Meandering onna sick day.

[camwyn]

I've got some kind of a cold or something and called in sick this morning. My throat's been horrible and I've felt feverish for the past two days, so I figured when I woke up this morning that I should take a day to beat this thing, whatever it is, into the ground. My cat Tiki crawled under the covers and slept next to me for a while this morning (I think I was in bed until 12:30). I thought this was very sweet of him, since normally he stays on the roof of his cat carrier (near my head, but still a different object), or possibly on my ankles through the bedspread.

This is how I know I am not my mother. My mom and I were talking about the cats the other day and Mom mentioned how my sister's husband had said the cats occasionally tried to get into bed with him. "I just don't understand it," she'd said, "how someone could be willing to share their bed with an animal."

It was the same voice as the one she'd used when she said she didn't understand why, if I had to be reincarnated, I wouldn't mind being reincarnated as a humpback whale. I don't think she'll ever entirely understand, and I kind of wish she could... ah, well.

(Mind you, when I read the book Starship Troopers, I was pretty sure after some consideration that if I got placed in anything other than an HQ or naval position, it would be the K9 Corps.)

Comments

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

Heh. Your mom wouldn't last long in my house, where it does occasionally happen that all five of our cats descend on the bed while we are in it.

Usually there are only two or three cats on the bed.

Yes. I have reached the point where I can use the word "only" in that sentence, and say it with a straight face.

[camwyn]

Personally, as long as the critter's reasonably clean, I don't see what the problem is. Heck, free warmth, you know?

Then again, one of the highlights of my trip to Alaska was the visit to the sled dog lady's place to meet her dogs. But still.

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

My Lovely Wife is not fond of the Husky. Now, if Shih Tzus could be trained as sled dogs, she'd be psyched.

That'd be pretty funny to see.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Some days I get Eddie-dog on my side, Louie dog on my feet and Buffy-Cat on my chest.

[sookail.livejournal.com]

LOL, all my 3 cats sleep in my bed permanently. It sounds sort of weird, but we have a belief here, that cats have an ability to "collect" the bad energy that comes from the disease and "unload" it somewhere else in the house, and so, help you to get better. Maybe that was what your cat was trying to do :)

[ouatic-7.livejournal.com]

I guess your mother probably wouldn't be wild about being groomed by the cat, then. (Boo feels I'm in dire need of exfoliation.)