One Soggy Pumpkin, One Soggy Cat not Mine

Tonight Pumpkin went outside after dinner while I worked away inside. She generally comes in and out through the evening, mainly to see if I'll go out with her or if I'll give her food. Tonight, she started with this pattern, however after awhile I hadn't seen her for quite some time. It started to get dark out so I went out several times and called her name while shaking her treats. No luck. Well, I figured she would come back eventually, so I wasn't too worried at that point.

However, then the thunderstorm started.
'Sweet,' I thought. 'Pumpkin should be inside in no time. The thunder should scare her.'

After 10 minutes, she hadn't appeared. The rain, however, had appeared, and with a vengeance. It was POURING.
'Alright, she's got to come in now. She won't want to stay outside and get wet,' I thought, as I called her name repeatedly from my doorstep.

No luck. No cat.

Now I started to worry that the thunder had totally scared her and she had run off. Maybe she couldn't find her way home from where she ran. Upon consultation with Garrett, I suited up in raincoat and boots, with flashlight and kitty treats in hand to wander around the neighborhood. I walked around the block, calling her name and shaking her treats. No Pumpkin. I did, however, find another kitty who appeared to know that the sound I was making meant kitty treats. At first, I thought I had found Pumpkin. But no, this was a black and white kitty that proceeded to follow me for a block, hoping for a hint of the yum-yums. I didn't give it any treats though - I didn't want it to keep following me!

After no sign of my cat, I headed back home, worried now about what could have happened to her. I had left my back door open so that she could come in while I was gone, but the downstairs door to my suite was closed and locked. But, lo and behold, guess what soggy creature I found sitting outside my suite door? Pumpkin! I was glad to see her, although angry at her for staying away so long. I gave her some treats and then dried her off with a towel a bit. She then spent the next half hour licking all the water off of her. Here are some (bad) pictures of my soggy kitty:I couldn't get any good pictures of her because she wouldn't stay still at all. Ah well, I'll teach her that trick next.