I'm not a happy camper, because I'm not a camper AT ALL!

Last night Mom and the big man worked really hard to get all our camping stuff loaded. I felt sorry for Mom. She hasn't been walking straight lately and she says "Ouch" every time she walks. She went to the doctor yesterday and she has something wrong with her legs and has to take medicine for it. The doctor told her it was because she was doing too much running away in the white shoes with laces. So she has to take medicine and not run away or ride the bicylce for a little while. She is a mad Mom about that.

She was limping and saying "ouch" a lot, but she worked very hard to get our camping stuff loaded. The big man had to work late yesterday, and he was very tired when he came home, but he had to work too. I was helping them, chasing and catching the bungee cords and ropes. I jumped in the trailer and hide in the boxes of stuff. It was great fun.

I was so excited about our camping trip that I slept in the trailer last night, just to make sure no one bothered it. This morning I had coffee with the neighbors on their porch. I came home to help Mom hang out clothes on the ropes in the back yard. We came in to fold a load of laundry and we were talking. She told me I was not going camping with them.

I was very sad as I want to go camping too. She said they are camping in the woods by the lake. A cat can get lost in the woods, or ate up by wild beast. She said she was afraid for me to go. I told her I would be careful and stay in the tents, but she said no. Then she said that I wouldn't have to stay home by myself, she got me a house-sitter.

The house-sitter is a people kid named Anthony who calls Mom "Aunt Mom." Anthony's dad is Mom's people brother. Anthony is going to come over here and stay and take care of me while Mom and the big man are gone. I like Anthony! He comes over sometimes and he pets me and plays with me. He likes to play Mom's piano and I like to lay on the couch and listen. It's just gonna be me and Anthony for a few days.

We are going to be two cool dudes just hanging out. Yeah, I'm sad about being left out of the camping trip, but I'm OK with hanging out with Anthony. We are going to be cool dudes because he is cool and well, I'm a cool cat.