Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Neither Tommy nor I stirred from the bed until a little after 6:00. At that point I was ready to go to the bathroom and Tommy was ready for breakfast. Unfortunately it was too early to start the day, so we stayed put. After a few minutes, Tommy checked to see if I was ready and when I didn’t move to get up, she moved to sit in front of the television.

By the time the heat came on, Tommy had already tried a couple of times to rouse me from the bed either by talking or making noise.  Once the heat was on, so was the “heated” talk from Tommy. I needed to get moving before I got in worse trouble.

We went out to the kitchen and handled breakfast, fresh water, and other chores. Once Tommy was appeased, I moved to the study and commenced my posting and printing. When I got the preliminary work done, I came back out to find Tommy waiting on her chair.

We moved back to the study and had a pet/play session. I was out of bread, so I needed to make some.  After making the dough I went to the living room while the bread rose. Tommy moved to the study, so I thought that it might be a good time to do some vacuuming.

As I got the vacuum cleaner out of the closet in the study, Tommy watched me warily.  I could see her tense up when she saw the dreaded machine. I tried to ease her fears and quickly moved the machine to the bedroom as far away in the condo from her as I could go.

I worked in the bedroom and then moved to the living room. When it was time to do the study I went in first and then put the machine behind the desk.  Tommy could see a clear path do leave and quickly exited. I followed her out to make sure that she headed to the bedroom.

 I finished the vacuuming and after putting the machine away I went to find Tommy. She was under the table at the foot of the bed.  When she saw me, she came over so I could pet her.  Once she had some attention she moved slowly out into the condo to reassure herself that the machine was gone.

I finished cleaning, backing, and burning a couple DVD’s while making sure that Tommy was given the attention that she deserved.  We played a little and then Tommy having finished a light lunch went to take a nap on the bed.

I thought that this might be a good time to run a couple quick errands. I was gone less than half an hour and when I returned Tommy came out to see what I had brought back.  She inspected the mail and the groceries.  Once she lost interest in the items she went back to the bedroom to finish her nap.

Later in the afternoon after we had another play session, Tommy went and sat in the study. I was sitting at the dining table working on my laptop when I heard a cry of distress from Tommy. Before I could get to her she came running out of the study and went flying intot he bedroom.

I followed her in just in time to see her throw up a little puke. As I went to comfort her, she pulled away and went a few feet away and puked a little more.  Once I was sure that she was done, I again went and comforted her. Her distress was probably caused by the new treat we had just tried a little while before.

Once she was calmed down, I went and cleaned up the mess.  When that was done, I went back to Tommy and continued calming and reassuring her.  Her rather loud purring told me that she was content and the issue had passed.

It was time for dinner, so I thought that I’d put out her dinner and she if she was hungry. She followed me to the kitchen and acted like she was hungry. As I went to put her bowl down she followed me and ate some of it.  She didn’t eat very much, but went back to the study to rest.

When I went to check on her she wasn’t in the study. I found her on her bungalow. Somehow she had slipped passed me.  I went to pet her and she flinched, so I wanted to make sure that she wasn’t still having stomach issues.  

I picked her up and put her on the bed. She wasn’t upset when I touched her stomach so my worries were lessened.  She then moved off the bed and sat by my feet. We then had a second calming/petting session and again Tommy was purring.  Once she indicated that she’d had enough she moved near where she had puked and just sat there.  I gave her head a little rub and then left to let her have some quiet time if that was what she wanted.

When I was typing on the laptop, Tommy came flying by and went into the study.  A few minutes later she jumped up on the table, but went and sat on the opposite side from where I was typing.  I wasn’t sure if she was tired of waiting for me, or bored, but she jumped down and went to look out the balcony door to see what was happening outside.

While the basketball game was on, Tommy stayed in the bedroom. I don’t think that she liked all the noise. We spent some time together after the game when she wasn’t napping in her bungalow.  She seemed to be a little out of sorts and I wasn’t sure whether it was because she wasn’t feeling well, or if she was just tired of my overprotective nature.

I decided to give her some space.  Later she came out of the bedroom and ran a few laps around the condo. Once she had burned off some energy we had a little play session with a couple of the lights.  Tommy was especially interested in the laser pointer. She seems to run hot and cold with that toy.

After playing Tommy headed back to the bedroom so I started getting the condo shut down for the night. Tommy came out to check on what I was doing and then went back into the bedroom. We finished our end of night activities and Tommy ate her snack early for a change. I fell asleep while Tommy started her late night up on the bungalow although I know that later she would end up sleeping by my feet.