Saaaaaturday!

Went to Hillcrest this morning and did statements. I picked up a cat carrier while I was there because mine is at mom & dad's house for some reason.

Left Hillcrest and went to Petsmart to get a couple cans of smelly cat food and a dual food/water dish, then headed up to Robby's work.

The past few days they've had a kitten running around the front lot area. Now, a refresher for those who aren't familiar. Robby works downtown. Across from the Ford Center...at the corner of Robinson & Reno. Can we say...BUSY BUSY area?! Not to mention there have been several events going on this week and going on into next week. Our biggest concern was the kitten going into traffic and getting run over. Goal number one was to not let that happen.

Robby had mentioned that kitten looked to be around 2 months old. When I pulled up and started getting the food ready, I heard it meowing. So I wandered around until I found it sitting on the curb a few cars down from me. As soon as it saw me, it darted away. But, I saw it long enough to see that it was younger than 2 months.

Larry, one of the salesmen up there (who also has an awesome book coming out next month...can't wait to read it) grabbed all of the keys for the cars the cat has typically been under and helped me open the hoods on all of them and look underneath. We were honking horns, shaking the cars, etc to see if it ran underneath them.

No luck there -- so I sat the food out where I had initially seen the cat, put the crate in another spot, and then went and hid out in the showroom for awhile -- sitting in a spot where I could see the places the kitty had typically been going. Fast forward a couple hours...people were starting to leave the event at the Ford Center so I decided to go out and sit on the curb. I had a feeling the cat wasn't up at the new cars, but rather out by some customer cars around where I had the food. So I sat down on a curb just across the parking lot and waited.

Forty-five minutes later I hear it meowing so I start walking around trying to figure out where it's coming from. I ran into Larry, who was coming back from lunch, and talked to him about his book. I happened to glance just over the banner promoting it and saw the kitten eating out of the bowl. Larry stayed behind the banner and I walked around to the other side.

It took about 15 minutes of each of us inching up slowly, stopping and letting the kitten come out and eat some more, then getting closer. I was finally able to grab it and after a little bit of a wrestle, I had it secure in my hands. Popped the little one in the crate and off we went.

It is in the front bedroom right now hiding behind the big stuffed bears -- but there's a litter box, plenty of fresh food and clean water, and some warm, soft bedding for it. I've been sneaking in there every now and then to check on it.

That's all for now -- I'll try to put a couple pics of it up later once it doesn't immediately run off when it sees me.