After many years of begging, pleading, promising (to fully take care of ANOTHER animal, including the extra housework), reading and studying about cat care and hygiene, Aisling has finally adopted a kitten!Note Clef Meowzer Wright arrived at our house on Saturday, August 16th, 2008 (much to the chagrin of Trevor.) At 10 weeks, Note is very active and vocal (how many cats meow as they eat and drink?) Besides meowing, he loves pouncing on his mouse toy and hiding under the bed to sleep.
Aisling loves having Note around...most of the time. I've noticed that she sometimes slips quietly away to her room, closing the door silently behind her...without the kitten. It's then that Note feels abandoned, and the constant meows reach eardrum-bursting volume as Note then searches for me. Aisling's explanation/excuse? "It's too loud out there!"Sigh.
She's an only child. she's used to peace and quiet. Although she previously and constantly complained about the lack of noise often ("It's too quiet in here!"), apparently she missed it when it was gone. Ah, the lessons in life she gets to learn!
Hopefully, Note will soon calm down enough to only talk to us occasionally like other cats do, instead of constant "cat conversation", and then Aisling won't feel the need to hide in her room so often. In the meantime, Note and I are bonding well as I take up the slack and heap on the attention to quiet the talkative kitty.
Take a look at those (Note's) ears! We definitely see some Siamese in him!
So, our animal tally stands at six now: four chickens (they are just too sweet and puffy as peeps to only have one! If you don't believe me, just look at that picture!), one hamster, and a cat. (The fish really don't count as pets, just scenery as you walk into Trevor's office.) Our family is growing in leaps and bounds, but in surprising ways.
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