I MISS MY PUDEAUX

[dreamer_easy]

It's now approxiately ten hours since I dropped the boys off at the cattery, something I always find enormously stressful. I hadn't realised how much of that was the cats' obvious distress, first at the taxi, then at the sudden plunge into unknown surroundings. Normally I have no choice but to leave them cowering and miserable. But this time, they seemed to know where they were (about time, after five visits) and very quickly settled down. In fact, Frank started attempting to chew his way into the bag of Tim's special sensitive tummy food, and when I gave him a little snack of it even timid Tim emerged from hiding to steal some. This was a terrific relief to me, although let's face it, the 0.5 mg of Xanax didn't hurt either.

I then spent ninety minutes waiting for a taxi back from Annangrove. It arrived five minutes before the bus, so I pretended it had nothing to do with me and caught the 641 instead at a fraction of the cost. Ha ha.

I'm quite confused not to have the pudews constantly underfoot; I can leave doors open without naughty intruders, etc. I don't pine for them too much on our overseas jaunts, but they're part of our home and I miss them already.

In wholly unrelated news, Hamster's new hair > Rossy's horrid beard.

Comments

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Why the pussies-in-exile?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

OS to the US!

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Sounds exciting!

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

You are hereby granted permission to borrow Miss Fuu Kitty's affections this Sunday.

In fact, I challenge to repel them!

SHE WILL NOT BE DENIED!

(Seriously, how lucky am I to have been blessed with two lovely, friendly, goofy cats in a row?)

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

aww. i hear you...if it's any comfort, the boys will probably be completely fine, since they have each other for company - sounds like the separation will be much harder on their mum.

also - ha! good on you for sticking it to the laggard taxi driver. i once had to wait so long for a medical transport taxi i almost could have walked home by the time it came, and i did just what you did - took a bus instead. *sticks it to da man*

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. We had to put Trixie in the cattery early for the Melbourne trip, and the house was so empty.

Jean Cocteau said "I love my cats because I love my home, and slowly and surely they become its visible soul."

And from my faourite 17th Century madman and poet Christopher Smart (from my favourite cat poem "For I will consider my cat Jeffrey") "For every house is incomplete without him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit."

Have a great trip. Enjoy. Your boys are safe, and probably running the cattery by now.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Those quotes are marvellous!

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Thank you. They are two of my most favourite cat quotes, alon with Brad Solomon's "There's no dealing with a cat who knows you're awake". I might post some of them on my LJ.