Mom pulled a trick on me.

When Mom is out of town, me and the big man just hang loose. We don't just clean stuff up right away like Mom does when she's here. Sometimes me and the big man have things to do and well, the house gets a little messy and the chores get behind.

The big man always tells Mom to call him when she leaves the airport in her car to drive home. That's because me and the big man have to get all the chores done and the messes cleaned up before she gets home. Sometimes we have to work really fast to get it all done.

Mom always comes home at night - sometimes in the middle of the night. She was in the place with the nice airport called Charlotte and she was supposed to come home tonight after dark. We knew this. The big man had the day off today so he worked a little bit this morning getting his chores done. Mom decided last night that she was ready to come home this morning and didn't tell me. I think she told the big man, who usually CANNOT keep a secret but this time he did.

I was supposed to have the laundry folded up and put away. The big man washed all the clothes and put them on the couch for me to fold. I knew I had all day and I was planning to do it. I started it, but I got tired and decided to take a nap for a minute and then clean it up. Well guess what happened? I was sleeping on the laundry I was supposed to be folding and in walks Mom!

She saw me being lazy! She thinks I'm lazy! I'm not lazy! I always do my chores!

The big man could have told me. He knew. I think he just wants me to get in trouble because Mom likes me better. But that's OK, I'll get him back. I can think of lots of ways to get the big man in trouble. I'm smart. And I'm a cool cat.