The prodigal kitty

I mentioned that we went to Atlanta last weekend for a quick family visit. In doing so, Lauren left her "kitty" at the hotel. Although she assured us that she had placed kitty in her suitcase, we arrived home, and there was no kitty to be found. As early as Sunday night, we contacted the hotel to attempt to locate this favorite sleep object. Friday morning -- five days and seven telephone calls later -- the hotel confirmed that they had located kitty on the third floor, on a cart, and that they would have it shipped to us.



As an aside, we recently learned the word "excluded" by reading one of their many "Fancy Nancy" books. They know that excluded means "left out," and Lauren has been saying all week that kitty has been excluded.

Also, I made so many calls regarding kitty that Lauren started assuming every call made/received concerned kitty, and she would demand a status update after each call our home made or received. She also began calling kitty on her toy phones, presumably to try to get to the bottom of this entire issue.

But so we explained that kitty had finally been located by housekeeping (God love them for keeping up the search), and that she would be returned via mail. That initiated another issue altogether. "Today? Will I get her today?" Lauren asked.

"Well, no, I just spoke with them, and they are sending kitty out for shipping..."

"Tomorrow? I will get her tomorrow?"

"Nooo... tomorrow is Saturday. They probably won't ship kitty for Saturday delivery..."

"Next day?"

"The next day is Sunday. There aren't deliveries on Sundays."

"..." (Total disbelief.)

"Kitty probably won't be here until the end of next week, but she's definitely on the way."

But then something wonderful happened. Kitty arrived on MONDAY!



YAYYYY!





Immediately after the below pic, Lauren asked, "What's that smell?" So we spiffed Kitty up with some Febreze, and she is good as new.



Poor kitty was returned with the below note affixed to her. She is very happy to be back in Lauren's custody and care after having been on a wild ride at the Hilton.