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Mama and Me

Have ever told you how much I love my Mama? She's the best. I miss her so much when she's not around during the day, when she goes to something called "job." But when she comes home, I'm always waiting by the door! She comes in and picks me up and holds me on her shoulder and murmurs things like, "Hello my special kitty." I'm so happy, I just dig my claws into her shoulder, which Daddy and Mama call "the claws of love." Mama holds me tight for a while and then puts me down. But I can't let her out of my sight, so anywhere she goes, I go too. Up the stairs. Into the closet. Into the bathroom. Even when she's in the shower I sit on the edge of the tub and watch her through the curtain. Sometimes she sings, and I get very excited and put my paw on the curtain. When she comes out, though, that's when I get to play "cave kitty," which is the best game ever. Mama makes a little cave out of her towel and I go inside and lie down. Mama thinks this is so cute and I get lots and lots of tummy rubs.

Then there's Mama and the computer desk. I love when Mama sits down at the computer desk, because that means I can get up there and lie down on her arm. I put my paw and my head on her arm and just lie there with my eyes closed, purring, being next to my Mama. I make sure my tummy is available for rubs, of which there are many, because even though I've got Mama's left arm pinned down, she uses her right hand to pet me. It's hard to miss me, since I'm a big fluffy kitty right in front of her face!

Then there's couch time. Any time Mama sits down on the sofa, I'm there. But I can't just jump up and sit down. I have to knead. I have to knead because it makes me happy and reminds me of when I was a little kitten. Besides, she's my Mama, and all kittens need their Mamas. So I knead, and knead, and sometimes I knead for so long, Mama tries to push me down, saying, "Bouhaki, just SIT DOWN, you've been kneading for fifteen minutes!" But I always spring back up and continue. I won't be rushed. When I'm finally done, Mama's lap or tummy is all nice and warm and soft. It makes the best nap spot.

When Mama went out of the house yesterday evening with her bag of music books, I went and sat on the kitty condo in the window and waited for her to come home. I waited so long I fell asleep. Then I heard a scratching noise outside. I cracked open my eyes and there was Mama waving at me through the window! She said, "Hi Boo!" and I said, "Waa!" By the time she came through the door I was off the condo and ready to greet her. After she took off her coat and put down her bookbag I got some quality shoulder time.

Yes, I love my Mama. She doesn't have any kids of her own so she tells me I'm her baby. I love to be babied. Mama does a great job of that. I'm a happy, warm, safe, loved kitty.

They should call it the "cat days" of summer

I don't know why they call it the "dog days..." because I'm just as miserable as anyone, and I'm not a dog! I'm one hot, hot kitty at the moment. It's been so HOT lately. I should be glad I'm an indoor kitty and our house has air conditioning. I don't even like sleeping with Mama and Daddy anymore because it's so hot. I like it downstairs where it's cooler. Upstairs isn't as cool. This morning, however, I went upstairs to see Mama when she got up. I was laying on the cool wood floor when she woke up and saw me and asked what I was doing down there! Of course I can't speak People so I said, "Meh."

Man, I wish I could get rid of this fur coat. Whew. I hope we have some cooler weather soon!

Just a quick hello!

So...what's going on? I'm still loving the TV. I watch anything and everything. It's fascinating! There's some pretty cool shows out there. Mama and Dad watch a lot of TV. Some of it is more interesting than others. I like shows that are busy and have a lot of action, like "24" and "CSI" and "MXC." A couple weeks ago Mama put on that really good bird and squirrel show for some people who were at our house who'd seen the pictures of me watching TV. I was SO excited to see those birds again! Everybody laughed at me but Mama called me her little boy and gace me scratches so I didn't mind.

I've been doing a lot of quality window-sitting lately, now that it's warm outside and Mam and Dad have the windows open a lot. Darwin likes to hog the windows perch most of the time but when he goes and sits on the condo, I get into the window.

Mama even let me out a while back when Darwin was on his line in the backyard. I poked around in the mulch for a while and then went exploring. Mama came calling for me and I came out from inside the neighbor's garage. She picked me up and exclaimed that I was filthy...well, I had been rolling around on the driveway concrete for a while...it just felt so good! How was I supposed to know I was going to get all covered in dust? Plus, it was really dusty in the neighbor's garage...Mama said to Dad that she could see clouds of dust blowing off my fur. Sheesh. That's why I have a tongue! To clean myself up! But Mama rubbed me with a damp towel. Oh Mama...I'm not people...I don't have to be wet to take a bath!

Lately I've been super affectionate to Dad. I'm a reserved kitty. It takes me a long time to get used to new things. I figure I've been living here for almost 3 years, it's about time I warmed up to Dad. So now he gets the leg rub and kitty head bumps and I talk to him. He's really nice. He knows all the spots I like to be scratched. I should have done this months ago!