We're exhausted. We've been taking down our Christmas decorations all day. Kind of sad. All the Santas, the deer, the angels, the elves, they're all getting packed away in baggies, bags, & plastic bins. This festive Christmas throw covered our big recliner. But now it's time to get it washed & put away with all the other things for next Christmas.

Inkee-Bear: "We're waitin' for Santa. Sleep? Did you say sleep? Tonight? The night before Christmas?  I keep tellin' Spirit. We have to be patient. But Spirit is--well, you probably already figured it out."  Spirit:  What? I'm patient -- most of the time. So what if I jump at every little noise? I'm what you call high-strung.

I have a question, a VERY important question!  So, please think very carefully before you answer because this is the most important question ever, I mean ever. So take your time. This Santa thing, you know, keeping a list & checking it twice? -- well just how good does a critter have to be to be on Santa's good & nice list? 

This is clearly the right box for me. My name could just as well be 'Priority" as Spirit because everyone knows I'm a priority in our house -- all day, all night, every day. A priority. I'll ask if I can change my name to Spirit Priority instead of just Spirit. Reckon I'll just keep this box furr-ever.

We let him stay cause he passed the sniff test. What we didn't know is that he makes noise. Meowmuh says it's music --Christmas carols. Can you believe that?  

Ahhh. Yep, this has been a long day. I think I finally found a position that I can sleep in on Meowmuh's bed.  Guess what? I showed all of them!  Even with this cone on, I proved that I could navigate, eat, run on the exercise wheel, climb to the top of the cat tree & now, I'm gonna' sleep.  If that isn't 'spirit,' I don't know what is. Sweet dreams!  

How do you get to sleep with this stupid cone on? I'm tryin' -- I'm tryin.'  Meowmuh, can't you take this thing off?  Puh-leeeze?!  No? Not until it heals? Sigh. Maybe I'll try her bed upstairs.

Spirit:  "I got up here with my cone on!"  Inkee-Bear:  "What IS around his neck?"  Sophee:  "I don't know. Better him than me!"  Inkee-Bear:  "You're so right! Wonder if it has to do with that mosquito bite?"  Sophee:  "I bet it does.

See? Told you I could do it. I can run on my exercise wheel even with this cone on.  Oops. Meowmuh said:  "Ouch!" But it didn't hurt me. You didn't see me yelpin,' cryin' or stoppin.'  No sireee. I love my exercise wheel. Meowmuh said she got it particularly for me because I have so much energy. That's me. I play hard, sleep hard & eat hardy.

I'm gonna' prove that I can do anything with this cone on.  I can run on this exercise wheel. Yes I can. Just watch. So what if I couldn't jump into the stroller. I'll figure it out & jump in there later today. If not today, tomorrow. There's not a cone in the world that can stop me from doing what I can do without the cone.