I woke up during the night and
felt Tommy’s head resting on my leg. This was new; she’d never used me as a
pillow. I was almost afraid to fall back asleep, fearing that I’d accidentally
move my leg and either wake her up or push her off the bed. While I was falling back to sleep, she did
wake up and went out to get a little snack and a drink of water. I fell asleep
before she returned.
She must have returned because
she was sleeping peacefully at 5:00 when I woke up to use the facilities. She
awoke, but never moved knowing that if it was dark I probably wasn’t getting
her breakfast for her. Of course, she did start her morning wake up “service”
at 5:30 and continued about every 15-20 minutes until I finally got up at 6:45.
Having fed Tommy, given her
fresh water, and put out her grass, I got ready for school. Tommy usually
watched me get ready while sitting up on the bed. She has gotten used to my comings and goings,
but still usually runs and greets me when I return.
We got a new little Christmas
hat bed in the mail. It looks like it
night keep her a little warmer when the sun isn’t shining and it would make a
nice Christmas card IF I could get her to let me take a picture while she’s in
it. When I put it out, she did investigate, but wasn’t going in it. I put a
couple of her treats in the hat, but she still wasn’t going to stick her head
in the bed.
She left to take a nap, so I
went to the study. Later when I returned, she was sitting on the ottoman and
the treats were gone from the hat/bed.
She just didn’t want me to see her exploring. I went back to the study
and soon Tommy came in to get some attention. It’s always a welcome diversion,
and her purring is always so soothing.
Later she left to amuse
herself, but returned to remind me that it was getting close to dinner, which
meant I needed to put out her dinner so it would warm to room temperature. We
spent more time at/on the desk as Tommy watched me typing. I think that one of
these days she’s going to try to type. After I finished we went back to the
living room and I put a tuna treat in the hat.
Within minutes Tommy stuck her head in the hat and retrieved the treat.
We were making progress.
I put Tommy’s dinner out for
her and she ate about half of it. I then
decided to have some soup, so I started getting it ready. Tommy came out to see
what I was doing. I guess that it looked like I was preparing a meal for her
and she came to “help.” I finally showed her what I was making and she left
wondering how I could eat that “stuff.”
After dinner Tommy appeared to
want to play, but didn’t play with the worm or the fleece teaser. When I
brought out the laser pointer, she started playing. I decided to spend some
time putting the red dot in the new bed/hat.
Tommy would stick her head in the bed, but because she was blocking the
way, the laser was of course no longer on. She would get her head out of the
bed and look around for the little red dot.
We played for quite a while,
but then Tommy sat on her rug. This indicated that the play session had ended.
I read for a while until Tommy let me know that she wanted some attention. I brought out the worm and we again got to
spend some time playing. She went back to the rug, but would occasionally come
back over to play with the worm again.
Once there was an extended
period of inactivity I knew we were done. I finished working on this blog on
the laptop on the dining table while Tommy slept on her rug nearby. It was time
to head for bed. As I left, Tommy went under the bookcase near the door. When I
tried to pet her good night, she tried to bite. I don’t know why she felt
threatened, so I let it go and went to sleep not knowing if she’d come to bed
later.
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