Bed time at CUI Shuttle 2

Waffles (whispering):  Simon, is you awake?

Simon:  No Waffles, I am asleep.  Do you see my eyeballs?

Waffles:  No, but I gotta question!

Simon:  What's your question Waffles?  We're s'posed to be sleepin ya know...

Waffles:  I know but I was tryin to count the stars and I wanted to know, what comes after 27?

Simon:  Oh my God Waffles, GO TO SLEEP! There's a BAZILLION stars out there, you cain't count them all!

Waffles:  Well ok, I'll go to sleep.  But what comes after 27?

Simon:  28 Waffles.  Go to sleep.

Waffles:  Ok, thanks Simon!

...

Waffles:  Simon, what comes after 28?

Hansel:  Wow, it's been a long week.  I'm just going to curl up here for some much needed rest.  Floating sleep is pretty nice once you get used to it...

Griffin:  Wow, that's a lot of stars.  I can't wait to go walking out in space!  I wonder if I can touch a star...

Isabel:  Good work, Katie!  Now hand me that wrench!

Katie:  I like your style, Isabel!

Status Report 1.3

It has been several hours since the rendezvous with my team members and I am curling up for some much needed rest.  I have communicated via blink with Lt. Katie Glovatsky, who seems to be most intelligent.  I look forward to working with her in these coming months.  My brothers are preparing to do their first space walk tomorrow to begin assembly of our docking station.  My sister reports that all computer systems are online and working properly for the time being.  Ens. Waffles Glovatsky is having his meals rationed heavily, as he appears to be gaining weight and will soon be unable to fit into the necessary tight compartments we need to do delicate work in.  For the time being, all is well.  We shall see how long it lasts.

Good night from CUI Shuttle 1.

Paco, Mission Commandant
International Cats ONLY Space Station

Finally, We Meet...

Hi everyone, Katie here.  Today, Paco and I finally met.  After 2 loooonnnnggg days of listening to Hansel, Griffin, Simon and even Waffles Too try to figure out how to work the GPS, Isabel and I finally just looked out the window and saw where we were supposed to have turned to get to the worm hole that would get us to the rendezvous point.

Right after we came through, we all heard Paco bellowing.  Poor fellow must have been lonely out here all by himself--he sounded so forlorn!  We quickly spotted his shuttle and came to rest close by.  I saw him looking through the window of the cockpit, and I have to say, he's handsome!

I quickly went to our floor hatch to greet him.  

It was really good to finally see a man who is not a blithering idiot, or narcoleptic, or simply clueless.  Isabel told me not to expect too much from her brother, but already I am impressed.  I can't wait until we are in the same space together and can finally talk face to face.  

In the days to come, we will be building a docking station between our two shuttles.  Here's part of the schematics:

The other shuttle will join at the other side of the dock, and in the center, we will have our common space.  After this part of the mission is complete, we can start adding on to the center to create a complete space station.  Our dream is on the verge of becoming reality!  I'm so thrilled.  Out here in outer space, sharing this wonderful view with Paco on Valentine's Day, the possibilities seem endless...

Signing off,

Lt. Katie Glovatsky

International Cats ONLY Space Station

Wrong Turn at Saturn

Awww hell.  Y'all, wusn't we supposed to turn left at Jupiter??  'Cause I'm pretty sure we're passin Saturn!!!

Hansel:  Griffin, Isabel!  Turn us around STAT!!

Katie:  Do you guys even know what you're doing?

Griffin:  Um, I must have fallen asleep when we were passing Jupiter, I'm sorry!

Isabel:  I'm never going to sleep again!!!

Waffles Too:  Well, I'm going to sleep right now, all this floating around is making me tired...  Wow, Saturn is pretty!!!

Stay tuned...

Inside the Shuttle with Isabel, Simon and Waffles Too!

Hi everyone, this is Isabel and this is my IT Control Room on the Cats United Shuttle.  As you can see, it is much more advanced than the router at my house.  I am never going to get to sleep again.  And since there's no gravity up here, my toes are already aching from trying to hold on to my seat!  OMG, what did I sign up for???

Hey y'all, this is Simon and I'm here in the nose of the Cats United Shuttle, gettin ready to send out this blog post on my iphone that my moms got for my goin away present.  Wasn't that nice of them?  I told them I would write often on my new adventure.  Mom and Mama Rainy, this is where I'll have my phone docked while I'm writin to you--pretty view huh?  I like it here a lot!  Me and my new buddy Waffles Too are already havin a lot of fun here.  Even though the shuttle ain't that big, we still get to have a place where just me and him can play, and that's awesome!  Sometimes we gotta get away from the others, 'cause they are real serious and they're givin me a headache.  If all you're gonna be is stressed out the whole time, why not just stay home I say!

Wow, this is GREAT!!!!  While the Boss is driving the airplain with Griffin and Hansel, me and Simon are playing with anney gravity here in the nose and it's FUN!  I've been spinning for half an hour now!  I like my new adventure a whole lot!!  

Uh oh, I think I'm gonna throw up.  Simon, where did we put that sick bag???  Gotta go!

Love, Waffles TOO

Taking Off!

Hi everyone, Katie here.  Well, today's the day!  Today, Me, Waffles Too and the rest of Tribe Atherton blasted off into outer space.  We had time for a quick group photo of me with Griffin and Hansel right before the engines started:

Already this is an exciting trip! My days of being cooped up on the planet are over!  We are currently orbiting the Earth, and I'm pretty sure I saw the townhouse-- I didn't have a lot of time for goodbyes this morning, so Glogirly, I hope you saw me wave from the space shuttle.  We should be rendezvousing with Paco by tomorrow night, if we stay on course.  

Waffles Too is currently in the back with Isabel, our IT Specialist, and Simon.  I'm worried about the W2-Simon pairing, frankly.  Simon seems like a trouble maker, and W2 CERTAINLY doesn't need help with that!  

Well, that's all for now.  Here's a picture of the view out my window.  I like it here.  :)

Lt. Katie Glovatsky

International Cats ONLY Space Station Crew

Official International Cats ONLY Space Station Crew Photos

We will be blasting off soon!

Glogirly Team Training

Um, hi.  This is Waffles Too, reporting from the anney gravity traneing senter in...um, I don't know where I am, but I'm floating!!  The Boss and me got to do some nifty stuff in an airplain today, like try to catch kibbeys in the air!  See?

Pretty soon we're gonna go into outer space, just like I dreameded!  I can't wait to meet my mishen commander Paco.  He sounds real tough!  Not like the Boss, but TOUGH!

Well, I gotta go back to training.  The Boss says I gotta turn off the computer, she had a hard day and needs her rest.

G'night!

Ensign Waffles TOO

A Call To Service

Hi, Katie here.  In case you haven't been keeping up on current events, there has been a recent spate of articles decrying foul on the cat kingdom in relation to some missing birds and inferior mammals.  Certainly I have nothing to do with this, as Glogirly keeps me under lock and key, but nonetheless I feel personally outraged by the "solutions" that have been presented to combat this "problem."  Last week, I received a satellite call from Paco at Tribe Atherton Outer Space HQ, asking me to join him in a mission to build an International Cats ONLY Space Station, at a location which will remain unknown to anyone but him until we get there.  In this space station, we can live free of our attackers as well as seek out other life forms who I am told will share scrumptious treats and laser guns with us.  I have agreed to be a part of this very important mission, and Waffles Too and I are currently in training for our trip to parts unknown.  Little orange maniac though he may be, W2 is still small enough to fit into the tight compartments that will need to be accessed as part of the building of the Space Station.  Occasionally he is good for SOMETHING.

This is our flag.  This is our cause.

Signing ON.

Katie and Waffles TOO