Well, I had a nice night, even though I slept through most of it. We had a great breakfast, and I will be playing soon, although I need a little rest first.
A new thing happened to me the other day. I was just minding my own business and looking around for something to do when I began to cough and I felt something in my throat. It was a little odd feeling, so I tried to ask Mom about it, but she didn’t seem to understand what I was asking, even though she knew it was a question. I coughed a little more, and suddenly, something came up my throat, out of my mouth, and fell onto the floor. I was very surprised. I had seen Miss Patchy do that, but it had never happened to me before. I asked Miss Patchy about it and she said that I shouldn’t worry; it was just a hairball. I asked her why it happened, and she explained to me that I have been shedding, with lots of my beautiful, long fur loosening up. I have been having to groom myself a lot lately, and she said that I have been swallowing my fur for a long time and now it was time for it to come up. She said it happens pretty often and that now I am an adult. No more kitten, even though I still feel quite kittenish. Mom says I play like a kitten, too. Why do I have to be an adult? Actually, though, I don’t really see any difference except that I now have hairballs. At least it doesn’t hurt!
The lights went off again, just a few days after the last time. It was daytime, so we didn’t need the light stick or the candles. Later on, Mom said that a car had hit a utility pole (whatever that is) and that turned our lights off. What does a car hitting this pole have to do with our lights? They weren’t off for very long, which Mom said was good because it was pretty hot outside and the cold air machine didn’t work, either. I’m glad it hasn’t happened at our meal time, because Mom says we shouldn’t open the refrigerator when the lights are out, so that it won’t warm up inside. Our food is in there! It’s scary to think that we might not be able to eat because the lights go out.
Dad has been going away every day for a few days now. He says that he has a job and has to go away to it. It’s very lonely here when both Mom and Dad are gone. Mom has a job, too, but she goes away mostly in the morning, while Dad goes away in the afternoon and evening, so most of the time we are not alone. When Dad is home, he spends a lot of time on the computer, so I go up to the office to help him. Sometimes I watch him from the second chair, sometimes I watch him from on top of the desk. Sometimes he plays with me and sometimes he strokes me. I like Dad a lot. I like Mom, too, because she is also very good at stroking me. They both spend too much time stroking Miss Patchy, though. Sometimes I get a little mad and just lie there and glare at them while they are stroking her. I’m not sure they even notice me. I always feel as though I shouldn’t let them stroke me any more when they do that, but then they start doing it and I have to let them.
Mom cooked some food for Miss Patchy and me last night. I heard her tell Dad that there is chicken, beef kidney, and chicken hearts, gizzards and liver in it. It smelled very good, but I would rather eat the dry food. Miss Patchy would rather eat the wet food and the stuff Mom cooks, so we often exchange our dishes. The whole house smelled really good, and Dad was hungry when he came home from work and he ate some of our chicken. It takes Mom quite a while to make the food. She cooks it for a long time, then lets it cool off, and then she has to chop it up. She mixes some of the cooking juice with it and then puts it in little containers that she keeps in the freezer. She is a very good Mom and Dad is a very good Dad, because he gives us treats. While our food was cooking, he took a chicken heart out of the pot and chopped it up and gave it to us. I liked that.
Well, it is getting late in the morning and I haven’t played yet. Lots of playing to do, lots of toys to play with. So many toys, so little time!
Regards,
Mina
