return to me

Last night Adam and I were browsing the websites of local shelters looking over photos and descriptions of kittens. We found a couple of little ones who looked like Tuesday. My heart was heavy.
I feel empty.
I dreamed about her last night.
I hope we find her, or she finds us. The she who is meant for us.
(Jason is working on getting Jupiter vaccinated and neutered, because if we go to a shelter, they want to make sure all our animals are fixed. His vet appointments keep cancelling on him. We suggested PetSmart and Banfield, in Germantown. I just called them to ask about their services. Jason, if you read this, they are very cheap. You can probably get everything, everything, for much less than what you'd pay for just one service at a vet's clinic.)
Mom suggests that I find a kitten who is a good snuggler, a cuddler a lap cat, a loving, purring creature. Adam prefers cuddly cats with spunk and fight and life. We will compromise. If I turn her onto her back and she likes it, with just enough relaxing and just enough squirming, she's right for me. Also, we both agree that she should trill. We want our cats to sing.

We torrented the newest Doctor Who last night, the season premiere. Not to give anything away that Wikipedia wouldn't reveal, but I hated the bride. She grated on my nerves something fierce. I'm glad she is not the new companion. The new companion, Martha Jones, a medical assistant, will be played by the same actress who played Addie in "Army Of Ghosts," the cocoa-skinned girl who was killed by the Cybermen earpiece.

Our masters, the cats

"Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause the most inconvenience." - Michael Stevens
"A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits a yard from your shoes - and listens." - Pam Brown
"Cats are mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of." - Sir Walter Scott
"Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place." - Paul Gray
"If you want the best seat in the house you'll have to move the cat." - anon
"Kittens learn early to listen intently when someone calls them - and do absolutely nothing." - Pam Brown
"The smallest kitten only needs a week to be in full possession of a house and its owners." - Pam Brown
"Cats like doors left open - in case they change their minds. " - Rosemary Nisbet
"Out thinking a cat that doesn't want to come in is a refinement of chess." - Dominic Courcel
"A cat is more intelligent than people believe and can be taught any crime." - Mark Twain
If it's raining at the back door every cat is convinced there's a good chance that it won't be raining at the front door." - Wiliam Toms
"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax murderer." - Paula Poundstone -
"Managing senior programmers is like herding cats." - Dave Platt
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." - anon
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - anon
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." - Jeff Valdez
"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb
"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." - Ellen Perry Berkeley
"One cat just leads to another." - Ernest Hemingway
"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." - Mary Bly
"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." - Joseph Wood Krutch
"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." - Faith Resnick
"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." - anon
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine
"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me." - anon
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." Albert Schweitzer
"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart." Ernest Menaul
"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God." anon
"Time spent with cats is never wasted." - Colette
"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well." - Missy Dizick
"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." - Colonial American proverb
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." - Joseph Wood Krutch
"I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic." anon
"My husband said it was him or the cat ... I miss him sometimes." anon
"Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit.” anon