Only 3 years. i was putting her in the car to take her to my hometown with me, but she hates car rides and jumped out with cat like reflexes before I could grab her. I chased her until she crawled between a fence. She's never been outside around here, only in galesburg, a MUCH smaller town. Im gonna go look for her now and then get on the road.

I don't think she liked it much being couped up all the time anyway. She's a cat. It makes me sad, but I wouldn't be able to have her in a few months anyway, and she'd go back to getting harassed by my mom's weiner dogs for 3 years until I could get her back. So maybe this is what she wanted. That's what I'm hoping anyway. It's kind of dumb the way I think of my cat at a fully thinking being, but I hang out with her like 22 hours a day, so it's kind of hard not to.

She always comes to shaking treats and to clicking my tongue, but she didn't this time. It's a big world, she knows its out there, and shes never seen it except out a window is the way I think of it. That's kind of like torture, even if she is sort of a fish out of water there.

I'm leaving out food and water for her in the alley she crawled into just in case. I figure it can't hurt, I don't need them anymore. I left a note with one of my friends from my apartment complex asking her to grab her if she sees her and some stuff.

see you guys thanks for the positive thoughts, im trying to hold onto the hope of her coming back, but its hard because she's not an outside cat or anything and im leaving for a week in 20 or so minutes. The weather is getting warmer and there are lots of stray cats around here so hopefully she makes some friends and picks up some instinct from them if she doesn't come back.

I'm praying for her and I don't pray. I figure that can't hurt either.

Edit: the food chain sucks, happy thoughts only kthx.