Tippy here. I've been back at the Austin apartment for a few days now. I had a pretty fun trip home, except that both of my mommies got sick towards the end of it so I didn't get as much snuggle time as I wanted. Some updates:
The kitten-thing is huge. He's almost a year old and weighs about 15 lbs. He's still mean to the humans, but still really scared of me. He liked to sit on top of my NIC mansion and try to play with my toys. I'd stop him though. All I had to do was hop up to that top shelf and "MEOW!", he ran away crying. Once or twice, I managed to nose bonk his paw. That made me stay away for a whole day! My mommies want me to train him, since they can't. Although I did notice him sleeping on their bed most nights. He'd sleep at the bottom of the bed where they wouldn't notice him. But I saw!
A few times, another cat came in the house. They call her a barn cat, which I don't get because I looked out the window when we were driving in and I don't think we have a barn. Plus, I think she lives in the rafters above the house. Sometimes at night, I can hear her scurrying. If momma's mom left the door open while she tried to get inside, this cat would come in. She wasn't scared of me, but she was curious. I kind of wanted to play with her, but Mommy wouldn't let her get too close to my cage. She said she's a sweet cat and would like me, but since she lives outside, she may have bugs and stuff. They were going to let her in, but she kept hissing at my mean cat. I'm a little jealous of her though. Mommy calls her "purrball". That's what she calls me. Every time I saw this cat, she'd purr whenever someone touched her. It made me purr a lot more because I didn't want her to forever be Mommy's purrball!
Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful break. I got time to play every night on the bed. Momma would climb in bed and I'd re-arrange the covers and do binkies all over the bed. Sometimes, I'd get to come out and hang out on the couch during the day if my mommies were watching a movie. I like to pee on the couch though (no one is sure why...I don't pee on any other furniture), so I got shooed off of it.
Oh, the one other thing. Mommy got a blender. She says it's a crappy one and doesn't blend most stuff, but it means I got lots of banana pieces because she made lots of banana smoothies. Yesterday, she put a little bit of smoothie in a cup for me before she added yogurt to hers. Mine had banana, kale, and kiwi. I see what she means about the blender being bad though. The kale didn't get broken up. It tasted yummy to me though. I think I see more fruit in my future. I asked mommy if today's smoothie could involve strawberries. She doesn't really love strawberries, but she bought them because I like the tops and she can tolerate them in smoothies and stuff. So I get strawberries this morning...err...nearly afternoon (mommy says "DON'T JUDGE! I was out late having wine and sushi and playing Super Smash bros"). Now I feel the need to say that she usually is really good about waking up when I want her to. This morning, she ignored my 8 am bunny 500s and went back to sleep. Gonna go beg for my smoothie now. It's good to be back!