Penny

So, last Friday was the Peterson Family Friday the 13th party where we enjoyed delicious food and watched "The 'Burbs." It was also our birthday party for Adam. It's always fun to see him since he lives pretty far away, and I don't get to see him weekly like I did when I first started college. To our surprise, Adam had brought a little present for us. And what an appropriate present to give on Friday the 13th: a black cat.

We had been expecting her, though, and have really been enjoying having her wander around our sparsely furnished house. She has adapted really well, and only cried through one night. But we had a rough beginning. We brought her home late Friday night, got her stuff set up in one of our spare bedrooms, and let her roam the house that night because we couldn't bear hearing her cry in that room all alone, especially since it echoes so much! We couldn't find her Saturday morning, or afternoon, and figured she was just hiding somewhere because she was in a new house with new owners.

We scoured the house, though, and could not find her!! We have very few things for her to hide behind, and we just couldn't understand where she had gone. We actually ended up thinking that she'd gotten caught in our air ducts and died. That was the only explanation, because we had looked everywhere!! We called Adam Saturday night, thinking maybe he could use his "owner voodoo" to find her. Not 3 minutes after he walked in the front door, he found her hiding in our top bathroom drawer. THE LITERAL ONLY PLACE WE HAD NEVER LOOKED. Turns out she was stuck there all day, and that's why she never came out. She doesn't go there, anymore.

It doesn't look like it, but this is a picture of her.

She likes to snuggle under our blankets during the day.