A Catolympic View

Close-Up
For those of you unable to attend, here is a view from our perspective of the games.

This morning, early, as it was just getting light, cats were milling around, using litter boxes, scratching posts and bathing. A few headed out to the dining room to watch as the food was set up, hoping for their favorite meal. Whispers were heard as the cats tried to be quiet, but had trouble keeping their excitement under control.

As the breakfast bell sounded, cats came charging out of their cubicles. This gave the cleaners time to scoop boxes, change the water, add new cat grass, and change bedding, if needed. The dining room had been put back together and it didn't take long for each cat to grab plates of food and sit down to eat.

A rain storm passed through early, but the skies are clearing and the weather people are saying in the 70's, perfect for competition. The stands are drying out and ESPN is setting up again. (They were told no when they wanted to film inside the hotel this morning.)

After breakfast and more bathing, the kittens went into the kitten room and climbed the curtains, wrestled, ran around and practiced being cats and the cats took the opportunity to check things out in the Big Piney Woods. They walked around, checked out the geese, who stayed their distance. Mistrie put on a little exhibition on log jumping without getting wet. Many tried and a few fell in, names withheld to avoid embarrasement. Games of stalk and pounce and hide and seek were played. A lot of the time has been spent in visting, getting to know new faces, exercising and doing stretches, playing and few practicing their event; (one was seen practicing the hair ball toss.) The climbing tree has been designated as the signing tree also. All cats should go over there sometime today before the games and claw their name into the bark.

Food will be available all day and a huge feast will be put on tonight. On the menu is ham, pork roast, baron of beef, ribs, cold cuts, tuna, turkey, misc. seafood, (this meat is fresh) blocks of cheese, tubs of whipped cream, butter cubes, 6 varieties of stinky goodness, many varieties of crunchies. After supper the tables will be removed or pushed to the wall, a small buffet table will remain with treats.