Cricket and his family went on vacation for three weeks, and Cricket’s father has a cat that lives in their basement, prowls around outside, kills them “presents”, etc. I offered to watch said kitty for the duration of the trip, so now I have a cat named Dolce in my apartment. Cats are extremely weird animals, has anyone else noticed that? I get the midnight crazies, cats are crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk) and so Dolce gets this insane need to zip from room to room yowling and attacking my plants and my bedskirt. That’s fine. It’s the odd emo things she does that I don’t get. Here’s the deal: I feed her. I give her fresh water. She eats and then follows me from room to room meowing. When I go to pet her, she shimmies away and continues complaining. WHAT DO YOU WANT, CAT? I am giving you food, cleaning up your poop and trying to pet you. What the hell is wrong? I’ve just started ignoring her feelings and aggressively loving her against her will. Hey Cat, if you keep complaining I’m gonna pick you up and give you kisses and squeezins. Too bad. Deal with it.
Here’s a picture of Dolce with her typical expression which is, “Meh.”
It’s like living with a ninja. She makes almost no noise when she walks around, so periodically I’ll jump when suddenly next to my foot I hear, “Meow.” Oh, hello Dolce, I didn’t see you there. Don’t mind me, I’m just going to mop up this piddle that is now under my chair as soon as my heart stops beating in my ears. The other night I was walking to the kitchen and I walked past my jacket sitting on my couch.
I got some almond milk, turned around and OH MY GOD DEMON JACKET!!!
I’m not going to lie: I shrieked like a wee girl seeing an icky bug. I highly recommend not owning only black clothing if you’re sharing your living quarters with a black cat. Too many places for kitty to blend in and scare the crap out of you. Only have light colors or hot pink everywhere so you can keep track of where that thing is.
I still love her, though. I tried to take pictures with both of us together. Dolce really hates flash photography in her face, so in most of the photos she tucks her head into her armpit, or she has the expression below. “SO BRIGHT!! NO LIKE BRIGHT!!”
I took one where I’m giving her smootchies. I think her expression says it all.*
*”Meh.”
Cricket returns in a little less than two weeks, so basically I have to not kill this cat for about twelve more days. I think I can handle this.
Addendum: Additional Meh to get you through your day.
You’ve discoved the joy of “forced lovies” or “‘byoosing”!! Cats act like they don’t want to be petted and loved, but they do! And sometimes you have to make that happen. <- not supposed to sound rape-y
Also, the best cat to have when you wear all black *is* a black cat. Then you never have to worry about cat hair!
btw- more of this, please. MOAR!!!!
Um, I’ve read this like 5 times and it’s STILL FUNNY!!! I’m glad I checked in again: bonus pic!!! YAY!!!
This is fantastic. She’s gone now I’m guessing. Will there be a part deux? please say there will be!