Last week, Kevin got home from a friend's house (they live a couple blocks from us) and told me about the CUTEST little Siamese stray kitten. A few families in that apartment complex had been putting out food for it, but it really really needed a home.
Now, I'm usually a really sympathetic, generous person. However, I do not want to become a "cat lady," and so no, we could not take that kitty. "But it's sooooo cute!" Kevin would say. "No," I would tell him. "But it's sooooo cute." And so it would continue.
Well, on Saturday, some girls from our ward and I went around that apartment complex collecting money for a fundraiser. It was rainy and cold. We got to one door, and there was a laundry basket on the porch with a blanket in it. On the blanket was sleeping a little white Siamese cat. And I went, "Awwwwww," and reached down to pet it.
It got pretty cold that evening, and my heart just melted for that little kitty. What would it do once it starts snowing and gets REALLY cold? We could take it in and cap our limit at 2 cats.
So we have 2 cats right now. I'm not sure how this will play out. Toby likes the new kitten. He walks around her and watches her with curiosity, and you can tell he wants to be friends, or at least find out what this new tiny thing is.
This new kitty, on the other hand, hisses, spits, and growls at Toby. She's in a new, indoor home, which is totally new to her anyway, and then to top it off, it's already the territory of another, bigger cat. She likes Kevin, but I don't think she's a big fan of me yet. I've been sick for a couple weeks, and I still have a pretty deep cough that scares the heebie-jeebies out of her. Plus I don't have the patience to sit around and pet her like Kevin does.
I did give her a little bowl of cat treats. She has a really weird cat voice. And while she's eating, she actually sounds like she's saying, "Yum yum yum yum." It's pretty funny.
Hopefully she can warm up to Toby. We're giving it a week. After that, if it doesn't work out, we'll throw her back out on the porch.
Ha ha ha, just kidding. We'll just try to find her a new home at that point if it doesn't work out.
Now, I'm usually a really sympathetic, generous person. However, I do not want to become a "cat lady," and so no, we could not take that kitty. "But it's sooooo cute!" Kevin would say. "No," I would tell him. "But it's sooooo cute." And so it would continue.
Well, on Saturday, some girls from our ward and I went around that apartment complex collecting money for a fundraiser. It was rainy and cold. We got to one door, and there was a laundry basket on the porch with a blanket in it. On the blanket was sleeping a little white Siamese cat. And I went, "Awwwwww," and reached down to pet it.
It got pretty cold that evening, and my heart just melted for that little kitty. What would it do once it starts snowing and gets REALLY cold? We could take it in and cap our limit at 2 cats.
So we have 2 cats right now. I'm not sure how this will play out. Toby likes the new kitten. He walks around her and watches her with curiosity, and you can tell he wants to be friends, or at least find out what this new tiny thing is.
This new kitty, on the other hand, hisses, spits, and growls at Toby. She's in a new, indoor home, which is totally new to her anyway, and then to top it off, it's already the territory of another, bigger cat. She likes Kevin, but I don't think she's a big fan of me yet. I've been sick for a couple weeks, and I still have a pretty deep cough that scares the heebie-jeebies out of her. Plus I don't have the patience to sit around and pet her like Kevin does.
I did give her a little bowl of cat treats. She has a really weird cat voice. And while she's eating, she actually sounds like she's saying, "Yum yum yum yum." It's pretty funny.
Hopefully she can warm up to Toby. We're giving it a week. After that, if it doesn't work out, we'll throw her back out on the porch.
Ha ha ha, just kidding. We'll just try to find her a new home at that point if it doesn't work out.
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I'm going to start refering to you as my friend the cat lady! She is cute though.
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