I haven't been happy these last 2 days. We had fun Saturday because we had company. We stayed up late. I wasn't sure what was going on, but Mom got the big black suitcase out after the big man went to bed. I went outside, because cool cats roam at night.

It was still night time, about in the middle of night time when I heard the garage door open and Mom came out with the big black suitcase. This was not right! Mom doesn't leave in the middle of the night time with her suitcase. I ran into the garage and waited for her to come back out.
I demanded an explanation. Where did she think she was going? The big man must have still been asleep, after all it was the middle of the night time. If he was awake, he would help her with her suitcase. So I knew he didn't know she was leaving with the suitcase.

Well, she came out, petted me a little and said she'd be back in a couple of days. She said that her airplane was leaving very, very early and she had hurry to the airport. I felt better, because I didn't want her sneaking off and not coming back. If she is going to ride a plane, that means she's coming back, she always does.

It wasn't long after Mom left that the big man got up. I went inside because I wanted to know more about where Mom was going. He called her on the phone. I like to listen when he talks to her on the phone because I learn a bunch of stuff. Here's what I learned: she should have gone to the airplane yesterday, but she wanted to be home to cook dinner for the people kids. So she decided to go to the airplane very, very early on Sunday morning instead. She went to a place called Virginia, where there are mountains. She stayed at a place way in the mountains and had to drive on a curvy road to get there.

I was bored while Mom was gone. Last night I was watching basketball with the big man. I don't really like basketball, but I was bored. He called Mom. She was not happy. She was trying to come home and was stuck in a place called Atlanta. She said she got off one airplane and walked a very, very long way to get to the airplane to bring her home. When she got there, they told her they changed their minds and sent her back a long way the way she came to get on a different airplane to bring her home. She told the big man she was running the Atlanta 10K in heels pulling a briefcase. I don't know what all that means, but I pretended like I did, because I don't want to look stupid. Because I'm a cool cat.