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May 17, 2005
Visiting cats
At home I have Luigi, Ruth, and Teakettle to keep me company indoors, and Fred and Geraldine outdoors. So traveling involves a bit of angst, as I must sleep without being covered in warm fur and must eat without cat hair garnishing every dish. BP has all these joys to himself (along with cleaning up hairballs, keeping food dishes full, and changing litter boxes.)
Fortunately, at the moment I'm visiting Nedjma, Katie, Frieda, and Kateb, and they are preventing me from being too lonely. They're not allowed in the part of the house where I sleep, but they're right there at my elbow as I eat, offering to supervise and even share the burden if I feel that I have more food than I can handle alone. And Nedjma has thoroughly marked me, sending many eloquent messages back to the Earlville kitties—most of those messages no doubt consisting of the feline equivalent of four-letter words.
And guess what: I don't have to clean up hairballs, keep food dishes full, or change litter boxes. And I'm thinkin, Why go home?
Posted by senioritis at May 17, 2005 10:19 PM