Wednesday, February 4, 2015

I woke up a little after 3:00 A.M. to the sound coming from the television. I got up to go to the bathroom and then found Tommy sitting on a chair in the dining area. I gave her a quick pet and then went back to bed and turned off the television. Right after the T.V. was turned off, Tommy came into the bedroom and laid down in front of the now quiet television. We both went back to sleep.

Tommy woke me at around 5:30, and I let her know that she had about an hour and a half before I’d even consider getting out of bed. She continued to try to “persuade” me every 20-30 minutes, but I was able to take a few cat naps during that time.  When the heat came on, Tommy came and made sure that I got up and began my duties, starting with giving her breakfast.

During the morning we played in between me completing my federal income tax returns.  Tommy was very patient with me. I made sure that we used a few different teasers to keep her amused. Tommy took her late morning/early afternoon nap on the sofa while I worked on burning a DVD from the DVR and baked. I put out her grass, but she didn’t budge. I guess her nap was more important.

When the timer went off on the oven Tommy woke up. I asked her if she was hungry and it must have looked like I was going to take away the grass because she quickly jumped down from the sofa and ate her “salad.”

When she was finished eating she came into the study where I was working. She jumped up on the desk to get her share of attention. After much petting and purring I needed to unmold the coffee cake. When I returned Tommy was still sitting on the desk waiting for me, but once I was back, we had a short petting purring session before she decided that she’d had enough and it was time to supervise me from under the piano keyboard.

Later she moved to the sofa, and then her bungalow before coming back out. Not surprisingly it was dinner time. She ate some of her food and then began tearing around the condo, I’m sure to burn off some of the excess energy from her naps. After I finished my dinner I needed to get ready and go to book club. Fortunately it’s in the building, so I wouldn’t be gone long, but before I left I put out dinner #2 for Tommy.

When I returned Tommy was right by the door. She had probably heard me talking to a neighbor, so I’m sure she was curious and wanted to see what was happening. I started to open the door and Tommy’s face was right by my feet trying to catch a glimpse at all the action.

We spent quite a bit of time playing although the sessions were in short spurts.  Tommy seemed to be enthusiastic for a minute or so, but would then lose interest.  We had a tooth brushing session in the afternoon, and she seemed a bit skittish. I know that she didn’t know that we were a day behind on the schedule, so I’m not really sure what was going on with her.

Between play sessions I watched a little television before going to bed and finished up when I got in bad.  As always Tommy was right there blocking the view of the television in the bedroom. After a few minutes she jumped down, just as I was going to turn it off. Lights out, I was ready to sleep. Tommy left the bedroom to either play or jump up on a chair in the dining area to sleep.