Ack!

Olessia calls me from upstairs – the cats got outside!

I come up and here, the sliding door is half open and both cats are milling around outside. Now its past 8pm and its dark already. We both go outside. Murzik doesn’t know what to do and is happily waltzing around outside. She’s sniffing the air and the grass. Powder, he’s busy sniffing too, but he sees me walking his way and he knows I’m out to end his fun. He bolts off towards the back of the yard. I tried to get him between me and the house. My fear was he’d jump the short fence we have or find a rabbit hole under the fence. He ended up bolting for the house and I freaked because we leave our side gate open. I called out to Olessia to watch for Powder because he was coming her way and to close the gate (Olessia almost had scooped up Murzik). She ran for the gate and he saw that and stopped before the house. Now he was a little confused as to what was going on. He ended up cautiously walking to the middle of the yard and I followed. On my way to Powder, I was able to scoop up Murzik. I wasn’t too worried about her. Murzik isn’t as street smart as Powder is. When I scooped up Murzik, Powder saw that and he was freaked out. His tail was poofed up and his back was arched with all his back hair sticking up. I was able to scoop him up as well and return the two to the house. I have no idea how the patio door got opened. I may have left it open because I was grilling. Or maybe I had left it a crack open and they managed to get it opened further, but for some reason I doubt that. the doors aren’t easy to open. Hmm… Well, they’re safe and back in the house.