Breakfast Saturday 31 January 2026

[NJCher]

5. Hot tea & a mystery to solve

Blueberry scone,

Lemon honey vanilla Greek yogurt.

My cat disappeared last night. I walked every room of this house looking for him because sometimes he likes to hide in an obscure place to sleep.

I put out food and refreshed the litter box. I was hoping to see that he’d used one of these things, but when I woke up this morning, he was still gone.

Since he has his own door, I was then afraid that he might have gotten the door stuck and been locked outside; that turned out not to be the case, however. It would have been very bad in this single digit weather.

I decided to check the basement, since I am having a new, second furnace installed as a backup. The installer has had to go to the basement to do some of the work, so I thought perhaps he might have locked Ollie in the basement.

I opened the basement door, and sure enough: meow, meow meow.

After a huge breakfast, a visit to the litterbox, and more meowing, he is now on the wool blanket on the corner of my bed.

Whew.