We have a winner! Yup, 24 hours is the winning bet for how long Pearl Bailey lasted before she deemed it fit to rub her gorgeous face in dirt! And yet, that is not the exasperating part…yes, there is more to report.
Here’s the story. Last night around 10:30 pm, I was thinking about having a little sweet nosh, so I went into the kitchen and selected a couple of Oreos. I returned to my seat to catch the evening news and only ate one of the two cookies. The other cookie I ignored as I became entrenched in the nightly broadcast. Shortly thereafter, I closed up shop and headed up for bed.
This morning after Pearl Bailey was out for her morning romp (and presumably to find a mask of her liking), she came in and mysteriously passed by her breakfast bowl to lounge in the living room. While I thought that was strange, I paid her no mind and went about busying myself with chores in the kitchen.
Around noon, I walked through the living room only to discover a Kleenex box ripped to smithereens. The room looked like a cumulus cloud exploded and rained down on the carpet. I shrieked with “What the what?!?” as Pearl Bailey laid there with an imperial look upon her dirty face. When I questioned her further, it was if she was chuckling inside. For a brief minute, I was about to blame poor Ella.
I went about cleaning up the mess and began contemplating on how this could have happened. Ah, that’s when I remembered about the COOKIE! So here is my synopsis…Pearl Bailey spyied the cookie on her way outside this morning. Upon her return to the hearth after donning her disguise, snuck into the Living Room and attempted to snatch the cookie. The cookie (being round) must have rolled into the Kleenex box where a very pissed off Pearl Bailey decided that was an unacceptable event and took it upon herself to destroy said vessel and unearth her rightful treat.
And that folks is why she is on restriction today. There will be no cookies for Pearl Bailey today OR tomorrow!