Meeeeow! No, seriously.
At the tender age of 23, I’ve decided to become a cat lady. Aww, bless. Not the crazy long-haired variety that smells of mothballs and Tender Vittles, mind you, but the young, cool kind that wears stilettos and watches Cash in the Attic every morning before work. Heh, oops…well at least I’m young.
This morning started off infinitely better than yesterday, which wasn’t exactly a difficult feat to accomplish. I woke up by 7:30 because I was so excited about going down to the humane society to look for a kitten. I bided my time, drinking my coffee and watching a little Cash in the Attic, then left in time to make it to the shelter by the time it opened.
When I got to the shelter and went into the cattery it was so exhilarating! I hadn’t gotten myself a new cat since I got Jasmine when I was 10. It was really neat knowing I would be getting a pet that would be with me through everything that’s going to happen for the next decade and more! It was a bit scary at the same time, committing to take care of and clean up after a little thing for years to come, to love it even after it shreds my couch and throws up all over the carpet, but there was never any point in my life where I would’ve traded away even one day with Jasmine. It’s just that much extra fun and love to go around.
So since I was in a share-the-love kind of mood, I decided to share the love with not one kitten, but two. I had thought it over and decided that one little kitten would be lonely in my apartment all by itself (and I read online that a single kitten tends to be more destructive than those with a friend to entertain them), so I picked out two kittens–a boy and a girl. They are both absolutely beautiful. I get to go pick them up tomorrow afternoon once they’ve been neutered/spayed. Then I can commence my life as a bona fide cat lady.
After much consideration I decided to name the boy Acton and the girl Bora. I took some pictures with my camera phone today at the shelter, so from left to right are Bora and Acton. The decent one of Acton is the one from the Humane Society of Broward County’s Web site, where he was the cat of the week this week. 🙂 The one on the far right is a picture of their cubicles with their “I’m adopted!” signs. This is just a sample of all the kitty fun and thousands of pictures that are sure to come!
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