Isis is well known for her vocals. She has been heard across the US when I'm on the phone. When I was working, she often beat the alarm clock to warn me it was time to get up, feed her, and go earn her tuna money.

Since I retired, we have had frequent and non-successful discussions about not getting up so early. 4:30AM is her favorite time to get up though she has been earlier. She does think it's great that we go back to bed after she's eaten which we suspect was her habit anyhow.

Saturday morning I left quite early for most of the day. On Saturday evenings I usually go to a local auction house. Most Saturdays though I come home by 7:00PM when they start selling the furniture. Last Saturday though they still had a number of smaller items that appeared to be potential bargains so I stayed. It was after 10:00PM when I got home. To my surprise, Isis didn't meet me at the door. However, she was on the bed asleep. When I turned on the light, she looked up and over at the clock with a "you missed your curfew" look!

This morning we did get to sleep in until 6:10AM. This was about the time we had normally gotten up when I worked. The ironic part was the clock radio came on to AM Springfield. The alarm was set for 7:00AM and was turned off. And Ms Isis was jumping off the table with the radio! Only her??

Copyright © Diana Ewing
February 11, 2003