Adventures in the sun ...

This is me just before I jumped from our wall into our neighbours' back yard.

My  human's wondering what I'm doing in there & hoping that I'm not getting up to mischief.

  ~ Tee hee, that's my secret; she'll never know ...

What she also doesn't know is that I'm making my way towards the tree ... see it in the background?

That's where the birds come to play.

And I'm going to play with them ...

Cuddles make me forget the bad stuff ...

Human ... I love cuddling into you.

And I've forgiven you for reacting so stupidly earlier to me being snuggled under the duvet. You humans just don't understand us cats sometimes.

And that annoys me. It irritates me. It even sometimes makes me feel angry.

But then ... we have times like we are right now, when I'm cuddling into you. 

And because those times are so lovely, I forget all about everything else ...

What's your problem ... ?

Yes human, I do know it's hot & sunny outside.

And yes human, you're right ... that bump under the duvet is me.

  ~ so what's your problem ... ?

Self harm & steak ...

Do you see the beginnings of my baldy tummy in this photo of me washing me myself?

That's from my human abandoning me for 2 days.

Every time she leaves me I get scared she's not going to come back for me ... & to comfort myself, I lick my tummy. 

It reminds me of how it feels when my human is with me & stroking me. But my tongue is nowhere near as nice as my human's hand. I miss her lots when she's away.

The only good thing about her being away, is when she comes home! I just love to see her! I purr loudly & just can't stop myself rubbing my face against her & following her wherever she goes. 

This is me cuddling into her tonight ...

Nothing makes me happier (okay, maybe treats do; but don't tell my human that!) than my human coming home after she's abandoned me.

I think she must have felt guilty this time, because she came home with steak for our tea. We've never had steak before, so she must have been feeling really guilty about abandoning me. She ate her share of it & then she left me my share ... you always save the best for last don't you?! So, she saved the best for me, because I got my bit last ... see how much she loves me? And how guilty she felt for abandoning me?

Just look at the big bit she left for me! 

This is me taking it all for myself.  I don't know if I was meant to, but it just looked and smelled too good to resist.  And it tasted even better.

My human must really love me. And must have missed me. And must have felt so guilty for abandoning me.

I've forgiven her ... as long as next time she does it I get steak again ...

Oops; that backfired ...

Me, stuck outside looking inside

My human's abandoned me. She went away yesterday morning & I haven't seen her since.

She does this sometimes. I don't know where she goes & I don't understand why she leaves me. I don't know why  she gives up our evening snuggles & her luxury of having me cuddle into her in bed. 

I had the whole bed to myself last night, which was nice ... but I'd rather have my human  in it with me. She keeps me warm. I was a little bit cold last night ...

I know when she's not coming home for bed because another human, who she calls "Dad," comes to give me my tea & open the door for me to go outside.

He came & gave me my tea last night. I don't mind when he comes because he gives me lots of treats ... lots more than my human gives me!! And he opened the door for me so I could go outside. He seems like a nice human ...

And then this morning (after I'd had a long, cold, lonely night), he came to give me my breakfast. I know that this was kind of him, but I couldn't help feeling sad & angry that he was there, instead of my human ... & so I bit him.

And then, he was kind enough to come back & open the door for me in the middle of the day, because it was such a lovely day. My human doesn't always does this, so I suppose I should have been nice to him for thinking of me. But I couldn't help myself biting him again! Lovely as he is, I always feel sad, angry & disappointed that he's not my human.

I was good mid day & didn't stay out long.

But then ... the Dad human came back later & gave me some tea. And opened the door for me again. It's still lovely outside & so I thought I'd stage a protest ...

Me sitting up high on the wall & refusing to come down

I'm not happy that my human has abandoned me. And I made sure that the Dad human knew that ...

I sat on the high wall that goes around our backyard & just sat still, looking at him as he called my name & shook my packet of treats at me. Yes; I know you're surprised, but even I can resist the call of Dreamies when I want to!

I could see him getting more & more anxious when I wouldn't come down. Ha ha!!

Then, he told me that he needed me to come in because he had to get home to take his cat Smudge (I'm glad I'm not called Smudge; Elsie is much prettier) to the vet because he's got a sore face.

Well, that made my mind up ... I've never met this Smudge cat, but if I could save him a trip to the vets, that's what I decided I should do.

And so I ran along the backyard wall & jumped up into a tree in one of our neighbours' yards ... & stayed there. I just  looked at the Dad human as he kept calling me, & stayed, sat up in my tree.

It seems to have backfired though.  He's gone. He's abandonded me too. He went in.

 I thought it was just another ploy, so I sat in the tree for a while longer (just to show him who's boss ... me!) & then went home.

But he really had left me. The door was shut tight. I'm locked out. Seems he loves the Smudge cat more than he does me.

I hope that he, or my human, come back soon ... I need to get in to use my litter tray ...

Wouldn't have happened if she'd gotten up sooner ...

Oops!!

I woke up nice and early this morning; the numbers on my human's clock said 05:38.  I don't really know what that means, because us cats aren't as obsessed with time as you humans seem to be.  We just listen to our bodies and to the sun.  

And at 05:38 this morning, it was a gorgeous sunny day outside & I wanted my human to open the door for me so I could go outside and enjoy the early morning sunshine.  I miaowed a lot & jumped on her, & rubbed my face against hers.  And it did wake her up ... it always does.  But she wouldn't get up.  I kept trying, but she just kept lying there.  And yes, she cuddled me & stroked me & we had a few snuggles, but she still wouldn't get out of bed.

This is my angry & fed-up face!!

So I gave up.

I went & sat on the windowsill in the living room & looked outside at the lovely early morning sunshine.  And felt really sad and sorry for myself.  I didn't want to be sitting inside looking outside.  I wanted to be outside in the sunshine.

My sadness and self-pity soon began to turn into anger & frustration through.  How dare my human deprive me of the fresh air and sunshine.  How dare she do that to me!  As my anger built up, I began to feel helpless too.  Helpless, because I couldn't open the door myself.  I can't work keys ...

As these feelings kept going round & round inside of me, I could feel my body filling with adrenaline.  I knew I had to get rid of it somehow, because it wasn't going to do me any good.  All of these negative hormones cause stress ... & I didn't want to end up stressed.

So I did what any cat would have done.  I had, what you human's stupidly call 'a mad half hour.'  I went racing round the flat, burning off all of my negative energy and feelings.  I raced through every room ... I knew my human could hear the thud, thud, thud of my little feet.  Have you humans noticed how, sometimes us cats can stalk through a house silently, & yet at other times (like this morning), we make a lot of noise & sound much bigger & heavier that we really are!?  We're clever, aren't we?!

Anyway, as I raced back into the living room, I ran along the sofa & I made a big jump from the little side table my human has there ... & ... crash!!  It fell over.  And everything fell off it.

I've never managed to knock the table over before!  But I guess that just shows how angry & frustrated I had felt with my human.  All of those feelings filled me so full of energy that I did that! To be honest with you, I got a bit of a fright!  But don't tell my human that.  I hadn't realised just how strong I could be when I was so very full of anger!  Don't worry about me though; I'm alright.  I didn't get hurt.  

It was good though, because my human got up then to see what I'd done.

 And I got to go out & sit in the sunshine ... relaxed & happy at last ...

Wishing you purry dreams ...

Night night everyone.

  

This is me snuggled into my human, peacefully dreaming, whilst she reads her book in bed.

I love these bedtime cuddles when my human is relaxed & sleepy at the end of the day. I don't understand why she's awake so much during the day ... seems like a lot of wasted sleeping time to me.

I just wish that she'd stay still though ... she has a nasty habit of waking me up right in the middle of a good dream when she reaches over to turn the light out.

I soon go back to sleep though.

                               Wishing you all purry feline dreams ...