The Rescue

Okay adventure doesn't describe how today went, total and utter chaos is more like it.  Thursday is my kindergarten volunteer day, so off I went to the school this morning after Mylee was dragging her behind. She made it just as her class went in to the school so she wasn't late.  I signed in like any other day and made my way to the classroom.  And then I was in the photocopy room because the librarian had the kids first thing this morning. 

After photocopying and starting the Friday files, I remembered I needed a new pizza lunch form for Mylee, I had misplaced hers.  A quick chat with Mylee's teacher and then up the hall I went.  That's when the chaos began, KT (which further refers to kindergarten teacher I volunteer for) told me to grab my coat, we were going on a rescue mission.  Yeah for someone who has had one sip of coffee this morning, this did not compute.  But I followed along, out of the school we went, down the street and down the street again.  Then the grade 7 girls stop and disappear behind a bunch of bushes along the fence and come out with kittens.  Eyes wide, they ask me to grab one the last one. 

Here's where the chaos becomes even more fun.  The kitten was stuck between a chainlink fence and a wooden fence and the chainlink was the smallest one you can buy.  So with twig in hand I started to shuffle the kitten down to where I knew the opening would be so we could grab her.  Uh huh....stupid cat, the poor thing gets itself wedged in the wooden fencing between the planks, that small gap between the planks.  So off KT goes to the people who own the house, and then out she pops into the backyard.  I am sure people would be rolling on the floor laughing at us trying to coax this kitten out of this small space.  So out she came and with the stick I gently prodded her some more.  Finally she got close enough to grab.  4 kittens rescued, warm and cozy amongst the girls' sweaters, phew....back to school we go covered in grass, scratched by the bushes and hair all dishevelled from the small branches. 

So after a couple minutes, I finished my Friday folders and thought it would be cool to show Kiya and Mylee what I got to see today and went to take a picture.  Can you guess.....holy crap more chaos.  I walk in and the girls have the kittens out of the box, and all I can think is WHY?  So one of the girls tells me that there is a kitten stuck and she can't get it out.  Okay I ask where.....get this.....in the vent.  You gotta be kidding me, nope...you reach your hand in and you can feel the little sucker. And of course we can't get him out, and guess who had to take the long walk to the caretaker....yep me...that's who.

Mr. C, do you have a flashlight?  and if you do can you bring it with you and follow me.  You could actually hear the groan he made, I think he knew it was another one of those days. I should mention that earlier this week him and another teacher had to chase 2 raccoons out from the kindergarten area, and then yesterday a dog entered the school, so he knew what was coming.

We shone the light in the vent and saw the same stupid cat in the vent.  And off he went to get his ratchet set to unscrew the vent to take it off.  Yep nothing fit, so he had to use the vice grips and after about 10 minutes of frustration he finally got the screw out.  He wrenched the panel and asked me to grab the cat.  This stupid animal had itself wrapped so tightly around things in there that I need to unfold it.  So thankfully the humane society came to take them and take care of them.  They had little eye infections but seemed healthy otherwise.  So alike my mother, I now have my own little cat story about the silly behaviour of animals. 

Have to admit, they are really cute and after telling Darryl that I helped rescue them and if I could keep one, he replied with

"Awwwww......NOPE"