Boy I am cranky today. Sometimes you just have one of those days when you get up and you know from the get go you’re going to be spend the day snapping and growling. Nothing is right, you’re irritated, and generally want to bite something.
Right now I’m doing the impression of that dino from Jurassic Park.
Unfortunately, Gordon is cranky too, so we spent about half an hour hissing at each other, then laughed about it. We have tea now and work to do.
The weather is crappy, too.
I think it’s probably the result of being overworked. I don’t remember the last time I actually relaxed. I think it’s true for most people who own their own business – you kind of always working, if not in reality, then in your head.
I want a cartoon kitten. Salem, Kid 1′s cat, won’t cuddle with me and Duchess refuses to come upstairs. I want a little cute kitten that will lay with me and purr and be adorable. Real kittens rarely stay adorable – at least ours tend to get surly in adulthood – but a cartoon kitten would be totally nice right about now.
UPDATE: I can’t believe I forgot this. You’d think I’d learn by now. Please DO NOT send me cartoon kittens. All kittens will be returned to sender.
you need a sphynx cat
Sphynx have no hair and tend to get cold, so cuddling is a survival skill for them.
rufus is not a sphynx, but lived feral for some time and is VERY grateful for having been rescued. He is more than two years old, now, but still acts like a kitten and claims my lab every time it has room for him.
BTW, getting a cat spayed/neutered as a young adult tends to permit the ‘kitten’ personality to stick around.
I have the cat for you! My cat constantly wants to be on my lap, whether I’m on the couch reading a book or working on the lap top. Even at the table paying bills hes trying to lie on my feet.
The flip side: He keeps peeing on my fav chair (which now has plastic on it
) Oh well I guess you take the good with the bad!
Hope your day gets better!!
Cartoon kittens never pee!
Get him tested for urinary tract infection or diabetes. It happens more often than you’d think.
How about a stuffed animal kitten, cartoon too!
Crankiness is re-injuring your broken foot on another piece of furniture and no pain killer they gave you works. Maybe a slight “mellowing” of the cranky factor happens then, but still enought &*### pain!
P.S. And having to be productive at work. Maybe look productive is good!
No luck with real cats perhaps you could try one of the dogs? Surely Luka is ready to shower you with love? Sound like you two need a break, a weekend away? *hugs*
I woke up totally cranky today too. No good reason why.
You can totally have my cat. She isn’t a kitten, she’s 5, but a sweet small tortoise shell persian sort who would love nothing more than for me to pet her all day, but I have 3 small children and no patience for something *else* that needs my attention. She follows me everywhere and purrs even when i just lean down near the floor, and all the more if I sit on it–even without me touching her. Before I had kids, she would have been my ideal cat. I feel bad that I have nothing left in me to give to her now.
I’m in Tennessee, so I don’t really know how I can get her to you though…
Woops! Didn’t mean to load up on all the “totallys” makes me sound 14.
I think I have your cat’s sister! She is small and brown-ish but not tortoise. And… short haired. But very similar personality! She uses her litter box, and is polite even with dogs. But a pest! If you hold still she climbs all over you, rubbing and purring and rubbing…. She likes to sleep on my husband’s face. Thus he would gladly see her off to you! Perhaps we could combine shipping, Anne? I am in Missouri. TOTALLY on the way from your house to destination! (haha to totally. just teasing!)
Lynne, I believe you might be on to a plan. Guess we should wait to hear from Ilona first though before two cats show up on their doorstep. [though that idea has merit too. harder to say "no" then, eh?]
We need droid kitties from JD Robb’s In Death ‘verse. No litterbox to clean, no marking issues, it will stay a cute, snuggly kitten forever, and when you want it out of the way, you put it on its pillow and switch it to sleep mode.
I was going to say the EXACT same thing about the kitten from “In Death” that Morris had given to Amaryllis! GMTA!
I was cranky, really cranky, yesterday. So DH did the dishes (it was my night to do them) and didn’t even bat an eye when I had chocolate chip cookies for dinner.
Oh, and I have a cat that sticks to me like velcro. In fact, I was in such a bad mood yesterday, DH actually catnapped Oscar (the velcro cat) so I could have me time. After a short prison term, Oscar broke free and promptly whined until he got fed up and jumped into my lap. He fell asleep shortly thereafter.
But he’s ALWAYS in my lap. He’s worse than a lap dog.
But then he gets this cute look on his face and I just squish him.
It’d be easier if he were smaller though. He’s 14lbs, and only 3lbs overweight.
LOL, you could sit in your big comfy chair, stroking the cat and demand one hundred billion dollars in your russian accent. Mwah-ha-ha-ha!
No more work required!
{{{hugs}}}
Chocolate intervention ASAP!!
I got my kids a stuffed animal that purrs (it vibrates and makes the noise). Not a cartoon cat, but it doesn’t pee on anything!
Illona,
A ‘cartoon kitten’ that purrs …
http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?guid=93318254-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4&product_id=18929&src=endeca
I’m so cranky I could spit. Seriously. Spit. Headache the size of a mountain.
We have a kitty that is part Siamese. She was the most adorable kitty you could ever want. Adorable! She now hisses if you walk by her and she’s in a bad mood. You can just look at her wrong and she will hiss. She’ll hit your with her paw too. She’s beautiful, and when she wants to cuddle she’s so nice– but it’s not often. Fudge, our 3rd kitty is part Maine Coon and she cuddles always–in your face, on your chest, on the pages of the book you are trying to read. She’s my daughter’s cuddly cat.
I realized that Snowball, the Siamese is mine– I think she has my personality. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Cartoon cats wouldn’t pee or vomit– nor would they shed. Heaven. I’m off to Florida tonight so don’t post any really good snippets until I return, or let someone save them for me. We are going to bond as a family at Disney World. It’s been over 30 years since I was there. YIKES!
Yikes, those were some scary little dinos, too! All mini-dino and kinda coo-y, and then WHAM, dinner time.
my cat is a bitch…
LOL!
*lol* we have three cats and our apartment is not terribly huge. and often it happens that we’re in the living room and not a single one of our lazy furballs graces us with his/her presence.
cats are that way.
If you squint and use your imagination, a ball of nice yarn can substitute for a kitten. Not terribly well but also leaves lint on your pants.
What you really need is a dustbunny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-I8PdKu74A&feature=fvw