Summer was prepared for the weekend's cat show...but then she had a medical emergency which forced her to change her plans.
I was ready for the cat show this weekend! My human and I stopped by the Fairgrounds the day before to set up.

Somali cat rubbing on her cat show enclosure
As you can tell, I was pretty happy to be there.

Somali cat sitting in her cat show benching area
The only issue was my meet and greet space was tiny! But we were kind of stuck with it.

Somali cat in a hotel room
The hotel room was nice. We’ve stayed at this same hotel a bunch of times before.

Somali cat on the counter area in the hotel room
I couldn’t wait for dinner!
 
But that’s pretty much where the fun ended. Everything was fine when my human and I went to sleep. I even used the litter box a couple of times. But then I had this scary episode where I felt like I needed to relieve myself and couldn’t! I woke up my human right before her alarm went off, running around the hotel room and meowing frantically. So of course she bundled me up right away and ran me to a vet clinic.

Somali cat in a large exam room at a vet clinic
Unfortunately the closest one was all the way over in Thousand Oaks, which is like 20 minutes from the hotel and a half hour away from the show hall. They saw me fairly quickly, but not before I caused a bit of trouble.
 
While we were in the room waiting, my human let me explore. So I jumped up to the sink…which had a motion detector faucet! And I got sprayed. The vet came in and wondered why my back end was wet when her examination showed my bladder was already empty. My human thought that was funny.

Somali cat sitting in her cat show enclosure
They couldn’t find anything wrong with a basic exam, and my human turned down further tests because she wanted to do them back home. But we still had all my cat show stuff up in Ventura. So we went up there, and my human set me in my enclosure while she packed up everything else.

Somali cat having some treat from a tube
I did have some treats, but it was clear I wasn’t feeling like myself. My human was sad we were letting people down, but it couldn’t be helped.

Somali cat sitting in a living room
Back home, she took me to a local vet for tests. We don’t have all the results in, but so far, nothing significant is showing up. It could be stress. Even though these shows and hotel stays are routine for me, my human has also been really stressed lately. So it’s possible it rubbed off on me.
 
Anyhow, I’m glad to be home, resting up. My next show is only a few minutes from us, so I should be able to be there with no problem.