....but only for some SUPERVISED outdoor time.

Mischief has been crying at the door ever since she snuck out last
week.  "Mooo-OOOOOOOMMM!!! I wanna go OOOOOUUUUUTTTTT!!!!!"

IT was so bad tonight and in an effort to satisfy her and shut her up,
I decided to let her out for some supervised outdoor time.

It was 11:30, and the courtyard was empty, and as soon as she saw the
open door and the inviting world of the OUT beyond, Mischief TORE
through the doorway.  I merely walked behind her and shut the front
door.  First she inspected the plants under the front window and then
went to the neighbors door, meowing and rubbing everything.  I first
thought she was upset but then she ran over to me and rubbed against my
leg and kept meowing.

She was HAPPY!!!  So happy that she sprawled out on the concrete and
meowed loudly.  Then she jumped up and trotted onward to inspect more
plants.  I then picked her up and carried her to the other end of the
courtyard, stopping to let her sniff the trees.  THen I carried her
back to my apartment door and set her down in the planter bed by the
door.  She sniffed and rubbed and MEOWED all the way and then darted
past me and to the plants under the front window.  SHe was so happy
that she sprawled out again behind the plant pots.

Well I couldnt' leave her there and I didn't want her to stay out so i
moved the pot and picked her up, much to her chagrin.  Then I took her
around the planter bed and put her up on the patio wall.

WHOA!!!!  There's PLANTS up here!!!!  She streeetched out on the dirty
wall and started sniffing and chewing on a nearby frond.  I called to
her and she meowed shortly her approval.

I felt like a mom who just brought her kid to the playground for the
very first time.  Her eyes were wide and she was looking ALL AROUND.
"MOM LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME WOW!!!!!"

After a few minutes i felt it was time to go inside and so I reach up
and picked her up off the wall, and she cried in protest.  Then i
brought her back inside.

Mayhem and Imp came up to sniff her as i brushed the dirt off her fur.
Then she shook her head and looked up at me forlornly and started
crying.

Awwww, she was having FUN and mean ol Meowmie brought her INSIDE.
She's now sulking and looking out the window.

She's got a collar and she's chipped, and i guess i could let her out,
but who knows when she'll come back?  And I don't want her meowing at
every door and have the neighbors find out I have a cat, (which I only
have cause i got permission from the owner, and as far as he knows I'm
only supposed to have ONE cat, not three)

I hope i haven't opened up a can of worms, but she was practically
climbing the screen door and making a racket with her crying.  So it
was either shut the sliding glass door and suffer inside a hot
apartment, (Oh did i mention my AC was broken?) or take her out and
carry her around.  She seemed to like that.  I tried to put her on a
leash (across her chest like a seatbelt) and she just pouted and
meatloafed and refused to move ONE step.  And she didn't run away, it
was like I said, SUPERVISED outdoor time, and it's so late that no one
was around.

She's now in my bedroom and looking forlornly out the window.  But at
least now she stopped climing the screen door and crying.

For now.............

Any ideas?

Kristi

btw, my patio is too small for a kittywalk and even if i did set one
up, it would have to be late at night so no one would see her.