Shaking like a leaf.
I was up late trying to work through a few issues we're having on our IM server at work but decided to call it a night and go to bed. I go outside for one last cigarette (I never smoke inside). I usually listen to a Bob and Tom podcast on my headphones (morning radio show) and play Angry Birds or something while I have the smoke. I also don't turn on the porch light because it attracts moths. As I was finishing it up, some movement caught my eye. We have a lot of stray and abandon hats around our place so I figured it was one of them. I looked over and quickly noticed that this particular cat, roughly 5 feet from me, has a white stripe down it's back. As I turn my ipad toward it to use it's light to get a better look at it, I notice that quickly looks up at me. It evidently had no clue I was there. I try to slowly open the screen door and make my way inside, thinking that now that it knows I'm there, it's gonna scurry away as I'm not threatening it or anything. Instead, it starts quickly coming at me. I've never moved so fast in my life but I made it inside. As I turn on the light and look out the window for it, I don't see it anywhere but I do start to notice a subtle smell of skunk spray. Evidently I made it in just in time.
Needless to say, my heart is racing and I don't think I'm gonna be able fall asleep anytime soon.
Phew.
