Consternation

What a mess!

Donna drove home yesterday afternoon after collecting Matt from school. As she turned into our street she noticed a cat lying on the side of the road. It had obviously been run over. She then realised that it was one of our cats; mainly because he had some pretty unusual colours and markings.

She picked up the cat and drove the short distance home. Copious amounts of tears were shed her, Matt and her mom. They all headed back to the vet where they made arrangements for the cat to be buried.

You can imagine that everyone was most upset. To make matters worse, they headed from the vet to the airport in order to drop granny off for her trip home to Johannesburg; always a traumatic event. On the way home, Donna picked up Luke from school and broke the sad news to him. He was devastated!

They all arrived home, dumped their stuff, and noticed our cat sitting on the table on our back stoep. Very much alive!

What??????

Through puffy red eyes and tears of joy, the family proceeded to overwhelm the cat with attention. He was not unhappy in the least with his good fortune.

Unfortunately it would seem that one of our neighbours has lost their cat. Knowing the grief my family experienced, I can only but feel sorry for them.

Another incredibly strange day in the life of my family...