Dear Cat;
I know you think that my security badge is just, like, the coolest kitten toy ever. I know that. When I think like a cat, I can even see the appeal. It’s lightweight enough that you can flip it into the air and the edges are probably good to bite on, especially important since you are teething.
I also realize that you would like it if I stayed home from work more often so we could have lots of playtime with your squeaky mousey and more cuddles.
However, as much as I understand your position, I will need you to not hide my work badge behind the cushion and the back of the sofa, okay? If I don’t go to work, I don’t make money to pay for the house you live in and your cat food. Oh, and treats. You would like to keep receiving treats, yes?
Please to be leaving my badge alone. It is not a toy. Not EVERYTHING I own is a cat toy. This also includes my engagement ring, my not-empty birth control package and my clothing. Incidentally, when you are hanging out in the closet, please quit swatting at the bottom of my tops.
Love,
Momma.
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August 10, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Jesse
I love this :)
August 10, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Mom
Did your years with Satsi teach you nothing? Everything belongs to the cat or exists for their amusement!
August 11, 2009 at 9:20 am
Alicia
I guess I just forgot! Isobel’s so different from Satsi in so many ways that I keep thinking they’ll be different in ways like this. I mean, she’s SUCH a people-person, so easy-going and affectionate (this cat purrs when I clip her claws and brush her) and also SO food-motivated… sometimes it’s like she and Satsi and two totally different species!
August 12, 2009 at 8:03 am
Mom
She purrs when you clip her claws?????????? Does the SPCA lobotomize their kittens before they are adopted? If not, you may be right…two different species!
August 12, 2009 at 8:38 am
Alicia
I don’t think so but anything’s possible! I think it has more to do with her having been in foster care from an early age. Satsi was left on her own to fend for herself and never really got used to being handled by people or properly socialized. Either that or Isobel’s an alien kitty…