Last night I turned the heat up and thought that I put the
thermostat back to the automatic, but during the night I noticed that the heat
came on which usually doesn’t happen. By 6:00 we had both been waking up for a
while and Tommy couldn’t decide if she
should go back to sleep up on the bed or somewhere else and whether she should
be trying to wake me and get me to get out of bed. She was so confused that I decided to get up
and get out her breakfast.
She ate some of her meal and then went back to sleep up on
her bungalow. I stayed up and decided that I could get quite a bit done if I
started early, so that what I did. While
Tommy slept I completed transcriptions and postings, puzzles and burning a DVD.
Tommy must have come out and eaten some more if her breakfast while I worked.
When the sun was shining throughout the condo, Tommy moved to
the living room and sat on the top of her scratching post to oversee outside
her “queendom.” She would occasionally
come over and let me know that she was aware of my presence and would let me
know when I was needed.
As she headed to the study, she called out to me and turned
around to make sure that I was following.
We played a little, but it seemed like Tommy just wanted to sit in the
sun, so I went back to clearing the DVR.
When Tommy came out again, I decided that it was time to
brush her teeth. Tommy let me brush her teeth although I had a little trouble
brushing her back teeth so it took a bit longer. Once we were finished, Tommy
ate her hairball treats and a couple blades of grass.
Later I saw her sitting in the sun near the desk. When I went
to join her, she turned over onto her back and she got a good rubbing/petting
on her chest and neck. We also spent a
little time playing again with the fleece.
After that she sat on her rug in the living area where there
was still a small sliver of sun. As I watched the news I realized that Tommy’s
dinner should have lost its chill. I wondered if she was hungry, and as I broke
up her food in the dish, Tommy came running out.
She started eating her dinner as I worked on the laptop on
the dining table. Unfortunately the light wasn’t great, so I turned on the
flashlight to see an entry in a diary appendix.
Tommy thought that I was signaling to play and so she abandoned her dinner
and jumped on the table.
I told her to finish her dinner and she went and sulked. When
I finished the entries I went to put the finished diary in the box in the study
closet. Tommy came to help and a double air packing pillow drifted down. I had
an idea.
I separated the two air pillows and put them on the floor. I
got down so that my glasses refracted light onto the floor in one of the
pillows. Tommy started trying to catch the light and as she pushed the pillow
away, I made sure that the light continued to move with the air pillow. We had
so much fun playing with the light and the pillows. When I needed to stop to
eat dinner I put the pillows away so that Tommy wouldn’t accidentally pounce on
one and burst it. I wanted to be near if that happened while we were playing so
I could reassure her as I know that she’d probably get scared by the noise.
I went and ate my dinner, but Tommy still didn’t touch any
more of her meal. When I placed the dish
by her in the study, she did eat a bit more. No matter what I did, it seemed
that she was finished with her meal. Since she also hadn’t finished her morning
meal I was surprised that she didn’t finish her evening meal.
I left it out while I did the dishes giving her one last
chance before I would need to dispose of it since it had been out for a
while. When I finished the dishes she
still hadn’t touched any more of it, so I dumped it and washed her dish.
Once the dishes were done, I moved toward the study and Tommy
bolted ahead of me. We had another rousing session with the light and the air
pillows. We didn’t play as long but Tommy again was quite enthusiastic. She
seemed like a kitten again as we played.
Once she grew tired of playing and only wanted to watch the
light, I put the air pillows away. I wasn’t about to continue twisting If she
wanted me to do that she’d also have to put forth some effort.
I finished another diary appendix while Tommy chilled in the
study. After I finished I went into the
study and Tommy came over to me. I could tell that we were both tired and as I
closed down the study, Tommy moved toward the door. After closing down the main
room, we headed into the bedroom. It was time to sleep.
Tommy let me pick her up and give her a big good night hug
without any fussing. When I put her down on the bed, she ate her snack, then
jumped down and came over by my side of the bed. When she saw that I was
getting in bed, she went up on her bungalow to chill out for a while before she
would curl up near my feet on the bed.
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