A typical, um, productive, morning…
I wake up about 8 am, usually with Ollie walking on me and Heljye smashed up against my face, trying to get into my skin with me.
I feed the cats, open the cat door, scoop the liter box, take a shower, get breakfast, all the time trying to keep Ollie at bay while he mews incessantly for “the feather toy” - he will mew, then run to the closet where it is kept, run back, mew, return to the closet…
After I eat, Ollie is typically settling down somewhere preparing for a nap - certain I am not going to play with him. I look at him, and then I say “feather” and his little eyes open very wide. I say “feather” again and his head pops up, I keep saying it and he keeps moving - sticks neck out toward me, then lifts body up, then finally bolts across the floor as I start to move.
We play feather for about 20 minutes, and sometimes Heljye joins in, and sometimes he sits and watches. Jaz is somewhere napping. Snuggie is outside.
I put the feather on the floor and the kittens mess with it for awhile, then wrestle each other and finally settle down for a nap about 30 minutes after I stop playing with them. After about 15 minutes of “napping” Ollie will come jump on the desk, wanting and not wanting attention. I pick him up, he wrestles free and jumps down, 2 minutes later, he is back. I hold him snug and he settles down more. He gets down and goes to lay down for his nap.
About 10 minutes later, Heljye comes and sits by my chair, softly mewing. He jumps up and proceeds to attempt to get in my skin with me for about 10 minutes. I snuggle him and then take him to the bed where Jaz is napping. Jaz drops a large paw on Heljye’s body and starts to lick him. If I am lucky, Heljye will stay with Jaz and sleep. Often he comes back to the desk, rolls around and starts biting my arm. I return him to Jaz, he jumps down and goes elsewhere.
It is now about 11:30 am. They have finally started to all nap. Well, I hear a meow behind me and it is Snuggie, in from the wilds, asking me to go to the food dish and pet him and stay near while he eats. He may repeat this process anywhere from 2 to 6 times during the next 2 hours.
By the time he decides to come in and sleep, guess who is up and ready to roll… and the low winter sun is now (on sunny days anyway) beaming through the office window and directly into my eyes. Curtains? No, the walls are not painted yet and I am trying to avoid making more holes in the plaster before I paint…
Productive day…
Dad - Being his typical silly self...
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