My heartaches for Pumpkine and Storme. I miss my little kitties so much. I am not alone. Trooper walks around the house visibly sad every morning as if in search of his siblings. Little Chirp misses his Storme. Trooper will let us pet him, but he does not crave our affection as Pumpkine craved mine, and Storme craved Little Chirp’s. Trooper is a “cat’s cat”. He is not doing well on his own.
I thought that Trooper would perk up once we let him go outside again. I would not let him go outside, until the coyote that murdered Pumpkine and Storme was caught. The coyote met its demise about a week ago, and Trooper is able to back outside. The neighbors next door told me that they had missed seeing the kitties frolicking in their lushly landscaped backyard.
Sadly, Trooper does not seem to miss his siblings any less with his new found freedom. I know exactly how he feels. I am wondering if my fatigue is grief rather than a physical ailment. This would explain why the doctors cannot find anything wrong with me, yet I feel so tired all of the time.
Little Chirp asked if we could get another cat once the coyote was caught. I said yes at the time thinking that it would be months if not a year before this happened. I had no idea it would happen so soon. I guess the days are numbered for a coyote that pisses off a bunch of rednecks.
Little Chirp asked me earlier this week if we could look for a kitten. My heart is not in it. I am just so sad. Yet, I also know how much I miss having a kitty to snuggle, and I know how lonely Trooper is. He was supposed to go on calorie restriction before his siblings passed away. Despite being a permanent fixture on our sofa, he has lost weight. He eats his little can of food, and then leaves the dried food. Before he ate all of his canned food, all of his dried food, and then whatever the others two did not eat. He would even start in on Potatoe’s food if Potatoe did not finish his breakfast.
Yesterday, we drove to Katy to a no kill animal shelter. There we found two kittens we think we might be interested in adopting. I found a torti, which reminds me of Pumpkine. Torties are all unique looking. She does not look like Pumpkine aside from being a tortie with the same colors as Pumpkine. Her gentle personality is what reminds me of Pumpkine. The shelter named her Mandy. More than twenty four hours later, and Mandy remains on my mind.
The two kittens that Little Chirp and I both agree we are interested in are not yet available for adoption. I imagine they will be adopted right away once they are available. They are both perfectly adorable kittens. Between the stress of trying to get them and knowing that they are both going to find a good home, I am not sure that my heart is in adopting them.
Then last night, Little Chirp and I went to the friend’s house for the football party as planned. I could hardly socialize, I felt so tired. I told a new friend of mine how sad I am about Pumpkine and Storme. She told me about a post of NextDoor from someone that wants to rehome some kittens. This morning, I showed Little Chirp the post, and we both agreed the little Siamese kitten is adorable.
Within in ten minutes, Little Chirp’s Amazon packages from his shopping spree arrived, and the person with the kittens called. Little Chirp danced around the house in happines.
It is not a done deal yet. The kitten needs another two weeks with his mother. I am sure there are other inquiries about the Siamese cat. Still, in my head, I already named the kitty Tao. Tao is the Siamese cat in Return to Witch Mountain. Tao literally means “way”, but can be interpreted as road, or path as in a Tao to new beginnings, a path to healing.
