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lizblackdog ([personal profile] lizblackdog) wrote2006-11-03 09:47 pm

A bit of a mind flip

So I'm chopping vegetables in the kitchen, surrounded by a ring of hopeful cats, and the Time Warp comes up on the playlist shuffle.

So then I'm singing along and dancing with the cats, as you do, and Naamah and I were just doing the pelvic thrust bit, and I glance up. And I see Squish staring at me, head cocked to one side, with the biggest WTF??? you ever saw in a thought bubble over him. It's a good thing he hasn't got opposable thumbs or he'd probably be ringing for the men in white coats as we speak.

Fireworks are moderately bad tonight, but Spike is doing a lot better than last year. I've dosed him with Rescue Remedy, and every time I go to the bathroom he pops in to be massaged and stroked, and he's had a really good brushing which soothed him a lot. In previous years I've spent a lot more time holding and stroking him, and I think it may have been counterproductive. The cats make a huge difference, too, especially since the worst of the banging happens at prime cat zoomie time. I may rethink my plan of taking them to Mum's tomorrow. There's less noise and better soundproofing there, and he does find his Granny very soothing, but I'm thinking the cat distraction factor may just outweigh that.

Note to self: find them something new, cool and zoomie-inducing to play with tomorrow.
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[identity profile] lizblackdog.livejournal.com 2006-11-06 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ha. If someone wanted to go on a shooting-people rampage and picked November 5th after dark to do it, no one would bat an eyelid till they found the bodies.

Good thing people mostly don't have guns here.

[identity profile] kyra-neko-rei.livejournal.com 2006-11-06 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, we don't normally set off fireworks on November 5 (or I woulda been out doing it), so my mom freaked out. Apparently the uphill neighbors feature a licensed pyrotechnist---they tend to set off fireworks a lot. Not sure why Mom picked that particular one to freak out over.