September 13th 2007 8:57 am
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I posted this in BCCP but MomKatt wanted me to put it in my diary, too, so we could both have a record.
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As you know, she (MomKatt) ha's been home sick, again, this time w/bronchitis. She's coughing a lot, and I've been playing nurse w/lots of purring and ham bits.
Well, she's home again today but when she got out of bed, the weather had cooled down so she thought perhaps a short leisurely walk would make her feel better, so she went for a walk around our neighborhood.
When she came back, she told me that, on her walk, she saw a slim black kitty trotting towards her. He had a smudge of white under his chin and MomKatt said he obviously belonged to someone (no collar) because his fur, eyes, etc. were in beautiful shape and he was VERY, VERY loving to her when she called out, "Hello!" to him. They ended up on the curb (this was in a residential section so no traffic) having a love-fest, apparently, for about 10 min. She petted and rubbed him and talked to him (she said he has green eyes like mine) and said that, if she were his owner, he'd never be out roaming around like he was and that she wished she could take him home with her but she already had five kitties and there just wasn't room.
Then she said after she told him that, he nudged and rubbed on her for a few more minutes, then gave her a gentle headbutt on her hand and walked away toward a tree in the yard they had been standing in front of and she decided this was the time for her to continue her walk because, otherwise, she'd have sat there all morning just loving on this gorgeous black male kitty.
Most of you know MomKatt's not happy at her job & has been having some tough times lately, aside from being sick. She has come home convinced that this kitty was a sort of omen or good sign. She doesn't know WHY she feels that way - and says she's probably being silly - but she was just so taken by him and was comforted by the fact that he (like I did when I came here two years ago) just came right up to her, tail up, acting as if he were very happy to see her though he didn't know her from Adam's housecat, and let her lavish her affection on him while he returned it in kind.
I wonder if it'll turn out that MomKatt's right ... maybe things will start to change a little now. That's what she says.
September 11th 2007 6:05 am
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It's been quiet around our house lately. MomKatt's still a little under the weather - cough & rough throat - so she's going to the vet again today to have that looked at. I was a VERY loving little kitty this morning; I did NOT want MomKatt to stop petting me! Lots of finger-nudging with my nose and, while she was putting on her shoes, I followed her out of the closet, hopped up on the bed next to where she was and DEMANDED to be petted by miaowing QUITE emphatically.
Don't know what was up with that - I mean, I always welcome affection from my MomKatt, but this morning ... I don't know I just felt close to her, I guess. Plus I know she's still not feeling tip-top. It's rather mysterious, even to us kitties, that we can be so closely attuned to our humans' moods and feelings. When they're happy, we're happy. When something's wrong or they feel badly, we know that, too, and instinctively try to make things better.
She said last night that I was one of the few sources of absolutely ZERO stress and worry in her life, so I hope to continue to be that for her. I love her very much. She takes good care of me!
August 31st 2007 1:29 pm
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Well, MomKatt's on the mend at last, I think, and she has me to thank for it. Yes, Nurse Morticia, looking fetching in her little white nurse's Red Cross cap, has single-pawedly run sister Livia away from the sofa repeatedly when she's attempted to jump up there and knead MomKatt to death when she's trying to rest ... pushed brother Shariff off of the bed in the mornings while MomKatt's tried to drink her coffee and read in peace while keeping quiet herself so she doesn't start coughing again ... I've followed her around the house when she's had to do something (anything) just to make sure I was there if needed in an emergency ... I've administered heavy purr therapy for sedation and comfort purrrrposes ... really I think I've done all a black kitty CAN do to take care of her human when she's ill.
Of course, DadKatt's taken the night shift but, secretly, (and I know MomKatt loves him) she prefers my care to his. Besides, my paws are softer than his are. *MOL*
But I'm exhausted. I'm glad this is a 3-day weekend -- but I'm glad MomKatt was home with me nearly all this week except Monday (except that the reason for it was that she was ill). It was nice having her all to myself for several days in a row. I wish they'd win the big lotto tonight ($325 million) so she could stay home every day.
PS - Just found out her insurance doesn't reimburse with ham for medical services rendered. DRAT! What the heck am I gonna do with this CHECK?!
August 29th 2007 5:12 am
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Sorry I haven't written. I've been playing nurse kitty to MomKatt who's had a nasty urinary tract infection since this past weekend. She's been out of her office (she says she'll even be sick before she'd rather go in there, sad really) for the last two days. I've been keeping Livia & Sharif away from the sofa so MomKatt can nap in the afternoons and I guarded her in bed this morning while she read so Sharif wouldn't get up against her & get her all hot. She's been running a fever and says his body heat really makes her miserable and that I'm the only kitty she can stand lying on her right now! (I have to admit that made me feel really good.) But she'll probably have to go back to work tomorrow - she's on a medicine to help her feel better and she's got to take it for 7 days.
When I've not been guarding mom, yesterday I got REALLY wild. I think it was pent-up energy from being so hard-working as a nurse but I ripped & tore through the house last night, chasing everyone and everything in my path. I was Wild Black Kitten!!! Then, after awhile, I climbed to the top of our cat tree, displaced Sharif and settled down for a nap. Poor MomKatt - I kept one eye on her while I lounged up there and she was shivering and hot and just miserable under the blankets on the sofa. Her fever returned last night but she *does* seem better this morning, just kinda run-down & recovering.
And she has ME to thank for her recovery, I think!
August 25th 2007 6:27 pm
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As Saturdays go, it's been a particularly good one here. Today marks the two-year anniversary of my arrival here at MomKatt's ! We celebrated in style this morning with a "Catnip Orgy", during which I proceeded to wallow in my plate of catnip - literally! I was covered in less than 3 seconds with pieces of 'nip!
It's strange. Even a few months ago, 'nip didn't really faze me that much. I mean, I'd SNIFF it when MomKatt put it down on the floor for all of us (Sharif's such a 'nip-pig that he has to have his own plate of the darn stuff!) but today ... perhaps it was the happy mood, perhaps it was just excitement on my part but ... my reaction was totally different! I was rolling on the plate and then MomKatt re-dusted all the toy mice and catnip bags with shredded 'nip and tossed 'em all on the floor in a great big heap and I was right in the middle!
I think I was just happy because I was so thankful to be here and I knew MomKatt was feeling the same way by the look on her face as she watched me play.
So, kitties, make sure your parents celebrate your b'days and arrival anniversaries: they're the best days of all!
'Bye everyone! 'Til next entry!
Morticia (the thoroughly chuffed!)
August 23rd 2007 6:22 am
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Well, I'm so happy and humble and full of thanks for being picked for Catster's Daily Diary. Heck, I was just writing! I have to say that MomKatt helps a LOT with her typing and editing skills. If she didn't, I doubt anything I said would make much sense!
However, she did start kidding me about paw-tographing .....
I'm just proud to have been picked and thank Catster for their recognition! I'm just gonna keep on writing!
August 22nd 2007 10:17 am
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And here's Angel bringing my attention to the fact that Hudson was "smitten":
Morticia, m'dear, did you know Hudson has stars in his eyes furr YOU ...
we heard it on the cat-vine ...
ain't love sweet ???
dreamy purrs,
Angel and Merlin
August 22nd 2007 10:12 am
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Well DATING proposal I should say ... I wanted to save it here in my diary to have.
"Oh, I see the lovely Morticia is here already in her lovely sparkly jewels that match her lovely eyes...
*clears throat*
She and I have been getting to know each other, and we have lots in common (so do our mommies) and she's really pretty, as you can see, and funny and nice, as you all know...and I just kept thinking about her all the time...and I got the feeling she liked me too...
*ahem*
So, today I asked and she has agreed to be my girlfurriend! You are all such good furriends I hope you will be happy for us!
Hudson"
Isn't he just DREAMY?
August 22nd 2007 7:30 am
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Hudson asked me to "be his" yesterday!! I'm BLISSFUL! I can't stop purring!
August 20th 2007 12:41 pm
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Y'know, you wake up thinking a day is going to be ordinary, and it turns out to be the most wonderful, brilliant day of your life!
Had a blast at the New Orleans Pawty on Friday night. Got there a bit late, as MomKatt had a preexisting meeting set up after her work with a friend she'd not seen for some time. We were going to go to the pawty right after that, but then she got to talking ... and talking. Consequently, we were much later arriving than I thought we would be. ("Fashionably late," she kept telling me! I was worried I'd be late! This was my first Catster pawty and I didn't want to miss it or make a butt of myself!)
Anyway, Ashley had created an absolutely killer mask for me to wear so I came into the pawty tail high, feeling very happy & confident. It must have paid off - after being there awhile, Hudson (a VERY handsome black kitty here on Catster), with whom up 'til then I'd exchanged a few comments on the forum here, asked me to dance & proceeded to sweep me off of all four paws! Can that kitty cut a rug or WHAT?! Left me PURRLESS!
But it was like being Cat-erella at the ball - next thing I knew, he'd disappeared (later I learned it was because of a thunderstorm where he lived that made his whole family have to get off of the computer). But of course, on Fri. night, I didn't know this - and Hudson had just vanished. Without a clue or trace. I felt rather like the pumpkin coach that had turned back into a pumpkin.
Well, I was the last cat out of the pawty (my MomAndDadKatt brought me up knowing how to PAWTY!), and this morning (Monday) when I came onto the website, I saw some comments that, via the grapevine ... Hudson ... oh, how do I say this without sounding egotistical or jumping the gun & misreading something? Well ... HE LIKES ME!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! He even posted song lyrics for me from an REM song ... he's so sweet, intelligent, a blast to hang out with ... every kitty's dream, really. I'm so excited.
I've never had a boyfriend before - well, Feisal doesn't count. Poor dear, my one heat cycle scared the pee out of him and he sees me coming now and I guess he thinks I'm going to pounce his bones 'cause he just gets this "AAAAAUUGGHH!" look on his face & runs off to MomKatt! What a silly Aby HE is. We're just friends. (Between you and me, Diary, I don't think he could've handled it, anyway, even if something HAD happened!)
Why do I now have the Bryan Ferry song below in my head?
Miaow ... purr ... but I'm so happy ... tune in tomorrow ...
"When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful"
When somebody thinks you're wonderful
What a difference in your day
Seems as though your troubles disappear
Like a feather in your way
When somebody thinks you're wonderful
Tells you with a smile so sweet
What are little stones you step upon
Just a meadow 'neath your feet
And how you meet the morning
ANd gaily swing along
At night you may be weary
But your heart still sings a song
When somebody thinks you're wonderful
Love is mighty close to you
Just another thing more wonderful
Making all his dreams come true
Purrs ....
Morticia
PS - He likes me ... he REALLY likes me!
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