On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Maida 'Mac' Cain <maida.mac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Gwyn Ryan <gwynhefar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What happened to the chattiness? Talk people, or I shall have to
>> regale you with tales of my new kitten!
>>
>> *holds up mewling ball of fluff threateningly*
>
At the moment, I am a
> neurotic mess who has nearly split from her husband of nearly ten
> years multiple times over the last couple of weeks. It's still too
> close to call at this point.
>
I am so sorry, Mac. If it makes you feel better I am constantly in
awe of your strength -- everything you've been through and everything
you've done for your boys. You'll get through this, one way or
another. Take some time, take care of you first, and then do what's
best for you and your family. And if you ever need to talk you know
where I am :)
> Also, I am extremely insomniac right now. As I posted to Facebook:
> "Hey, guys? When I've been suffering from severe insomnia and I joke
> about having ingested enough caffeine to kill a horse? I'm not
> exaggerating nearly as much as you assume I am. <vibrates like a
> struck tuning fork> Wheeeeeeee!"
>
I know the feeling! I haven't been sleeping well myself lately -- I
have this low-grade cold that doesn't seem to want to go away and is
just annoying enough to keep me up, not to mention annoying constant
hamster-braining. I've been chugging Mountain Dew like there's no
tomorrow.
> Right now, a ball of fluff sounds really good.
Okey dokey then! She's 8wks now, pure black, frisky and troublesome
and utterly adorable. We've named her Meira (MEER-uh). We also call
her Meer-kat or Meer-kitten. We got her from the Animal Rescue League
here in Boston where she'd apparently been surrendered by an owner who
had 'too many cats'. Reading between the lines I think it was someone
who hadn't bothered to spay their own cat and thus ended up with a
surprise litter of kittens. Either way, she's very outgoing and
well-adjusted which is new for me. In the past most of the cats I've
had have been ferals, so I'm used to kittens that cower in the corner
and have to be coaxed slowly over a period of months to allow you to
pet them. Meira is fearless, cuddlesome, purrs like a deisel engine,
loves to pounce on toes and sit on shoulders and generally makes an
adorable nuisance of herself.
Lately she's taken to following Robin (our 8-year-old cat) around
about a foot behind and then looking all nonchalant when he glances
back. There've been a few hissing matches and one clawless swat
upside the head when she pounced on his tail but mostly he seems to be
taking the new addition in stride. I don't think he's quite sure what
to make of her yet.
We do have to work on her rambunctiousness though -- she has to be
locked up in the study at night because she likes to play tug-of-war
with hair and chase her tail on pillows while we're trying to sleep.
We could close the bedroom door but Robin sleeps at the end of the bed
and we don't want to take away his spot just cause she's a bit rowdy.
Hopefully she'll settle a bit as she gets older.
A few pictures are here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101676606690088344910/albums/5722861591227462817
I'll have more soon, I'm sure.
Gwyn
--
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.
--Terri Windling
one day I am going to bloom
patient and proud
with fish in my mouth
and eyes in my wings
--Noe Venable
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