Nick @ Nite, Grits, and Animal Planet. Hello Monday!

I woke up this morning at 6:09am [before my husband, rare],  I rolled out of bed like a gymnast [no blindness or stumbling], I thanked the Lord for my fully functioning limbs and sound mind, and be-bopped into the kitchen to make hubby's lunch.  Jay C woke up about 20 minutes later, poked around with his phone, and eventually gimped out of bed with is bum leg that he tweaked yet again playing basketball last night..

HELLO MONDAY MORNING!

I was sitting on the couch watching Family Matters on the last half hour of Nick @ Nite [shortly after poor boo gimped out the door for work],  it was the episode where Eddie gets accepted into Chicago State, Carl has "FOF" fear of failure, and we learn that Waldo actually has a chance at a future-- culinary school (who knew).  Then I heard something speak...  It was my tummy...  It said "Grawr!"... I hooked up some grits and made it into some awesome hot cereal (milk, butter, sugar & love)... Woooo! It gave me everything I needed.  It was a little like the stuff dreams are made of.

HELLO MONDAY MORNING!

I turned to Animal Planet; it's one of the few channels that aren't plagued with infomercials in the early morning.  I was watching the tail end of what I believe was called "Big Cat Diary", one of the many shows where a nature lover creeps around the wilderness spying on animals-- this show particularly, he loves to spy on big cats.  In this ending segment he was in the Serengeti watching a mother Cheetah teach her kittens how to hunt Gazelles.  The kittens were chasing around a baby Gazelle tripping it up, tumbling around with it, giggling, it actually looked like they were all playing a game.  The mother Cheetah coached from the sidelines for a while and then after some time, I guess she got a little agitated with them and their playful antics... and then it went something like this:

     Kittens:  Hehehe, we're gonna get you!

     Baby Gazelle:  Nuh uh! I'll show you, look at my running skills!

     Kitten: {Trips Gazelle} Haha, see!

     Baby Gazelle:  Hey... that wasn't fair! Re-do!

     Kittens:  Best of out 5!

     Baby Gazelle: Ok, you're on!

     Mother Cheetah:  Looks kids, we don't have all day..  Just do what I told you to do..

     Kittens: {Giggling} This kid is fast!

     Baby Gazelle: Told ya'! Can't touch this!

     Mother Cheetah: My goodness.... {ZIP!}{SWIPE!}{PIN!}.. Get over here one of you and bite this child's neck... We've got other things to do today!

     Kitten:  Whoa.....  Mommy that's so cool!! I wanna do it!!

     Nature Guy:  Though this may be a scene that is hard to watch,  these baby Cheetahs have just received their first lesson in hunting.

     Me:  ................ Aw, man... Really?.... Gosh..

HELLO MONDAY MORNING!