They like the fact that I'm a childless cat lady.

And four legs.

They are why I get out of bed in the morning. Well, mainly because they are demanding I feed them.

🫶🏻 they are so lucky to have you as their mother.

I wish I was so perceptive.

I've noticed they have all been much more talkative, this week. Especially Arthur.

What happened?

Suffice it to say that this individual is someone who has a very skewed perspective on things, feels she is an authority on EVERYTHING and that my priorities are out of line. I blocked her from seeing my social media posts so I think she just got frustrated and lashed out.

As for Sian, that's a rough one. We are having a horrible flea season. I'm talking Biblical Plague level horrible. I didn't realize that every time I went out and came back inside, I was bringing in a lot of fleas on the legs of my jeans. When I finally saw what was happening, I did everything I could - bought flea traps, sprayed, spread diatomaceous earth EVERYWHERE. I had been combing and treating Sian for fleas, but it turns out the medication I was using was useless and the combing wasn't keeping up She was black so I couldn't see what was happening. She was the lone survivor of her litter and was pretty small for her age. I think the fleas, no matter how hard I tried to get rid of them, just found a weakness in her system. She seemed fine, last Wednesday, and was gone by Friday afternoon. I try to not blame myself, but that's difficult because I unintentionally brought the fleas inside.

Sounds like you’ve got a great therapist.
Love the furries.

I'll have to go back and read all the details of your last post but I remember about you losing Sian...

Fwiw, we lost purresephone in October, right before the snow... Through the whole winter, we saw her shadow all over, just out of the corner of our eyes... My wife and I would look at each other and say did you just see the shadow run down the hallway?
Other times we could swear that our cats Oscar and biscuits were playing with the shadow. Also just to add, Persephone was all black 🤨
I hope you can take comfort in knowing that your fur baby is still nearby when you need them...

Losing Sian, the 'disownment' and then Joe leaving the race. I didn't feel at all functional until after I saw my therapist.

It's hard when you've never been anything but kind and generous to someone, and then they veer off in to the absurd.

I thought about your yesterday when I saw a heated, outdoor cat shelter on Amazon. You mentioned you were trying to figure out a shelter for your front porch.

That's where I got the nice wooden on that is in the back yard.