Angie went missing for the last four days, but she’s back now. My neighbors were very helpful, and didn’t once suggest that I should have worried sooner. We did find out that all orange cats look the same at night, though.
She came home hungry, but not starving. As far as I can tell, she was chased off or wandered off in pursuit of better hunting, and got lost. She then made her way back, stopping to rest on every oily patch of ground in San Mateo County. That must have been exhausting.
I don’t know exactly when Angie was born, but she’s probably 11-13 months old. With that in mind, I’m declaring 11 July to be her birthday. She wasn’t lost – she was out celebrating. It must have been some party.