The waiting footstool
Waiting for me to get into position so that she could lie in between my legs. Charlie used to do the same while I make space for him to lie beside me. Different cat, different body positions, but same pattern on the same footstool. š§”š
Today is Charlieās gotcha anniversary.
18years of being a cat lady, all because of this boy.
I miss him every single day. š„ŗš§”
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Charlie came to us on the evening of 26th April 2006. These were taken on his first day with us on 27/4.
Charlie had 2 homes before he came to us (which kinda explained his neurotic and territorial nature). Actually, he was borrowed from catdadās colleague. Sounds really dumb right now, but thatās how it happened. We were never animal people, and I particularly was quite scared of all animals. But we both agreed cats are cool so when the opportunity came about we decided to give it a try. Charlieās story before us was rather vague and all I was told was that catdadās colleague Amanda adopted him from a litter of kittens belonging to another colleague and for some reason she chose the least sociable one hiding in a corner and renamed him from ChiChi to a more dignified Charlie. He must not be very happy when he was ChiChi, cos for a year or so after we adopted him, whenever I called him by his old name heād look shocked and stared at me like he was worried. Amanda then took in another bw cat which she named Chaplin (of course!), and Charlie became reclusive and unhappy. I think thatās why she agreed to let us borrow & possibly adopt him.
I almost bailed the night before he was supposed to come. Not having a cat before, I was apprehensive and worried about stupid things like furniture, curtains and stuff. Thank heavens I didnāt change my mind!
After he got here, on the evening of 26th April 2006, poor thing hid in the wall space behind one of our bookshelves which was barely inches wide. And since I was still afraid of animals, we locked him out of our bedroom on his first night. Poor baby was meowing through the night outside our door, and to this day, I havenāt forgiven myself for that!
But from the next day on, I started spending quality time with him. We both gained each otherās trust very quickly, and th
Itās been a confusing few days for poor Anouk as the humans cope with more stressful events.
First, weāve had to tolerate deafening drilling from renoworks in the apartments above & below us for consecutive days. Then I had to choose the worst time to come down with Covid for the first time and had to isolate taking catdadās current immunocompromised status into consideration. Poor girl couldnāt understand why I donāt cuddle with her on the couch anymore. Sheād run up to the footstool whenever she sees me, as usual, then give a look of anticipation as she waits for my cue inviting her to sit between my legs, and it breaks my heart every time I have to disappoint her.
Then just as you think things couldnāt get any worse, catdad tested positive today and now has to postpone his upcoming chemo session.
Please can we catch a break already! š
š©µ Remembering my babygirl š¤ā¦ š„ŗ
Pukey-Pukerson likes to puke in the most inconvenient to clean places. The cat treeās pedestal got a lot of old food particles stuck within the fibres and the inner frame was all rusted so I decided to DIY a new one with cushions as raised barriers so she doesnāt slip off the edge if she decides to sleep there like she used to on the old one. This girl does not adapt well to change so sheās still refusing to go up there by herself, only staying there for short moments when I carried her up. So hard to be appreciated around here š
Pukey-Pukerson likes to puke in the most inconvenient to clean places. The cat treeās pedestal got a lot of old food particles stuck within the fibres and the inner frame was all rusted so I decided to DIY a new one with cushions as raised barriers so she doesnāt slip off the edge if she decides to sleep there like she used to on the old one.
This girl does not adapt well to change so sheās now refusing to go up there on her own, only staying there for short moments when I carried her up.
So hard to be appreciated around here š
Made her a cushion with some old cat-fabric & excess pillow stuffing. She wouldnāt even look at it! š
šāā¬ Inspecting her frenemies.š±šš„ŗš„¹