Tommy woke me up around 6:30. I can’t remember the last time
I had been able to sleep that late. I’m
planning on moving the start time for the heat pump to go on at 7:00. I figure
if I push it back by 5 minutes every few days, within a week or two Tommy will
adjust to the change.
After she was fed she waited by the study door until I
finished printing the puzzles and checking email. She then moved right to the
tissue paper pile and was ready to play.
We played for a while until Tommy decided to just sit and watch me move
the teaser around. I decided to finish
the morning chores. Once the blinds were raised, Tommy went to investigate what
was happening outside. She sat so close to the windows which had a little ice.
I thought cats searched for the warmest place.
Sometimes I think that Tommy prefers the cold.
I did some work on the laptop while sitting on the sofa.
Tommy came and watched me either sitting on the end of the sofa or above on the
cushion. She quickly got bored and did surveillance around the condo. She
finally settled on the ottoman which gave her a good vantage point to the
outside while offering a sunny warmer spot. She must have read my previous
paragraph and wanted to prove me wrong.
Later in the morning I decided to brave the cold and walk to
the library to return a book. When I returned, Tommy was waiting on the sofa.
She came over by the tissue pile and I knew two things. First, it was time to
get rid of the shredded mess of tissue and second, we needed some play time. We
played first, but Tommy didn’t spend a lot of time playing amongst the tissue. After we finished, I gathered up the tissue and
put it away.
Tommy went to take a nap in the bedroom. I wasn’t sure if it
was a reaction to the tissue or that she was just tired. Later when I went to check on her, I gave her
the hairball treats and she finished them and then curled back up on the bed.
After my lunch, I went back to do some reading and posting. That took up much
of the afternoon.
When it was time for dinner, Tommy came out to remind
me. She ate a little of her meal and
then went back to the bedroom to curl up. I ate my dinner and watched some
television. At one point I took Tommy’s dish to her in the bedroom after I had
it on my lap for a while to lose the chill. I left it with Tommy and when I
returned she had finished it.
I thought that at some point Tommy would come out to play or
at least investigate, but she stayed in the bedroom. I would occasionally go in
and check up on her. I made sure that if she was awake we would spend some time
together. She was grooming herself and
couldn’t quite reach part of her back. I got the grooming glove and the minute
she saw it, she stood up right next to me. I then brushed her as she stood
there. It was the first time that she had stood up to be groomed and I was able
to brush all her fur without her moving. She even raised her head so I could
brush her neck. When she was done, she curled up on the bed and I went back to the
living room.
Later, right as I was shutting everything down to go to bed, Tommy
showed up ready to play. I was ready for bed, so I told her that she’d have to
assume herself which she did. I put out her snack, and after a few minutes she
came in and ate it. Then it was back to the living room for more play. At one
point she decided to race around the condo including around the bed and up and
down the bungalow. Once the racing was
concluded I turned off the lights. Tommy had one more round of play in the living
room before joining me up on the bed. She curled up in her usual spot and we
settled down to sleep.
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