I’ve read somewhere that cats sleep 80 percent of the time. I guess that Roxie and Jean Claude sleep all day while I’m at work cause they don’t sleep all night or much in the morning. Although they sometimes get into rather loud, fur flying brawls, usually in the morning, this morning there was a demand for play time and the need to go outside. It has been raining a lot here. A lot of people had to be rescued from floating cars and their homes.
Sex and the City Kitty
What to Wear?? My T- Shirt Drawer Following a Search by the Fashionable Jean Claude
OK. Roxie, the Japanese bobtail, loves television and old movies. CCL says it’s the sounds of voices and the activity on the screen that captivates her. After all, CCL maintains, animals can’t discern what’s happening on television. So CCL and I agree to disagree on the subject of whether Roxie is actually watching television. But I know for a fact Roxie is a huge fan of “Sex and the City, ” particularly Seasons Two and Five, which also happen to be my favorites. Now I don’t know if it’s New York, the fashions or the banter but if I turn on episode of “Sex and the City” on Roxie jumps on in my lap or saunters nearby and at least appears to be watching Sarah and the girls on TV – fascinated.
Still the fashion maven (or cross dresser???) appears to be Jean Claude, the black Bombay, who regularly goes through my t-shirt drawer – ah… looking for something to wear?
Roxie Prefers The Laundry Basket (Empty)
Don’t Wake a Man Out of His Sleep
Azeena mentioned this before, but when I went to her house to get the cats I stayed for a bit. I like to do this to give them a chance to “forgive” me for leaving them. Well last time I was there and got caught up in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent so I was there for a while. So long that Jean-Claude who was awake when I walked in was under Azeena’s bed asleep. 
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time then you can tell that Roxie is the one who is prissy and JC just goes with the flow. But this time it was different. Jean-Claude was so upset that he ran and hid, presumably to go back to sleep. So if you try to find a black cat in all of the crevices of a house you can imagine my frustration. So I just took Roxie and went back later to fetch le chat noir. And sure enough on the next go round he was eager to hop in the crate.
My male friends immediately jumped to JC’s defense and reminded me – never wake a man out of his sleep. I guess for JC the process of dealing with all of the females in his life he needs his downtime. As you can see he is not the same wonderful happy JC when you wake him up!
So my lesson was regardless of species, let that man sleep and you’ll have a much happier household!
Afterwards
Jean Claude Looking Out CCL's Window The Day After Hurricane Irene Hit Our Town
Today one day after Hurricane Irene hit the region where I live , it was a beautiful day, perfect almost . There are a lot about sayings a such as the “darkest day before the dawn”, “storms will come and so will sunshine and flowers” etc, etc. Hurricane Irene led to death and destruction for sure on a broad scale. Still, there is a lot of truth to all those sayings. This was also the week we celebrated the opening of a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., a man who left us a legacy of hope to build and to dream.
Preparing for the Storm
A hurricane approaches the East Coast. Folks have been out buying supplies, bread, food, wood, liquor, preparing for the worst or for the storm. I, too, took steps to prepare, made a mushroom lasagna, stopped at my favorite Mexican chicken place and ordered an extra meal. I also took a way around my wonderful neighborhood and stopped by my daughter CCL’s house to visit with Jean Claude and Roxie. Only Roxie ventured out to greet me, after I turned the television on and began watching “Leverage,” a TNT show she likes. I presume Jean Claude was still sleeping – you know how guys are.
You know it’s so funny, we know the steps to prepare for the worse, buy bread, buy milk, buy batteries but what about routine steps to prepare for the best for the time that comes after the storm, the wind, the rain. We should start making rituals for that time too: cleaning the debris, replanting the flower bed, fixing the roof or nourishing our souls.
Cats & All That ™ 