To Hedgie

Now

Now I am in my cozy bed, taking a nap after an exhausting day of turning over flower pots in my neighbor's yard.  I have been with people who whisper irritating things to me, irksome people who eat sloppily, boisterous people who make creepy monster sounds at me, and sweet people with a thoughtful heart.  This is my remarkable story about my trip to Florida.     

My past

When I mischievously ran away from my parents, they celebrated my return by taking me on an engaging trip to Florida!  While my parents were enthusiastically packing, I was sloppily scribbling on the linoleum as usual.  I was missing my momma and my brother, thinking that I should have never left them.  I made a grave mistake. They were probably so worried about me that they went searching for me everywhere.  Maybe they got disorientated and could not find their way back home.  However, I do love my new owners very dearly.    

Once my family was all packed, Emily, one of my loving owners, which I have mentioned before, joyfully said, "Let's hit the road!"  After many hours, we reached our hotel, which was a Holiday Inn with a pristine outdoor pool and spa.  Unfortunately, we received room 225 with an inland view that we did NOT request.  Distraught with tears in my eyes, I sat down on the bed, pondering a plan to leave the inland room and find a room with a gorgeous beach view on a higher level.   

Does the room have a view of the beach?  We requested it...  

?

NO!    

I surreptitiously exited the room when everybody was looking out the window.  Then, I took the elevator to the 3rd floor.  I chose room 303.  I knocked on the door, and a silly husky dog named Random the 717th answered ready to go to the beach.  His owner, who looked to be about the same age as Emily, was ready to go to the beach, too.  The husky politely offered to go to the beach with me.  Overjoyed, I responded, "Yay!"  The responsible husky informed me, "You must put on sunscreen."  I absolutely HATE sunscreen!  I did not put on the sunscreen.  Instead, I watered it down and put it on!  Once we reached the beach, I instantly got a painful sunburn on my face!  Soon after I got the sunburn, the husky was whispering irritating things to me about my sunburn.  I decided that this was not the best choice and left the beach without them, seething with anger.  

Putting on sunscreen

Ready for the beach

At the beach

Leaving the beach

I took the elevator up to the 4th floor.  I chose room 415.  I knocked on the door, and a cat as white as a cloud answered and pleasantly invited me in.  He had food all over his face!  Why couldn't he use a napkin! Disgusting!  Fortunately, the room had a lovely beach view!  Unfortunately, the demanding cat forced me to sleep in the bathtub with cat hair all over it!!  Double disgusting!  I slept horribly in the tub with the gross cat hair, only sleeping half a minute.   

The next morning, I heard boisterous munching, and I thought, "Oh, it MUST be that irksome cat!  I soon discovered that it was the disheveled cat munching on a spoiled and moldy piece of bread. He was trailing crumbs all over the floor.  Who would want to step on that???!    This was a very inhospitable room.  I was considering complaining to the front desk for a moment, but I was very leery of being caught so I decided to cancel my plan.  Instead, irritated and weary, I snuck out and took the elevator up to the ninth floor where I chose room 901, an end room.  

Housekeeping