj. oh! i heard that you had your baby! how are you doing???

Imperator said...

Sorry Sj. No offense, I don't know who all the RVC\Santa rosa bible church people.

Drama Queen said...

ok, NOW you need a new post.

Imperator said...

agreed...

pink princess said...

i never know what to post about though. oh and imperator, how come u never post about empire news anymore? tat was always my fav

Imperator said...

I don't know. I have been very busy with school, debate and whatever internet time I do have I spend typing my book which is coming out in a few days (AUGH! I'm not ready!) so, it makes it pretty hard.

Imperator said...

Oh, my First American Empire blog will have a LOT more posts upcoming.

Stephanie said...

Imperator - first - I am Stephanie Writebol - the college and career pastor's wife at SRBC - second I was simply implying to Kayla that I like to read her posts and would enjoy a new one and third - opinions like the ones you have might be best for your blog and not others - - - - just a thought - but good job practicing your debate skills on someone like me - - -

Imperator said...

Sorry...I like your church, it's very big, but i like it.

Imperator said...

I will keep that thought in mind. As I have stated, the only reason I got opinionated is because I just finnished debating with my brother on the amount of time for a new post. Secondly, I thought you were 13-15 years old until Kayla mentioned you just had a kid. So, no disrespect to you, sorry.

Stephanie said...

Not a problem - I just like keeping up with Kayla's blog :)