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more vacation
Aug. 16th, 2007 01:31 pmdecided to take a long weekend, so i'm off today through monday. today i seem to be just vegging - slept in and now i'm sitting on the patio, cruising the net and trying to knit.
it is interesting to just be hanging around with the cats. i may get all sorts of insight into their lives. just now, i heard fred tearing around inside the house - then he ran out the cat door and straight up one of the tree ferns. sometimes i wonder about that boy.
i really do wonder what (and how much) cats think. i like to have the kittens in after dark; if i know i will not get home till after dark, i usually leave them in all day. tuesday night i stopped to do some shopping, and spent much longer than i should have at it, so it was well and truly dark when i got home. angelina was there at the car, as always, and helped me unload it (she's a very responsible kitten) - and then allowed me to entice her inside with the offer of dinner (she takes eating very seriously) - which meant she was in for the night. of fred, however, there was no sign. i called to him each time i went out to the car, and after i put the groceries away, i walked around calling him, and then called periodically from the gate (yes, i worry far too much about my silly kittens). angelina, in the meantime, kept a watch from the window. he finally showed up, and the instant i let him in, angelina pounced on him and pummeled him thoroughly, which much growling to make her point. now, there have been a few occasions when this has happened - i have gotten her in, and he is out - and when he finally shows up, she gives him what for. i don't know if she is reacting to my feelings of worry, or if she worries herself - or if she is just pissed off because _he_ was out fooling around, and _she_ was stuck inside. whatever it is, it seems to be a genuinely emotional response, and he seems to respond emotionally as well (tuesday night, he let her have his dinner, and washed her while she was eating it, which certainly seemed apologetic). i have hopes that someday, someone will come up with a genuine cat-translator, and perhaps i will find out.
in the meantime, i am going back to watching them and enjoying the day. i suppose i ought to plan to actually do something the next 4 days....
it is interesting to just be hanging around with the cats. i may get all sorts of insight into their lives. just now, i heard fred tearing around inside the house - then he ran out the cat door and straight up one of the tree ferns. sometimes i wonder about that boy.
i really do wonder what (and how much) cats think. i like to have the kittens in after dark; if i know i will not get home till after dark, i usually leave them in all day. tuesday night i stopped to do some shopping, and spent much longer than i should have at it, so it was well and truly dark when i got home. angelina was there at the car, as always, and helped me unload it (she's a very responsible kitten) - and then allowed me to entice her inside with the offer of dinner (she takes eating very seriously) - which meant she was in for the night. of fred, however, there was no sign. i called to him each time i went out to the car, and after i put the groceries away, i walked around calling him, and then called periodically from the gate (yes, i worry far too much about my silly kittens). angelina, in the meantime, kept a watch from the window. he finally showed up, and the instant i let him in, angelina pounced on him and pummeled him thoroughly, which much growling to make her point. now, there have been a few occasions when this has happened - i have gotten her in, and he is out - and when he finally shows up, she gives him what for. i don't know if she is reacting to my feelings of worry, or if she worries herself - or if she is just pissed off because _he_ was out fooling around, and _she_ was stuck inside. whatever it is, it seems to be a genuinely emotional response, and he seems to respond emotionally as well (tuesday night, he let her have his dinner, and washed her while she was eating it, which certainly seemed apologetic). i have hopes that someday, someone will come up with a genuine cat-translator, and perhaps i will find out.
in the meantime, i am going back to watching them and enjoying the day. i suppose i ought to plan to actually do something the next 4 days....
