Sunday, October 5, 2014

Tommy woke me up during the night when she needed some attention. I really don’t mind it that much. It’s just irritating that she’ll wake me up in the middle of the night, but then sleep in the morning when I’m awake.

We had a usual morning except that somehow Tommy must have really eaten too much grass again. After I put it away and while I was working on the computer I heard a strange noise.  When I got out to the living room there was Tommy sitting next to a bit of green vomit.  It was easy to see that it was from the grass. It happened once before when she overindulged, so I guess I’ll have to watch her more closely when she’s eating the grass.

I left for a couple hours to cheer on a friend who was running a marathon. When I returned Tommy was glad to see me, but let me know that I had interrupted her napping. When I went to work on the computer, she came in, sat on her chair by the bookcase, and fell asleep. The sun was shining in, so she had an ideal locale for her nap.

The rest of the afternoon and early evening were periods of napping and attention seeking. When I went to sit on the sofa with my dinner of two brats, Tommy came running. She jumped on the chair next to me, across to the table and then on the arm of the sofa. She was just about to pounce on me when she caught herself and jumped first next to me and then immediately to the cocktail table in front of me.

She leaned in at close to me as possible watching me eat. I knew she’d love for me to share my brat, but I also knew that she shouldn’t have it. When I finished eating Tommy went back to her rug, but followed me around wherever I went.  Once I settled down, Tommy decided that she needed some exercise and went flying around the condo occasionally abruptly stopping to make sure that I was paying attention.

When I went to work on my laptop on the dining table, she took a nap on her rug. I knew that we still would have a play session before bedtime.  When it was time for play, as usual, Tommy wanted to play with the fleece teaser.

Tommy is so funny when we’re playing with the fleece teaser. At times she will crouch behind some small object as if she’s hiding and preparing to pounce. When she’s just about ready, she raises her butt and starts to wiggle it. Then I know that she’s ready to attack.

When she took a water break I remembered that I needed to refill the Brita water dispenser in the refrigerator.  Since Tommy finished I did, she went and sat by the bedroom door. I wonder if she was asking “Are we done already?”

We continued playing. Tommy moved under a chair in the dining area. As I wiggled the fleece, a pen on the table was moved by the fleece and starting making noise.  Tommy jumped up to investigate and found a new toy. She spun it with her paw and when it fell to the floor she continued playing with it, but finally gave up when it wouldn’t spin very well on the carpet.

Tommy pulled the fleece into the bedroom. She sometimes liked to play with the fleece and her scratching post.  We continued playing until she went and sat by the bed.  This “almost bedtime” was going too well. I stopped for a minute to go to the living room and turn off the lights. When I reopened the door, Tommy was still sitting by the bed.

I put her treats on the bed and prepared for bed.  When I returned she was still sitting there. I climbed into bed and after a minute or two, Tommy jumped up and found her treats. When she finished she jumped down and went under the bed. She was ready to go to sleep and so was I.