Tommy again woke me up at 4:30, but
this time, not only did she want attention, she wanted to settle in for a
nap. After she had completed her rubbing
against me and I finished my petting while lying on my side, she licked my hand
and curled up against my chest. I was one of those moments that remind me how
glad I am to have her in my life.
Of course, she didn’t want to stay
at my side for long and decided to use me as a hurdle as she jumped across the
bed to release some energy. She then settled down under the bed to await the
time when I would finally get up and take care of her needs.
At 7:00 I got up and completed my
morning duties before heading into the shower to get ready to leave for class.
As I finished getting dressed I put on my tennis shoes in the living room.
Tommy had been watching my comings and goings throughout the condo and knew
what was happening. As I finished tying my shoes, she headed into the bedroom. When
I followed her into the bedroom, I saw that she was sitting on the bed waiting
for her morning/good bye treat. I gave
them to her and left for class.
When I returned at noon we spent
some time catching up on petting and play activities. Later I was hungry so I
got out a bag of BBQ flavored turkey jerky. As I ate it while sitting on a
chair in the living room, Tommy jumped up on my lap to investigate. She hadn’t
jumped up on my lap for some time, so I was surprised. When she realized that I wasn’t going to
share the jerky, she jumped down. She
does have her standards and there’d better be something in it for her to sit on
my lap.
Later in the afternoon I saw her
intently investigating the balcony screen and door. She kept moving around, so I went over to
check on her. She had found a small house fly and was determined to capture
it. Not knowing whether she would kill
and/or eat it, I decided to set it free and opened the screen just a crack. The
fly was able to escape, but Tommy wasn’t happy to have lost her new little toy.
Tommy spent some time on her rug
and we played with the fleece teaser. There are times when it gets caught on
one of her toys, but it doesn’t bother me.
Tommy seemed to have a different opinion. While I watched, she suddenly starting
flinging all her toys off the rug. She didn’t stop until the rug was clear
except for a heavier spring toy.
I thought I’d help her. I went over
and moved the toy off the rug. It seemed
that Tommy didn’t want it moved. She went and sat behind it and stared at
me. I got the message and moved it back
to its original position. She then moved
back on the rug and pulled at the fleece. It appeared that she was ready to
play, so that’s what we did.
Tommy’s very good about telling me
when she does and doesn’t want to play. If she wants to play, she’ll sit by the
fleece teaser or will pull on it. When she
needs to take a break, she’ll either stop the fleece with her paw as it goes by
her and then will let it go. If I don’t
catch on to her wishes, she’ll just get up and go get a drink, eat or go to the
litter box. I’m sure that she wonders why I can’t figure out how long play time
should be. Of course, it does vary.
Sometimes she’ll play for 30-45 minutes and other times 10-15 minutes is all
she wants.
After our last play session of the
day, we were both laying on the floor and I was watching the news. We both fell
asleep, but I woke up about an hour later.
I turned off the TV and the lights and waited for Tommy to go into the
bedroom. I guess that she was too tired and just mewed to me. I picked her up and she snuggled against my neck
as we went into the bedroom.
When we got there she mustered
enough strength to jump onto the bed from my arms. I thought that she’d immediately jump down
and go under the bed, but I was wrong. She sat there and waited for her treat
which I gave to her.
As she ate the treat, I got into
bed again expecting her to jump down and go under the bed. She fooled me again.
She moved to her old spot for sleeping near my feet, curled up, and closed her
eyes. I don’t know why she suddenly decided to sleep on the bed again, but I
was so happy to have her feel comfortable enough and trust me enough to want to
be close to ne during the night. Once
again as I drifted off to sleep, I was so glad to have my little princess in my
life.
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