NOT the best part of waking up

The saga of the cats continues. I’ve been checking on my parents’ cat (which here I will term Lucifer) every couple of hours to make sure she hasn’t suffocated in her chose living quarters of my coat closet. She can get in and out (the door doesn’t even latch if I wanted it to, so no danger of that), but every time I try to pick her up or even get within 10 feet of her she hisses, growls and makes other alarming cat noises. I almost lost a limb trying to retrieve my vacuum cleaner from the closet.

Last night I woke up at about 3 am to the feeling someone was watching me. When I looked down the bed there was one set of cat eyes near my feet (my cat, who I’ll term Patches). Then, in a frightening realization, aglow in the light of the neighbor’s patio lighting, I could see another set of eyes shimmering near the door. Yup, Lucifer had emerged.

I congratulated Lucifer on her appearance and rolled over to go back to sleep. However, Lucifer had different plans. About 20 minutes later I was jolted awake by a heavy thud, and a terrifying hissing noise about 5 inches from my head. Apparently Lucifer wanted to sleep on my bed, but she wanted me out of it first. She came at me, paws out, and I grabbed the nearest weapon. It was unfortunately Scottsie, my beloved black Scottie dog stuffed animal which I’ve owned since about second grade and never before even considered sacrificing. However, this was a matter of survival. I covered my exposed forehead with one hand and lunged Scottsie forth with the other.

Lucifer put up a good fight, but Scottsie emerged the victor and beat Lucifer back down off the bed. Patches watched this whole incident from her vantage point somewhere near my feet. Lucifer managed to strike a fear into both of our hearts, so as soon as Lucifer had been beaten back Patches and I huddled the rest of the night for both our safety.

When I got up this morning Lucifer had returned to her closet home and greeted me with a good morning hiss. 7 days and counting until she returns to her home lair.