The Adventures of Isabella the Cat

Here are Jenni and Rod at the airport as they prepare to head for Guatemala! They are going on a Medical Mission trip with the Prestoncrest Church of Christ. Jenni is translating, and Rod is translating pharmacy prescriptions to the folks. At least that is what I understood! They are going to be gone a week. So....we get the cat!

Meet Isabella! Jenni and Rod found her running scared in the church parking lot a while back, and adopted her. She really is very pretty. However, we have 2 huge dogs, and she does not like them! She spends her time in the guest bathroom. Her food, litter box, and bed are all in there.

Mike wondered why we were deemed trustworthy. It must be because Rod doesn't know about the first time we met Jenni's puppy Belle (who now has become ours). She got Belle at A&M, and brought her home for spring break (I think). She left Belle in our care and went out with her friends. Silly Jenni! Belle absolutely loved Sadie from the first, but Sadie did not appreciate the little puppy yapping at her. She snapped at Belle, and Belle caught her own tooth in her lip, and we couldn't get it out. So, that meant a trip to the emergency vet -- never cheap! But the vet couldn't get it out either, so she had to be sedated! And we had to tell Jenni!

Right after he said that, I went to get Isabella. I had left her door open while I filled up her water bowl and her food bowl. Mike had cleaned the litter and shut the door. When I went in, no Isabella!

We looked everywhere and looked everywhere again. Finally, I decided to pull out the trundle. We had not looked there, since it only has about 2 inches of headroom. Well, there she was, perched on the trundle bed. She then ran backwards to the floor behind the trundle, now that there was space. We ended up pulling the trundle bed completely out, with Mike squeezing under the bed ( and I do mean squeezing! I should have taken a picture) to reach her. Good times! We were saved!

Isabella still doesn't like the dogs, but she does venture from the couch back to the trundle. At least now we know the secret! Looking forward to an interesting week getting to know Isabella!

"For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock."
Psalm 27:5

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