Twenty minutes ago, I could NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE! I marched over to Ches' house, two doors away and asked if his dog was gonna bark ALL night like it barked ALL DAY. Told Ches I cannot handle it anymore... over two years of the yap from as early as 6:30AM til well after I was trying to sleep at night.

Ches went NUTS! He started screaming at me! He said his dog was on his property and could bark as much as he wanted to bark. I said, "Ches, buddy, it's against not only common manners and decency, it's against the law. You have to listen to reason." He brought the dog in and slammed the door... AFTER he said, "You are young and you don't have a dog to love you."

As I was walking away, I started to tear up. For Ches, and his ailing wife, somewhat... but more for the dog because it's not the dog's fault that Ches and his wife treat it so poorly.

That is when it happened. As soon as Ches shut the door and I turned to go home...

My foot hit sommat. I looked down and an absolutely beautiful male calico kitten of about 8 weeks old was "after" me. It walked with me and threaded between my feet and ran in front of me and rolled on the ground and "wanted me". It followed me in the same manner to my door. It mewed profusely. I had stopped several times and tried to shoo it away... even growling and hissing at it... it paid no attention... it just kept after me. A message?

As I type this, it is in my yard mewing. My heart is aching. I can only think I am being punished for upsetting elderly Ches and his wife.

Then again, that fucking dog isn't yapping now like it was for the past two hours. And, the cat will be better off without me. Dunno about me. >;-)

Strange.