Hello, Sasha here, writing on behalf of "The Cats" of this house.
Finally we are allowed near the computer after what seems like an eternity! She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed went away, for a long time. She left us in the care of the two male humans and, quite frankly, we were NOT impressed! The male humans don't give us near as much attention and we think we deserve their undivided attention all the time, or at least until we are bored with them.
It seems that She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed went to a place called England. We know that our friends Ferdinand, Big Lil, and Dolly live there, but we don't actually know where England is,or why she went there, but we do wish she'd taken us with her so we could have an adventure too.
For the most part our summer was the same old same old. Miguel and Spunky continued to share the laundry room. Unfortunately Spunky has taken up the most unbecoming habit of spraying. I heard many mentions of "the vet" and "neutering". Now I have been to "the vet" and honestly it wasn't that bad. Mind you, I was on death's doorstep and they made me feel much better. So I vote for Spunky to go immediately to "the vet" to stop this messy habit of his.
"I don't like the sounds of "the vet" and I don't want to go. Besides, I'm making sure the world knows that I, Spunky Cat Esq., owns the premises!"
"Hey, I went to "the vet" and I came out okay. Granted I was scared, but I only went the once and I have been okay ever since. And, I want an Esq. after my name... Miguelito Gattito Esq.!"
"Boys, enough... may I continue with my writing? Thank you!"
Anyway, the summer was shaping up to be the usual routine of eating, sleeping, sunning, eating, sleeping. Sadly it wasn't to be. Our dear sweet housemate, Maia, passed away mid-summer. She had been sleeping a lot and not wanting to eat much, and She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed was heard to say that the "tumours" were probably getting larger inside her and that the best thing was to keep her comfortable and give her lots of love. That was before She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed went away. She was not home when Maia closed her eyes and went peacefully in her sleep. She told me last night that she feels guilty she was not here for Maia, and I tried to tell her that it would have made no difference. I have seen them come and seen them go. It is a blessing when they go quietly as Maia did. All I could do was lick She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed, and hope she understood. Sometimes I wish we spoke the same language.
I heard, too, that one of the barn kitties passed away. *Sighs* I remember the barn, but I never got to know that kitty. Still, may she, and Maia, and all of the pets who have passed through this family, may they rest in peace.
The rest of the summer was rather boring. Still I managed to wrangle lots of attention from one of the male humans. He brushed me and fussed over me, maybe because he knew I was missing Maia. I appreciate that.
Oh, and Miguel gained a ton of weight!
"I did not! I am pleasingly plump!"
"No, I heard She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed specifically state that you were too heavy!"
"Shhhhh, Spunky, or they will reduce the kibble portions!"
"Ohhhhh, um.... I never said a word! Not me... nope.... um... Miguel looks just swell to me!"
"Boys! Really, must you keep interrupting me?"
As I was saying, Miguel has gained a fair bit of weight, and indeed, I have as well. The good life, you know. But I expect now that She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed has returned, the kibble portions will be reduced, especially for you-know-who.
We are a bit concerned that She-who-would-wish-to-be-obeyed might go away again. She has been making noises about "going back" but I know she is concerned about us. She told me this morning she would like to take us with her. As much as an adventure sounds like fun I'm not a youngster anymore and might not be up for a trip. And the boys, well, they are just scared of almost anything that moves, so they might not be up for a trip either. We will have to wait and see what happens.
What I am up for is a nice nap inside my fuzzy warm bed. The boys have retired to their beds for a snooze, so we will meow at you all later!
Oh, one more thing before I go: we want to send out Get Well Wishes to our special friend, Big Lil, as she recouperates from her recent illness. We wish you the very best Lil, and also send our greetings to Ferdi, Lil and Dolly.
. Want to get on a plane and fly back to UK, but need money first. So I'm sorting and sifting my stuff to see what is sale-worthy, and putting that on ebay and any other place I can find to sell the items.I will post links once I have the stuff online for the curiosity seekers amongst you.