Thanks. Gracie came to me because when she was maybe 15/16, she decided the outdoor life was not for her. She was living with my dad at the time and started being more and more inside (she had a nasty run in or two with something, we don't know what) and eventually shifted from 80% outdoors to 80% indoors.
Unfortunately she is part Siamese, and my dad is allergic in particular to Siamese cats. My sister couldn't take her for reasons, and they spent a long time trying to convince me to take her. The moment I showed the tiniest softening, they were at my door with her. I figured, okay, this will be about six months. That was four years ago.
I've learned a few things. One, that I thought I was both a dog and cat person. I am not. I pretty much hate having an indoor cat, but it's Gracie so I deal. And I will definitely miss the hell out of her when she's gone - the weight on my legs when I go to sleep, meowing back at her when she's being a pain, the way she bosses the dogs without even lifting a paw.
More stories over the weekend. She has had a long, eventful life and I don't want to think about how close she is to the end. But it's coming.
My aunt (who lost her husband this summer) just lost one of her dogs today. A fb friend/local acquaintance did as well, and I encouraged my aunt to do what she did: gather stories.
Gracie sounds like a wonderful cat. I'm glad she's had the kind of life she wanted, and good humans to take care of her. There's something about black part-Siamese cats; I had two, brother and sister, for a long time. Very talky, very smart.
Gracie sounds like a great cat.
We found on the steps of one house -- just a mouse head. It was like a tiny Godfather tableau for, say, a dollhouse.
Clio once left the head of the mouse under the coffee table. I was glad it wasn't in my bed, at least.
I made a cake for my coworker who is a retiring tomorrow. First, the whisk broke as I was mixing it. Then,it stuck to the pan. While I was picking the stuck bits out of the pan, I found a little plastic bit of the handle of the whisk. I had thought I got all the pieces. Now I am worried there are more, and I shouldn't bring in the cake at all. (I also have a pie.)
There is even thunder going on which is weird!
I don't even have to check weather to know that when I share weather systems with LAistas, it's going to be raining most of the night.
Gracie is a badass, no lie.
Gracie sounds fantastic. The bird thing more because I wasn't there. Yikes.
The bird thing made me laugh so hard!
