My life with cats

My life with cats....

CATS
Crazy
Active
Terrorizing
Special


Crazy: They are quite unpredictable. For no reason they will pounce on each other. One moment they are cleaning each other, then the next we are having a smack down wrestling match.  If they aren't in the living room they have now occupied the bathtub to host their wrestling matches.

Active: I will give them both this much - their sleeping patterns have improved.  Me, I require a good 16-18hrs a day. Current day I think they average about 8 hours.  I look forward to when they acquire  their 16-20hrs of sleep. 

They run up and down the hallway using it as their personal launch pad as they attack .err.. play with each other. 

Terrorizing:  I'm still working through my issues of being swatted at for NO REASON AT ALL. The only reason I can think of is just for being me. I have now learned that cats do not require a reason to do what they do.  They just do.

This morning, I was sitting near my toy basket shortly after the hallway launch pad/wrestling smack down match ended. I thought that I'd like to go outside; when along came Gideon.  He sat down in front of me and started to eyeball my feet.  He wasted no time in his attempts to terrorize me. He slowly raised his paw and tapped at mine. I disengaged and looked off to my left.  Dad stepped in and told him to knock it off, that I didn't do anything to him. With a few more half attempts at tapping he walked off. 

Gideon will also casually lay against a human when they are in bed, then suddenly attack their limbs that are under the blankets. The other day he tried that with Dad.  Dad told him bad kitty and he went sprinting off the bed and down the "launch pad" area.

Special:  There's a running joke about Gideon licking a lizard.  He's sort of special. His eyes always look like they are full of wonder and sort of spacey/stoned.  He enjoys spending time in the bathtub after someone has taken a bath or shower.  He likes to watch the water drip.

Dorian's favorite perch

observing

Get me out of here Dad

Gideon watching the water drip

Gideon staring at the wall

I'm not sure what he's doing here

I had a bed malfunction

This morning we had a meeting

I find it best to just ignore them

Waiting to go outside - Gideon feeling quite relaxed

I got up to go outside. I didn't know which way to go. There were cats on either side/end of me. Finally I just played it cool and walked on by them....without incident.