“Thank you for my coffee.”
“You’re welcome,” he sang. “Ooh, Daddy, there. They have good kids’ meals.”
Question was, did they do kids’ meals for breakfast, but I’ll leave that to the cashier to answer. “Good morning, we’ll have a number three and a chicken tender kids’ meal.” No reaction to a non-breakfast order, so we were good to go.
“Thank you, Daddy.” That boy was so wound up he couldn’t sit still,wiggling his hips and singing between bites.
“You’re welcome.”
Hopefully that’ll keep him busy while I finish waking up.
Now that we’ve done the drive as many times as we have, I no longer had to endure theare we there yetquestion.
On repeat.
He could gauge that for himself now.
As much as I wanted to drop the boxes off at the cabin site first, I knew better. There’d be hell to pay if I didn’t get my boy to his kitties ASAP. I believed he was truly ready for them, but themore research I did, the more I came to realize that one is never truly ready for a new feline. They were unpredictable on a good day, and I had no clue what lay ahead for us.
We pulled up in front of Judy’s place and she came right out. “Morning Chuck and Tae.”
“Judy, I get my kitties today. I’m so excited!”
“I can tell,” she smiled warmly.
“Look at the nice carrier I got for them.” Tae opened the back door and Judy whistled.
“That’s pretty fancy.”
Each time I dropped Tae off, we brought supplies , and this time was no different. “We’ve got a case of litter and a couple large bags of food for you. Put them on the porch like the others?”
“That would be fabulous, Chuck. Thank you both, you’ve been a huge help with the rescue. You’re gonna be missed, Tae.”
“I’ll still come and help every time we’re in town, if that’s okay?”
“I’d love to have you. You wear the kittens out which makes the afternoons a bit calmer after they fall asleep. Tae, you’re the perfect owner for three kittens, I can say that with all the certainty in the world.”
Tae giggled. “I’m so excited. I bought two of everything, so they will have all their favorites at both our houses, and the cutest tiny collars.” He pulled them from his pocket, surprise I hadn’t even seen these. “Little cookies for Oreo, starbursts for Twinkle, and I actually found a Simba one for Simba.”
“Now those are adorable. You are such a sweet boy,” Judy was just as sweet as could be and my boy adored her.
“Thanks, Judy. I have a smaller carrier to use to bring them out in. Let me grab it.”
I swear, my boy thought of everything.
“Dr. Drew came by and checked them out. Said to make sure and schedule their neuters around the four- or five-month age range. He gave them their first shots and left the records for you, so make sure to take these with you for each vet visit. Then they can mark what they did on them and you’ll have accurate records.”
So far, this town has impressed me.
I gave the house cat Tabby, short for Tabitha, who was indeed a Tabby, a scritch between the years. We’ve bonded over these last few weeks, I think.
“I got the food and treats you recommended and read everything you sent to me.” My proud little peacock was as prepared as any new pet owner could be.
Judy threw her head back and laughed. “Tae, you are a breath of fresh air. Come on, let’s get your boys rounded up.”
“Hello, hello,” Tulip greeted us.
“Hello, Tulip,” Tae brushed a finger over her feathers. “Such a pretty bird.”
