Have you experienced the Cat Olympics?

Last night.  High Jump.  Vault.  100 Metre Dash.  One of my favourites was the synchronized diving.  Watching cats accomplish such a feat – takes your breath away.  Literally.  It literally takes your breath away.  When cats land on you,  from a great height, in the middle of the night – the wind is knocked out of you.  Each of us with 15 lb cats on our diaphragms – couldn’t even yell out in surprise – there was no air within us to yell.  The subsequent hurdles at 2:00 a.m. were spectacular.

I’m thinking it’s the cooler fall temperatures. All three of them seem to have lost their minds.  The relay races  in the upstairs hallway alone have turned our house into the CN Freight Line.  Lola has been in training for track.  She is in compulsive fetching mode.  This week her toy of choice  is a makeup sponge Rissa has been using for face painting.  There were a bunch of them drying on the counter beside the sink.   Lola found them on the counter and began bringing them to me.  I hid them in a container on the counter, but she found that too.  Then I hid them in a bag on the kitchen table, which she also found.  At that point I figured she was just watching me hide them so I tossed her one.  She’s been it ever since.  At what point can we begin to make money off this talent?

Lola, mid-fetch