My life just got a whole lot better - Cats! Two of them! [View all]

For the first time in decades I've been catless - since last February when my last one, Pixie, passed away at the age of 17. I missed her and all the attributes of catness - the purrs, the warm little body on my lap or nestled against me at night, even the chaos and fur and poo - but decided to wait awhile, figuring the Cat Distribution System would either provide directly or inspire me to seek when the time was right. Since then I have found myself gazing longingly at Internet cats, stopping at shops where there was a resident cat just so I could pet it, and finally looked at the web site of a local rescue, just window-shopping, but gradually I knew what I needed - a bonded adult pair - and at last the CDS came through, and offered me a pair of big (14 lbs.) gray brothers. They came home last night. One of them is shy but he does greet me and scent-mark me; the other is a huge love-bug who has barely left my side or my lap. Last night they slept quietly for awhile, then decided to play. I'd forgotten how elephantine the sounds of running, pouncing, jumping cats can be. They ran across my body, thundering up and down the stairs, chirping and chattering, and it was so great to hear even though I didn't get much sleep. I love them already, but they haven't told me their names yet. Here they are: