I woke up around two this morning, and couldn't get back to sleep. That's not unusual for me, but around three, I finally started to doze off. As I started to get into the sleep zone, and happened to look out the window. It dawned on me that I hadn't seen Lilo in quite a while, and he usually sleeps on the bed or in the window (if it's open). I sat up, completely awake now. It didn't take long to determine that he wasn't in the house, so I grabbed a flashlight and started looking outside.

I walked all over the deck, looked over the driveway and the garage, went below the house and looked under the house where he has gone in the past when he escapes... No dice. I heard some movement in the trees that sounded a lot like a coyote, and started to get seriously worried. Around 3:30 am, I walked to the other side of the house, and the light flashed across some bright green eyes. There he was sitting on the landing of the stairs to the garage... just watching me. I picked him up and took him inside. I dropped him on the floor, and went back to bed. He bawled for a while about having his night time adventure interupted, and I told him to shut it. He did. Sometime a little after four, he jumped on the bed, and I fell asleep.

This morning he tried to get on my good side by looking especially innocent. He had crawled into Annie's toy chest and fallen asleep amidst all the stuffed animals. It didn't work...

Dr. Dolittle feeling a little more like Mr. Hyde