Jean Claude just came back in -again . I let him out in the back yard this morning. He was visiting my neighbor’s yard but my other neighbor let her dog out and he and Jean Claude are not so chummy these days. I tend to leave Jean Claude outside and close the door. He’s a pretty large cat and he can take care of himself. Roxie, a female Japanese bobtail, is so tiny I encourage her to come in when I do as she really seems to lack a sense of direction and has been known to run off and stay out all night. Jean Claude – I know eventually he’ll knock to let me know he wants to come back in the house or he’ll cry out. Bombays, I’ve read, think they are dogs. Jean Claude certainly fits the mode. For sure he knows he’s a “male.” Last night I came in pretty late , around 11, and he just breezed right past me when I opened the door and escaped into the night. I just let him go hang. I wasn’t chasing him. Around 2 am I heard him at the front door and came down and let him in the house. Typical.
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Out All Night
So the first night I brought the cats to my house, it was a nice warm night. I let the cats out upstairs and Jean-Claude stayed out there ALL night. He came in the in the morning to get his breakfast. He is definitely like the the unruly teenage son except that there’s no downside to him staying out. He likes it, he doesn’t jump off and I still get the nice breeze.
They’ve been at my house where Roxie has been causing a bit of trouble, but they’ve settled down. Unfortunately, I’ve had to fly to Houston for a few days, but I’m hoping to get to go home early.
It’s been a long few months for me so I’m looking to get some rest soon!
Healthy and now Happy
Roxie & Jean-Claude went to the vet today. They are in perfect health except for one extra pound. Me thinks that’s due to Azeena’s feeding. JC especially knows how to get that perfect meow and beg like he’s never been fed in his life. He’s over 15 pounds now while Roxie is almost 8.
I told the Vet about Roxie’s adventurous tendencies and how she likes to sleep on top of the water heater. He warned me that she could get Carbon Monoxide poisoning so I just need to figure out some way to secure that door so that I can keep her out of there!
He also said the tooth she lost isn’t painful for her and she’s good!
Trash Day
Trash Day
Today, Wednesday, is trash day so Jean Claude and Roxie usually spend a short time outside. They don’t like the noise from the trash trucks. Well truth is Roxie doesn’t like loud noises of any kind. Jean Claude had some intense discussions with birds before moving to a spot under my porch. I shut and locked the back porch door and forgot him for a bit. He stood at the door, crying loudly. I opened the door and he ran in and went straight to his food bowl.
And You Should….
I recently pitched my Page -A-Day calendar. This particular one was supposed to encourage busy women to live balanced lives. Instead it seemed to dose out reminders about how unhappy I (or busy women) should be with my (their) choices. Daily it carried admonishments about what I was (women were) doing wrong and how the way I (we) lived was depressing and overwhelming. (Even a female four-star general didn’t escape the invalidation of the calendar writer. The general was criticized for not having enough militant feminism in the way she acknowledged her family during a speech about her career). It’s the third calendar that I’ve trashed this year. As someone in the message business with an intense job, I want daily messages that fill my soul and inspire me. Tomorrow, a page-a-day calendar decorated with flowers is scheduled to arrive. Flowers are silent but beautiful reminders that spring is here. It was a lovely spring day today. Jean Claude and Roxie spent time outside while I sat in my big wicker chair trying to gain back spiritual sanity – lost because I let the shoulds get to me over my daughter’s decision to go to her business destination a day early. My mind went wild with “I should be doing so and so or I should be doing this…and of course I should remember that if people have plans that don’t include me they don’t want me (a horrible selfish should).” ” The Shoulds” should be listed as diseases for the agony and misunderstanding they cause.
Gradually I found peace again by remembering to let those I love be who they are, just as a great power does that for us all on a daily, hourly basis. So now I am celebrating the peace of this particular day and the miracle it holds for me and hundreds of millions of people.
Just stopped writing for a moment…thinking.. “I should check on Jean Claude, he’s still outside.” Roxie came in a while ago.” Sure enough Jean Claude is outside resting comfortably under the big beautiful tree that is in MY backyard.
Cats & All That ™ 