Mornings, Mayhem, and Meows – Just Another Day in Paradise

There’s something about mornings in my house that could make a yoga instructor lose their breath. You’d think waking up to birdsong and furry faces would be bliss. And it is. Mostly. Except when the bliss decides to host a live-action wildlife drama on a weekend morning — and the support staff is… well, on mute.

So here I was, hair half-tied, cup of tea turning into iced brew, already mentally choreographing my day (read: juggling fireballs while smiling serenely). Enter Scene One: two kittens — approximately the size of my husband’s wallet but with drama skills equivalent to a full-blown K-drama cast — huddled like squished marshmallows on my boundary wall. My Turkey Lawn boundary wall, mind you, and that is sacred ground for my feathered chaos brigade.

Naturally, I did what any sensible, grown woman would do in a moment of feline frenzy. I called Fathima – my on-call animal crisis consultant (and a cool consultant friend). After a quick assessment over a video call, the verdict was clear: feral. Not our kittens. Not our drama. But apparently still our problem.

Enter: my husband — brave, calm, composed, and as he likes to believe, strategically efficient. “Let’s handle this logically,” he said. Pause for effect. Ten minutes later, he had perched himself like a dignified eagle (a slightly confused one) on what he declared was the “advantage point.” His job: keep track of the kittens’ movements.

Result? Zero. Nada. Absolutely no kitten-tracking success. To be fair, he’s fantastic at tracking fugitives, handling law and order, and managing crime scenes. But animals? Not so much. Especially not sneaky, wriggly kittens who specialize in vanishing acts. They hoodwinked him as easily as Loki does — our darling Beagle, who has masterfully wrapped his Dada human around his tiny, furry paw with years of adorable manipulation.

Back to the drama: one kitten took the metaphorical high road — literally — scaling a tree and parking herself like a timid trapeze artist on a questionable branch. The other chose chaos: darting behind the turkey shed and initiating a high-stakes version of Catch Me If You Can with four adults, including the self-appointed ‘Eagle Eye’ (ahem, my husband), and zero success.

Meanwhile, my turkeys were not okay with this unscripted show in their theatre. They clucked, clacked, complained, and practically filed a grievance that they weren’t allowed in on the action. Inside, Loki the Beagle howled like he’d been robbed of his starring role in Mission: Kitten Rescue. Not to be outdone, the Chinese Guinea fowls screeched like background violinists unsure of their cue. Noise? Oh, you mean symphony.

Somewhere between “Move away!”, “Don’t scare it!”, and “That’s the mom cat! Oh my god, where’s the other one?” — we found ourselves part of an epic drama where the animals acted, and the humans flailed.

Eventually, the kitten-under-the-car was meowing like a broken toy, the tree-perched sibling decided enough was enough, and in a move worthy of sibling solidarity, descended and coaxed the terrified one into action. They both darted down the driveway to their waiting mother, who (frankly) deserves a bravery medal for raising those two.

And then, just like that… they were gone. Over the boundary wall. Vanished into the universe that dropped them into mine for exactly 28 minutes of mayhem.

My tea was cold. My turkeys were indignant. Loki was sulking. My husband looked like he needed a medal for effort. My staff? Still pretending to be invisible.

But me? I smiled. Because even in the uninvited chaos, there’s always some bizarre joy in knowing that your morning was anything but ordinary. Just the usual paw-sitive pandemonium at my place — complete with law enforcement backup and zero arrests.

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