SO… Now the story of our fostering Hemi is over… I do want to apologize for being a little sneaky to those who kept asking about what we had decided to do. When I drew last week’s strips Sue & I had not come to a decision. By the end of the week we had decided that we should adopt him, but we needed to give Hemi a chance by himself for a full day. Saturday we headed out to Columbus, OH to go caching and just motor. When we came back we did get a talking to from Hemi, but the house was no worse for the wear, so it was at that point we decided to go ahead. I had already drawn Monday’s comic which would have ended the arc with Hemi back at the Humane Society for good by Wednesday- Cecil Foiled once again. So on Sunday I started redrawing the strip. It took me a few attempts before I got the timing and eveything spaced out right. Then all we had to do was fill out the adoption papers, pay the fee & it would be over… sounds simple- doesn’t it?
The worst thing was trying to Hemi back into the box (it was easier to draw the box than put Hemi into it). Then deal with him meowing all the way to the Humane Society (He was sick when we got him so he didn’t say a thing). We then waited around for him to be cleared. The volunteer who picked him out for us to foster was funny she brought him back and asked if we wanted to foster another cat. Sue & I replied “No” She started to look a little dejected and then we said “We’ll keep this one.” and she lit up like a Christmas Tree.
We headed next to Sue’s office to call the Vet for his free exam. We couldn’t get in until the afternoon so after Hemi greeted Isis (the office cat)- not a pretty site. We headed back where, exhausted, Hemi crashed on my lap. Just as he was getting comfortable, I had to put him back in the box to get him to the vet… & more meowing.
The quick check by the vet gave him a clean bill of health and his annual rabies shot so when he got home (his home) he crashed again and I was happily trapped under a purring cat until Sue got home. I had to tweek a few things to keep playing up the “We returned Hemi” story in order for today’s comic to be a surprise- and for those people who got hooked I do apologize.
So last night I think he finally started to really settle in- while I hate to anthropomorphize- I think he knew he was here to stay.
