Apr 07 2011
Kitty Mysteries
The kitties let me sleep in until nearly 8:00 this morning! That’s right, Audrey didn’t demand to be let outside at 4 am, Clyde didn’t climb on my head, and Roscoe didn’t bite my nose. I woke from dreams of envelopes* to find that it was raining, though the sky was blue. Audrey was sitting regally on her throne (also known as the rocking chair my great-grandfather made for my great-grandmother, cushioned with her favorite throw blanket), Roscoe was cuddled up next to me, and Clyde was sitting by the heater.
The heater was on, even though I set it for 52 degrees before going to bed. The mystery was solved when I went to feed the ravening hordes. The laundry room/pantry/cat dining room door was slightly open, letting in the 40 degree air. Though this explained the chill in the air, it made it more mysterious that the cats, especially Audrey, were still inside.
The ways of cats are inscrutable, my friends.
Clyde’s painting assault days seem to be over. I came home from work one day and had barely put my Hello Kitty bag down on the table and greeted the cats when Rob came by. I’m sorry to say that he actually had to point out to me that he had (a) re-hung the giant painting, which had been leaning sadly against the stairs – mere inches from where I was standing – and (2) removed the shelf under it, which Clyde had been using as a launching pad to get inside and on top of the painting.
This is why I would make a terrible crime witness.
I miss the shelf, and displaying my RobCo collection on it, but it’s been effective in Clyde deterrence. The first couple of days, he tried to jump on it and was clearly surprised to find it was no longer there. You could practically see him thinking, “I know there was something here before. Where the hell did it go?” as he fell backwards onto the couch. Now he seems to have given up on it entirely and is looking for trouble elsewhere. Compromise: a noun meaning no-one is happy with the solution to a problem.
*I’ve been stuffing, sealing, and stamping envelopes at the jobette for the past two days. I may take Joy up on her offer to give me helpful hints.