There has been some REALLY cold weather lately, not to mention there's been that white powdery stuff all over the ground for a while that makes my paws feel frozen. Oh, and the deck? Covered with this clear, slick coating that made it really hard to walk on. The worst was the cold. Staff person left the water dripping in the sinks (no complaints there - made it much easier to get a drink of fresh water!), and left the door to the back room open so "the pipes to the washing machine won't freeze". It seemed like the hot air was always blowing, but I never could get my feet to warm up unless I crawled up on the sofa on that heated blankie. Boy, was THAT nice! I got nice and toasty up there, but Staff person kept moving me so she could get under it. Not a big problem though, I just jumped up in her lap and slept there. I spent a lot of time on her bed too - the sun, when it finally came out - made my spot on the bed pretty warm and I confess, I did a little napping there too. My new majestic tower that lets me loom over the 'peasants' is also a good place to nap. It gets the hot air from the ceiling thing and is another toasty place.
I kept whining to go out and staff person would just laugh and open the door. As soon as I stuck my nose out and felt how cold it was I had to rethink whether I wanted to go out and get my feet all cold again. Plus there were several days staff person would get up, get dressed and head out, but then come back about 5 minutes later saying something about the roads being a skating rink. Some days she kept dialing on that black ringy thing until finally she would tell the guy in the front room, "They closed the office."
It's starting to warm up a bit and I'm finally getting to go out in the backyard. It's nice when the sun shines. There's still white stuff over next to the fence, but I mainly stay in the middle of the yard where it's nice and warm. I haven't seen any bugs or anything so have to pretend they're there and go chase them. There's those feathered things, but I think they're wise to me....can't get very close to them, and none are flying into that bush anymore either.
Okay, I've been awake for an hour or so and I think it's time for another nap. Maybe when I wake up all the white stuff will be gone and it will have warmed up to a reasonable temp. Keep your paws crossed!
