Later on this afternoon after rescuing my plant while posing as the volunteer Plant EMS, I went on and began dinner preparation so that I could return to Blogger. A while later, Madison walked in the living room growling. Not paying any attention or getting alarmed, I muttered What's the matter? and proceeded to turn around. Now, if you are skeemish, you may want to stop reading; although it's not that bad . . . What I turned around to was a plump red tabby sitting in front of the TV with a pair of legs, (yes I mean the limbs, body parts, whatever, that your feet are attached to) protruding out his mouth. All I could think was No. . . no. . . no . . . not in my clean apartment.
Just a few minutes prior to this incident, I had stepped back onto my porch to finish decorating for Halloween/Fall and saw a small, green lizard. Breathing a sigh of relief I thought, Good ,you managed to escape from inside. However, deep down, I knew that the lizard I encountered on the porch was probably a relative, neighbor, acquaintance, etc... of the dear little lizard trapped in my apartment.
Back to the lizard travelling by way of Madison's mouth. Maintaining my composure, (now remember, I tolerate lizards and understand their role here on earth. BUT . . . they are not my choice of roommate). I attempted to pick Madison up and put him in the bathroom to enjoy his tasty treat thinking if body parts, entails, etc were to be involved, at least the tile floor would be easy to clean up. Now as much as I love my cat, it is rare for him to concur with what I desire. Did he readily agree to proceed to the BR, . . . . are you kidding?? While he didn't object, he wasn't quite ready to comply either; although he did eventually proceed to the laundry room at his own convenience, of course, which leads to the BR; so I couldn't say much. Remember dinner had been cooking, so at this point the timer on my oven began beeping. What to do , what to do? Knowing that I could swiftly swing Madison into the BR and quickly close the door, so that the lizard nor Madison could start running around the kitchen and living room with goodness knows what, I sprang into action. Well, Madison cooperated; although he really didn't have much of a choice at this stage of the game, however, the lizard had its own plan of escape. Meanwhile ... Kaby decided to take matters in his own hands, or shall I say paws and sprang forth to retrieve the lizard. You would have thought we were at a PC, Clemson, Carolina, (insert your choice of team) football game. Things were getting just that intense!! Hoping that I would not burn dinner and that I could actually eat and enjoy before Bible Study, I shoved Madison into the BR only to notice what appeared to be a dead lizard on the floor. So I lunged forward to commence funeral/removal procedures courtesy of a plastic Target bag. Don't laugh, it was the best I could do on short notice. Well, Mr. Lazurus AKA Lizard decided to return to the land of the living. I was successful in getting the bag over him, but when I gathered it up, Mr. Lazurus Lizard narrowly escaped between the wall and washer. Kaby quickly lost interest, I decided to go on and eat dinner, and Madison was released from the BR, only to keep vigil at the washer in the event that Lazurus Lizard would return to visit. So there Mad sat faithfully, I might add, keeping vigil for his beloved treat and maybe meowing prayers from the 1928 Prayer Book. A few minutes later, I walked into the laundry room only to find Kaby now keeping post. Apparently, Madison either grew tired of waiting, became bored, had to make a phone call, or just decided that his term of vigil was up, who knows? I went on with my plans for the evening. Since I have returned from Bible Study, I have not seen any evidence of the lizard nor has either cat kept their vigil; so who knows where 'ole Lazurus is. Perhaps he remains safely tucked behind the washer doing his own laundry, operating a dry cleaning business strictly for lizards or other small reptiles, or devising another escape strategy. I will say this.. . . Whatever the case, I WILL NOT be sharing my bed with a lizard or with a cat who has a lizard travelling by way of mouth.
Here is a picture of Madison keeping vigil. I took one of Kaby, but don't think it saved on my camera because of weak batteries.
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