Time Marches By

It was a different kind of day last Saturday. First of all, none of my humans came in to see me (or to work!). I missed being let out of my suite to run around the library. Then, about half way thru the day, there was a lot of noise outside. Pounding and tooting and a lot of humans yelling and having a good time. I could see some of the excitement from my spot on top of the file cabinet. At one time it looked like a flock of extra-large birds strutting down the street! The humans kept cheering and yelling. At the end there was a bunch of big trucks-some red, some yellow-green-that made a lot of noise. I was ready for a nap by then!! Later, after it had gotten dark outside, there was more noise! This time booms and pops. It sounded terrible!! I was glad to be safe in my 2-room suite. I don't understand what made the humans so happy. They made noise outside for a long time after the booms stopped. And, after awhile, there were colored lights outside, too! I'm glad that night is over and things are back to normal. Ah, normal, that means it's time for a nap!

Things Are Back To Normal, Again.

Something was not normal last week. The Man did not come to let me out on Friday. I had to wait about 2 hours until one of the female humans came to work. She let me out right away but it wasn't the same as when the Man's here. I get to help him clean the library, and I really like to watch him when he's playing with the windows from the other side. He didn't come to let me out the next day either, but more of the human females did. I was only alone for 1 day this week, and the radio was on all the time. When the music stopped, there was a lot of cheering and the human talking got very worked up about something. Kept talking about downs and yardages. He made it sound very exciting but I didn't understand much so I didn't let it interfer with my nap. Then the Man was back this morning and everything is normal again. My humans tell me I have a MySpace account, now. Don't know for sure what is but the other humans they tell seem to like the idea. Oh, this has been to much for me. Time for a nap!

The Kindness of Patrons

Last week the library received a check from a parton to be used exclusively for me! How nice!! Now what do I want?? Maybe some fresh shrimp, a little fresh turkey, a big soft armchair, a window with a ledge wide enough so I can lay there and see outside whenever I want (not just when the library is open!), a drinking fountain where I can play in the running water (and not have to wait for some human to turn it on for me), some one to screen my calls so I won't have to go 'meet & greet' when I'd rather sleep, mmm, maybe that's enought thinking for now. Time to sleep.