Yesterday was a horror. Today is a day of catching up with whatever was set aside to get through yesterday. So, I cleaned the boys’ fountain; washed a week’s worth of my dirty clothes; cleaned up yesterday’s dirty pots, pans, and dishes; collected the trash; cleaned out and refilled the boys’ litter boxes; tossed the trash in time for it to be picked up (earlier than usual, so I barely caught them this week! whew!); finally pried Andy off of the cat tree so I could give him his medicine; fed the boys, adding the Lysine to their wet food to help build up their immune systems. All that.
On the other hand, Andy watched birds, ate, took his medicine (under protest and after a long resistance to the capture), and took a nap.
Dougy pretty much did the same things as Andy, except for the medicine, then he hopped up on the mini-stereo and watched me for a few minutes. I was fascinating.
Now, I think I’ll finish washing my clothes, put them in the dryer, go into the front room, put my feet up on the ottoman Dougy claims as his own, and let him have a hissy because I don’t move my feet when he stops by. Sometimes the human has to put his foot down to cat tyranny. Or up, as the case might dictate! Dougy will be pissy about it, so I’ll move my feet enough so he can share the ottoman with me.
Later, we’ll play wand toy games, the boys and I. We’ll have fun, then take a nap. Guaranteed!
sounds like a plan… chores are tedious… 🙁
Yes, but the more I put things off, the more I have to do: My fault! (I still felt sorry for myself. Ha!)
Yah, I’m the same. Haha! Still doing laundry… at 10pm…
The boys tend to wake me up at 3 AM, so I start my clothes washing around that time, too, since it’s just the cats and me here. Nice part about that is I usually have this tedious chore done before I fully wake up. Ha!
OMG! I will totally function like a zombie for the rest of the day if I’m up doing laundry at 3am. But yes, I remember more than 1 friend with cats who have mastered the art of sleeping with the cat sitting on in the dark of the night!
It can be done. Before I got Andy and Dougy as kitten brothers, I had a large (10,7k) tabby cat named Louie. When Louie wanted to get me up, he used several subtle tricks, and a few outright brutal! Subtle: he’d sniff my face, tickling me with his whiskers; he rubbed against my face; he put his tail end in my face (which usually got me up right away!) Brutal: He’d walk on me from head to foot, stopping on my knees, my waist, and my head, all places where it was uncomfortably painful to have that much weight pressing down. Dougy and Andy together weigh less than Louie by himself. (Andy – 10.25 pounds or 4,65k + Dougy – 10.56 pounds or 4,79k = 9,44k total) Andy just watches me, but Dougy actively tries to wake me up. When he walks on me, it feels pretty good. I can ignore it. The thing he does that does get me moving is the old sniff my face and tickle me with his whiskers trick that his predecessor used so effectively.
Sure – blame it on the boys!! Tsk, tsk!
Who else can I blame it on? I’m, of course, blameless!
Sure you are, we believe you, anything you say…..
Sounds like a busy day there and love this photo of Dougy giving you “the look.”
I think all humans owned by cats know “the look.”
I just go tup from nap and hubby andAli are still napping. 😀
That’s for sure! I expect it from Andy since I give him medicine every morning, but Dougy has an easy time of it.
Sounds like a perfect end to the day. 🙂
It was! We can learn so much from our cats (and dogs…fro those with hounds!), first of all, taking naps is a good idea.
I wish I could nap. It’s very rare that I can get relaxed enough.
When I was a college kid, I had classes in the morning or night because of the nature of my majors. (I had a three-way major in journalism, English, and advertising. Most of the classes in my major were at night and lasted three hours.) I got in the habit of taking an afternoon nap, something that I regretted during my work years because I always felt like a nap in the afternoons but couldn’t take one. That’s one of the best parts about being retired! Though I can’t always take a nap when I feel like one, I can take a nap most days if I feel a need.
That’s a wonderful triple major! I wish I had gone in that direction. I majored in Psychology. Then ended up in advertising and went back and did an advertising/communications program years later.
While smart students like you were napping, I was in the bars discussing sexual deviance and quoting the Hite Report!
And before you ask, no it does not work, trying to pick up girls. 😉
It is a logical combination. The University of Nebraska Journalism School requirement was that anyone majoring in Advertising Copywriting have the other two majors. My minor was geology. Why not? Ha! I actually did better in geology (which included rocks the first year and paleontology the second year) than in my majors.
If it makes you feel better, being an afternoon nap taker didn’t enhance my wits or fortunes sufficiently to acquire copious quantities of deliciously witty and beautiful girls either!
That must have been a great program. I forgot to mention that in my program my second was Sociology and my minor was English Lit. I remember studying Shakespeare and for a while spoke in iambic pentameter…that didn’t work with the girls either. 😉
What has worked, if decades too late, is having Andy and Dougy! Women love them!
YES! I found the same thing! 😀
We get through the day one way or other!
A very busy day! I usually try and help mom with her chores. She says it takes longer when I “help.” I don’t think so and I have fun.
(((Shoko)))
The boys pretty much disappear during chores. I guess they assume I might make them work for their life of luxury…! LOL!
Is that Dougy on the stereo? If so he looks like he is contemplating revenge of some sorts….
Yes, that’s Dougy, and there is a hint of malevolence in his stare…! He knows where I sleep,too.
LOL….excellent pic….
Yes, knowing he knows where I sleep is no comfort. 😉