The rest of kitty sitting

ChiChi appeared on day 3! I was sitting in one of the kitchens and she ran thru. At that point I was pretty sure she had been eating when I went to sleep but, still to this day I have yet to see her eat.

The bonus of this cat gig was the backyard with a huge grill. I spend most nights grilling every kind of meat I could locate. Steaks, steamers, chicken, hotdogs. The huge garden made it easy to make a plethora of marinades. Although I have been cooking as a profession for quite a few years now, I have to admit lighting a propane grill turned out to be somewhat of a challenge. First off, the rain cover apparently had velcro strips that blended in so well with the cover that it took me a hot minute to figure out. After I finally got that off, I had to figure out how to light it. I kept turning the knob to ignite but it turns out you have to turn on the propane first. "What ever happened to charcoal"?

On Sunday night, Muffin Top Panda (code name for my co- worker) came over for a slumber party. It was fun to grill and have some wine on the back patio. We played some lame board game that MTP picked out and watched some TV. All uneventful night? Wrong. I had brought over a air mattress For MTP to sleep on, since the other bedroom was in the basement where it was kinda cold and a bit scary. When I attempted to blow up the air mattress, it turned out the pump was broken. Sad panda. This meant that after discussing earlier how scary it would be to sleep in the basement, now MTP would have to sleep there. The next morning, MTP announced that she couldn't sleep and that a fan had fallen over and left poor MPT frightened.

Monday, my day off I had planned to stay in the kitchen to see if Chichi would appear for her breakfast. I was determined to watch her eat like the note had requested. I woke up put out the food and decided to check the media room for chichi. I looked under the couches and coffee table next to the game shelf and behind the TV. Oooooo, Kri loves TV. I could just hear the TV begging me to turn it on for Five Minutes. So of course I did. 4 hours later, I went upstairs to find the food gone and no cats in sight. Even Biggie was MIA.

By thursday, I was ready for cat sitting to be over. Big Papa only came out of hiding during meal times and sleeping on a super firm matress had made the extra half hour commute somewhat unbearable. Since I had not really gone out in many, days I went with my roomates to Kareoke. After a beer or two, I felt much better about the firm mattress and only 1 more night of kitty city.

So I am basically finished with this job. After I get up and feed biggie and chichi I will have finished my first random job. I have to say cat-sitting was not all bad and if I was given the opportunity again I would probably take it. The money is decent and if you get bored, you can always call a friend or co-worker to slumber party! $260.00 in hand. Kri out!