She follows me everywhere I go. If I'm sitting in the kitchen on my laptop, she's sitting on chair next to me. If I get up and go in the living room, she jumps down and follows me to the couch. If I go to the bathroom, she follows me back there and insists on being let in so she can watch me do my business. And if I'm in the shower, she screams at the door until I get out of there. Plus she wakes me up in the morning by beating on the door, the minute she hears the alarm go off. And if it's a weekend, she'll still try and wake me up at what she thinks is the correct time. She doesn't want me to be late for work!
If I'm not feeling good and want to go lay down, she follows me in the bedroom and jumps on the bed to snuggle up to me. And this is no small feat since she has some sort of issues and can't really jump higher than 2 feet without crashing and landing on her back. If I'm not home, she sleeps in my computer chair or in my dresser drawer with my clothes!
And these are the pictures Nat took when I had gone out for awhile and my kitty missed me (and was obviously tired too) She begged to have Nat open my drawer so she could climb in there and sleep on my jeans and use my socks as a pillow. Tell me that is not the sweetest thing ever. I love this cat. And I've always believed that cats are people's guardians. They look after their humans with the same amount of loyalty that dogs do.
I know that dog people don't think cats are smart or personable, and that they're just aloof creatures that don't care about people at all. And maybe some cats are like that, but I think that if you've experienced that with them, you just weren't the right person for that cat. But if you are the right person for the cat, that cat will adore you and watch over you and sense your moods and do everything they can to help make you feel better. I firmly believe that. Because even if Nat was the one who adopted this cat, and raised her from a kitten for 3 years before I ever met her, I'm the one the cat has bonded with.
Nat said that before I came along, this cat never really meowed or did anything except sleep and keep to herself. But I swear, this cat and I have conversations with each other. She never stops talking. And if she's sleeping, and I walk past, she'll meow a little hello to me, without even opening her eyes. She knows I'm there, even if she can't see me. And if I'm lying on the couch and she wants me to get up and open the door for her so she can look out the screen, she'll meow to me and nudge my legs off the couch and tell me to get up and open her door. And I know that's what she's saying because if I ask her, "do you want the door open?" She actually nods her head and meows something that I swear to God sounds like, "yeah!"
Maybe everyone will think I'm nuttier than usual for writing this post, but I just feel like animals and people can sometimes have special bonds with each other. And this cat was definitely meant to be my cat, even if she didn't start out as mine. But before I came into her life, she was a quiet withdrawn animal. And before I met Nat and she came into my life (along with the cat) I was quiet and withdrawn too. I don't think it's a coincidence. And that's pretty damn cool to think about.
Not only was the woman of my dreams waiting out there for me, but she had my cat too! That's fate at work.....
Without further crazy cat person rambling, here are the pics of my special kitty napping in my clothes drawer:
