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A Day In the Life Of A Diva or more aptly, The Show Must Go On

My First Vet Visit continued

Well, when I woke up I was in a cage, with other cats and dogs around but none of them were familiar to me and none of the humans either except the vet and his assistant. I had both front legs bandaged and my tummy was sore, but not too sore. I slept a lot the first day, then the second and third day the human from the front came back and held me a lot, she was nice and very kind. Then, other humans even the vet and his assistant would come and take turns holding me. I missed my human mom and home a little but it was ok because these humans made me feel safe. The third day my bandages came off and later when I tried to scratch the paper in my cage, I had no front claws! Oh, if my family only knew, what would they say? I had the vet come and check on me and he put some kind of fluid on the back of my neck, he said to his assistant to kill pesky fleas, and then he put liquid in both ears and said I must have had a whole colony of ear mites in both ears and then he flushed the dead mites out later to get all the junk out he said.
Then, my human mom finally came the fourth morning and I was in the crate and on the ride home, I told her about every single thing they did to me and I did not leave out a single detail. I let her know how unhappy I was with her to for not consulting me FIRST before she took me there and was she aware of the practice of petting you and weighing you to sneak up on you from behind? Human mom talked to me and I understood Ok, Diva, Home, Mama, Ok, Ok, Ok...She said more but I didn't understand it. When we got home she opened the crate and I was so glad to be home, I laid on her chest all day, really, we got home early, human mom said it was 10 am and I laid with her until 2 pm off and on.
She said that I was 'Spayed so I can't have babies which is a good thing because it is what a responsible pet owner does if they are not a breeder and there are too many animals in shelters looking for adoptive homes and too many unwanted pets and uncared for and neglected animals-even kittens'...who would do such a thing? Humans certainly are peculiar beings at times.
I got over being mad and my humans are my favorites once again.

My First Vet Visit

Oh the HORROR and shame!! *shudder* Let me begin by saying that my human family WAS at the top of my list of favorites until the VISIT...*shudders again*
I had never been to a 'vet' before and had only taken the one trip in the crate in the metal box on wheels that humans call a 'car'. I do not know why they are so enthralled and fascinated by those things, I hate them-although human mom has said that she thinks I'll get used to it if she takes me for rides enough...HAH...something else I'll have to work on her training for. Unlike the Dogs, we cats NEVER go for rides in cars, it is undignified-UNLESS it is OUR idea, I had an uncle who enjoyed riding in one of those, though I have no idea how he trained his humans to do his bidding...at any rate right now I do not like it.
The 'vet' or 'animal doctor' as human mom calls him, is a nice human yet, I do not like some of the things he does. He told his assistant human to take me from my human mom, hold me and pet me and all the while he had an alterior motive. He was really taking my weight while he was petting me, while the 'vet' was loading a syringe based on what the assistant human told him and then he gave me a mouthful of yellow, thick, pasty stuff that sort of tasted ok, but I didn't know if I really liked it or not and just as I was trying to decide, here came a 'jab' in the back of my neck! OW! Then he scratched my cheek and under my chin and told human mom that I was a 'nice kitty', then he gave me a taste of some clear liquid that was awful, but made me feel kind of woozy and he took me into a back room and it was lights out. (to be continued)

My New Life Begins

I shall say that up to this point, my new life with my humans has been ok, I am after all 'training' them the best I can and of course it is very exhausting and time consuming...however, that is why I nap a lot. With rejuvenated strength that they think is boundless (I have heard my human mom say so) I continue the training sessions relentlessly, until at last they succumb to my desires out of sheer weariness ...resistance is futile.
Hah, let me add here that The Dogs do not have this concept down at all, we cats have it down to an exact science to which even human scientists cannot explain and are in awe. It makes their brains hurt they said just trying to keep up with my ideas and logic...*shakes head*...poor Dogs, I must say I sort of feel sorry for them.
At any rate, my human mom should be coming along soon, she does this time in the morning you know, to check my food and water and then sits on the sofa and has her coffee (I love to smell it...aaahhh) and I curl up on her chest.
Well, I'll add more but I hope you enjoy reading about my life such as it is. All divas have humble beginnings (my human mom says so)