the cat....

ok, so the cat was playing with my mind this morning.......i awoke the first time when my spouse got up to run 18 miles at 5:45 am.....and promptly went back to sleep...but the first awakening is important to the story...because not long afterwards i woke up again.....this time to the distant mewing of a cat.....and the sound seemed to go away....and then it became louder...and it occurred to me that the cat may have followed my spouse out the door, thinking she could get right back in when she discovered that it was very cold.....and i though i was quite cozy under the flannel layers and down topper...and then i started envision the poor pitable feline, all alone int he dark and the cold..so weak with the chill that she could barely cry out....i decided on the third round of faint meows that i would get up and let that cat inside so that i could get on back to sleep.....and she was not outside.....no...she was sitting in front of her full food dish crying for someone to watch her eat......and as soon as i showed up at her side, she started in eating......and i turned around and went back to bed......no idea what she did after i left......