It seemed that Tommy had quickly
figured out Daylight Savings Time and the warmer weather because right at 7:02
A.M. She was in my face for the morning wake up call. I had hoped that with the
warmer weather and time change I might be able to sleep until 7:30, but Tommy
had a different idea.
I knew that I’d never fall back to
sleep at that time, so I got up. When we were in the kitchen, Tommy seemed to
want some attention, so I picked her up and gave her a good morning hug. She didn’t try to jump down right away, but
sat in my arms for a moment and purred.
We were making some advancements.
I put her down and then got out her
breakfast. I decided that since I was up
I might as well accomplish something, so I went into the study to work on the
blogs. I was coming to the end of my grandfather’s diary project, so I could
use all the time I could get to clean up some of the earlier posts fixing the
formats and titles.
Tommy came in and wanted some
attention. When she didn’t want to play, but still hung around I decided to
pick her up. I tried to get her to sit on my lap while I petted her, but she
wasn’t having any of that. I let her down and I guess that was all the
attention she wanted because she went out to the main room and took a nap on
the sofa while I worked.
After I finished working I went out
to the sofa where we ate our breakfast. It was my first breakfast but her
second. I’ve really come to enjoy our
mutual dining time. Once Tommy was finished she went to the balcony door and
looked over at me. I guess that was my cue to open the door so she could
explore the sights and scents of the city.
She observed for a while and then I
went over and picked her up. At first she wanted to get down, but once she saw
the heightened view she stayed for a few moments. She gave out a sudden growl
and since I saw that she wasn’t squirming I knew that it wasn’t because I was
holding her. I wasn’t sure if it was toward the lone jogger or something else. About a minute later, she was ready to get
down.
We played with the fleece teaser and
her little box. When a siren started blaring, she froze. I wondered if this was
a learned response from her times on the streets of Chicago. Later I hear some
birds chirping and so did Tommy. She ran back over to the balcony door and
stared out intently looking for those birds.
We continued to alternate between
playing and Tommy going to check out the outside world from the balcony door.
Before she went for her afternoon nap, I brushed her teeth and gave her the
hairball treats and grass that she earned.
When it was time for her afternoon
nap, she moved to the study to enjoy the sun and some solitude. I went the car
wash and then came back in time to have Tommy trot to meet me when I
returned.
Tommy went back to the study and I
went along to work on postings. At one
point I thought that she was going to hack up a hairball but someone it never
arrived. I went to her to see if I could soothe her and she purred while I
petted her. Once she had enough petting,
she moved to her perch near the balcony door and I went to get ready for
choir. Before I left I got out the rest
of her dinner and gave her a good petting and hug.
When I returned Tommy trotted over to
greet me. Once my coat and shoes were removed, Tommy flopped down and expected
a good petting and quality attention which she received. Since it was late, I
was going right to bed, but at least attempted to play with Tommy. She didn’t
want to play she just wanted petting and attention.
As I got ready for bed, Tommy watched
from the dining area. When I was ready
to go to bed, I went and got Tommy, picked her up, hugged her good night and
put her down on the bed for her snack. As always, once she finished her snack
she jumped down and left for the main room. I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t
see or hear her again until it was time to wake up in the morning.
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