There has been a cat hanging around our porch for the past few days. I’m feeding him, so I’m sure he’ll be around for a bit. I took some photos so I can make a ‘found’ poster to see if it’s some body’s lost kitty. I kinda think it might be because he tries so hard to get inside of our house. In fact, last night, around 4am or so I heard a strange noise downstairs. At the top of the steps, I heard Maple hissing. I reassured her it was only Sadie as I picked up the cat she was hissing at. It wasn’t Sadie. It was our new friend. Somehow…magically, I guess…he opened our locked front door. Sadie was hiding under the couch. I think now what I heard was her getting upset at this new visitor.<\/p>\n
I would love to give this cat a home if no one responds to the posters, but first my resident cats have to agree. It took Sadie a week or so to accept Maple, but Maple was so tiny and weak that it was probably easier for Sadie to still feel in charge.<\/p>\n
I’m just glad there was no blood or fur shed last night. The whole incident led to a really bizarre dream. When I finally fell asleep again, I started hearing a bunch of cries from a cat. I went downstairs, and there were 30+ cats just wondering around. Every time I tried to put one out, three more would come in from somewhere. I couldn’t locate where they were coming from, but they were everywhere. There were two tiny tiny kittens that I set on the couch. Sadie and Maple were nowhere to be found, but I could hear them yelling at all these new intruders. Eventually, I grabbed a staple gun and started stapling the drywall like crazy (???) thinking it would help keep all these cats out. It didn’t work. I finally was taken out of this kitty craze by Andy’s ‘wake up’ phone call. Thank goodness!<\/p>\n
I awoke with that horrible stressful feeling. It took about 15 minutes to shake it off.<\/p>\n
Then, I get to work and find the best news! Radiohead’s In Rainbows is being released on October 10th, not next March. I pre-ordered the Discbox…and although I’ll have to wait ’til December to get it (Merry Christmas to meeeeee!) at least I’ll be able to hear it in a matter of days. What a great way to begin the month.<\/p>\n
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