On saturday, Ii went to an adoption event put on by the Angels of Mercy shelter. And i came home with a roommate.
Phoebe (my newly adopted cat) and I spent the whole of this past weekend adjusting to each other.
She is such a sweet thing! She is SO not people shy and she is totally an attention whore (sound familiar??). You just hold out your hand and her head is drawn immediately to it like a magnet.
Saturday was the big adjustment day, although she still spent quite a bit of it curled up on me. Saturday night was the challenge.
She evidently felt the need to explore and play most of Saturday night. She wouldn’t relax or sleep and was up and down from my bed all night
The first time she jumped onto the bed i was nearly asleep– I think I jumped three feet in the air.
Yesterday went much better. We took a nap together in the afternoon, and she slept on my chest. A picture appears at the bottom.
And last night she slept most of the night (thank Buddha). Although she has episodes still where I think she gets nervous and forgets where she is, becuse she starts meowing.
She is a real talker. I think I’ve catalogued like 7 different meows in the past two days.
Dainty little meows, concerned meows, agitated meows, a meow that sounds a bit like Stevie Nicks. And my favorite– one that honestly sounds like she’s saying “hello”.
“Raor-roooh?”. I shit you not.
She’s playful and follows me around a bit. She nearly comes when called even! And if you pat your hand on the cough or your lap, she will jump right up.
I hope she continues to acclimate and grow to love her new home.
