Briar goes to jail

I received a phone call from Animal Control. Briar was convicted on four accounts 1. Unannounced repeat visits 2. Wandering in and out of classrooms 3. Distracting children during lessons and 4. Crashing the school award ceremonies.

A facebook friend commented:

"Yea he came waltzing in with the second graders for the award ceremony. I thought he was the school cat because he acted like he owns the place and everybody seemed to know him! LOL"

I guess you can only visit the school so many times without enrollment before they have you arrested for loitering.

When I picked him up from the shelter, he looked confused, "I don't understand?!?! I thought I was hired to be the school mascot!!! How else am I going to get paid in love and treats?!?!"

Thank you to Animal Control for getting Briar home safe. :)

Crumpton

Message Transcription:
"Hi! This is JC Crumpton School we have your kitty. She or he is just walking around enjoying and all of us. If you could just call the school back, 392, again that number is 392, this is JC Crumpton School.



"Hi this is Christa, I'm just calling to let you know your little kitty Briar, he's floatin' in and out of the classrooms over here at JC Crumpton. He's currently camped out on the grass. Hopefully you're a neighbor and that he'll find his way home. But he's just hanging out in the classrooms today. So, give me a call back..384"

Youth Center

Message Transcription:
"Hello, this is Andrew with the Marina Youth Center. We have Briar sitting here...uh, I'm calling... I'm sorry, he's sitting here and we called the number on his collar. I don't know if he is allowed to be outside or if he is lost or anything, but he is here for now. My number is, my cell phone number is 909-56XX but if it's cool that he's out, it's all gravy. Alright! I'm just letting you know he's here safe and sound. He's really relaxed enjoying all the little children. Ok bye bye."

Beach Cats

Seems Briar has been telling Felix about all his fun trips to the beach.

"Psss! Hey Felix, if you sneak in and sit right there, my person will NEVER know you're even there until we get to the beach!"

Built in GPS "Part Deux"

These play dates are starting to be a regular thing. So regular it seems I don't even need to drive him over there anymore.

We did our routine bike ride, only this time, I was the mule for the kids. I'm estimating a total of 50 lbs with Briar, the three year old, and the trailer. We probably cover a total of 10 miles with wheels and feet.

After the ride, less than two hours later, I receive a text message from my friend;

"Briar is in my atrium."

"What?" I text back

Apparently Briar trekked his way back to her house again to visit his three year old friend.

"Briar came to visit us!" his playdate screams in excitement.

There was some confusion with the adults that went something like this... "Briar's here", "No he's not, he was here earlier", "then who's cat is that?", "it's Briar!".

I had to pick him up and transport him home (as usual). Keep in mind, my friends house is about 3/4 of a mile away.

Read more about Briar on www.areyoubreathing.com!

Built in GPS

Everytime Briar wanders, decides to take a walk, explore... whatever it is he does, we always think he's lost. But, this proves he knows exactly where he's going.

Yesterday, I rode my bike to my friends house with Briar stashed in his Pet Pack. She lives about 3/4 mile away. I let him hang out in their atrium while I drank my coffee. We then rode another four miles to the beach. We let him run around with us on the sand dunes. On our way back at our usual meeting spot, I went my way home, and my friend went her way home.

A couple hours later, I receive a phone call from my friends' husband.

"I have Briar!" he says.

"What?" I question.

"I saw this orange cat chasing another cat, and then this little cat came running up to me like he wanted me to pet him, then I realized it was Briar!" He says very excitedly!

So I rush to their house to pick him up. I knock on the door and I hear my friends husband say, "Look, he knows! He's running to the door!".

As he cracks the door open, little Briar is there looking at me with his tail up as if he says "Ah hah, now I know how to get to your friends house, so the next time you disappear on me, I'm coming here to look for you!"

It's just crazy because we were there in the morning and there is NO way he would know how to get there. He was stashed in the Pet Pack, unless... he knows direction by sight. I have no idea.

Good Hunting

After my trip, Briar was so eager to hang out with me, I decided to take him to the beach with me. As I waited for my friend, I let him out of the car to run around the dunes.

While I was on the phone, I heard a high pitched screeching noise. I looked over and Briar comes running out of the bushes with a rabbit in his mouth. He walks out to the center of the street with his tail and head up, drops it in front of me, sits down next to it and looks around, "Look what I caught everyone! That's right, ya'll got nothin' on me! Me, one, everyone, nothin'!"

Stuck in a cup

While I was on vacation I received a text message from my brother:

"Briar stuck his head in a cup and it got stuck and he was runnin around trying to take it off. lol!"

7 Eleven

Briar once again was missing all day long. Around 9:00PM, I got a call from these three kids. Apparently Briar ended up at 7 Eleven. He probably decided to get a Big Gulp because he was thirsty from his day long adventure.

PetPack

Whenever I would get ready to go for a bike ride, Briar would run up to me and look at me like, "Nooooooo, are you leaving without me AGAIN?!??!?! Arrg... meanie!", and then he would end up miles away (I think just to spite me) which would require vehicle transportation services back home.

So, I looked online for a portable cat carrier and found the PetPak. The moment I unpacked it, he claimed it. Now he can ride along!

Delightful Cat

Message from Colleen:
Just had the pleasure of meeting Briar. My husband and I were taking a walk in Marina and saw a pretty cat. I bent down and pet it and said what a beautiful kitty it was. Well, we were lucky enough to have Briar take a walk with us. What a delightful cat.
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Thanks for your message Colleen. Now, only if I knew where he was?

Jack in the Crack

My brother has been sick so Briar has been keeping him company the last couple days. Yesterday, he took Briar for a trip in the car to the Jack in the Box drive through.

I know Marina is nothing like Carmel, but seriously... cocktails and now fast food, all in the same week?