Garrison Relocation to Providence Residence
By Camilla Garrison
Monday August fifth, the Garrisons: Hannah, Chris, Camilla, Isaac, Echo and Ember moved back to their Providence residence. The way over was pretty smooth. Although the ferry was crowded with people wishing to flee the hurricane, the Garrisons had a fine time in the car. At one point, Camilla, Chris and Isaac ventured out to try and procure hot dogs, but sadly, as they made their way up the stairs, they realized, that this was a terrible idea. The hallway leading inside was packed with people sitting across, because there wasn’t any room in the seating area indoors and if you succeeded in crossing them, there was then a room packed full of humans. So, Camilla, Chris and Isaac wisely turned around and went back to the car hotdogless.
Up until that point, Echo and Ember had been getting comfortable in their carrier stacked on bags between Isaac and Camilla’s seats, and they were not terribly upset. Once they had been driving for a little while, Camilla decided that the cats were relaxed enough that she could open the door to the carrier to pet them. Now Ember, curious him, wanted to get out, walk across Camilla’s legs and look out the window. Holding him, Camilla let Ember watch for a minute, but Hannah was worried about a loud motorcycle going by and freaking him out, so she put him back in the open carrier to lie down. He did this twice more, before Camilla just let him stay, and once he got tired of the window, slept in her lap until they got to the house.
They arrived a little after nine P.M, and started unpacking the car. The cats were closed in the living room so they wouldn’t get in the way, and the unloading begun. This lasted until about ten, when Camilla and Isaac got to their rooms and to bed, but slowly continued over the next day or two.
So far, everyone has adjusted pretty well, though Echo wouldn’t eat his first two meals, and the humans needed time to figure out where everything was, but are enjoying the air conditioning immensely.
