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| I love my life! |
It’s been a while since my last post. My family has been really busy over the past
several months. Jen has been trying to
build her business, finish writing her book, and working on various projects around
the house. Between all that and working,
she hasn’t had much time to sit down with me and write. Recently, she’s been home a lot, which usually
puts her in a better mood, but her doctor put her on a trial of medication that
just made her sleep. I usually stayed
with her during her naps to make sure she was okay and so that she could pet me
if she needed a distraction. Her medication
was supposed to help with her stress and anxiety attacks. Unfortunately, she seemed to just keep
getting worse, and so now she is off of the medicine. I think us pets serve as better help for her
mental health anyway. We do what we can
to be there when she is upset and don’t usually make her so tired.
Over the past couple weeks, Jen made some changes in our
home that I really do not like. She kept
telling me that I was eating too much and that I needed to stop stealing Loki
and DiNozzo’s food. I knew she couldn’t
stop me, no matter what she tried. She
can’t always be there to take away their food when they are finished eating,
and I can’t help myself—I just LOVE food!
Sometimes the dog would steal food, too, and Jen knew this, so she knew
I wasn’t always the guilty culprit. She
and Jordan were talking about some special feeder that would solve my food stealing,
and after some debate, it arrived in the mail.
It came in a “Chewy” box, which I know usually means there will be
treats and a nice box to play in for a while.
Once Jen had it setup and working, I was not happy.
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| Jen put the new feeder on the steps at first so we could get used to it |
At first, we just had one of these fancy things, but then the
humans added a second one. The lids were
open until Loki and DiNozzo got used to them.
Sometimes the lid was half open, so I was able to reach my paw in and pull
food out. Now that Loki and DiNozzo are
not as scared of the feeders, the lids are always closed when I go to check
them out. Loki and DiNozzo both have
some sort of key to open them so they can eat, but I do not. I still get food like normal in my bowl, but
this is ridiculous! How am I supposed to
survive on these rations? Jen says I get
more than enough food and that she is worried about my weight. She says she just wants me to be healthy. I know she loves me. I just really miss that extra food.
Jen is also on some sort of restricted food rations, though
she doesn’t have a fancy electronic feeder.
She keeps typing on her smartphone every time she gets something to eat. She said her cholesterol and sugar are high,
so she’s cut back on many of the things she loves, like soda, potato chips, and
ice cream. I guess if Jen can live without
Ben & Jerry’s, I can live without stealing the other cats’ food. I still get treats on occasion, like the
minnows that came in the Chewy box, and sometimes we get a special can of wet
food. I still think it’s unfair, but I
suppose I do need to lose some weight.
It is pretty hard to groom myself in some areas. Still, if I ever meet the makers of this SureFeed
smart feeder, I’m going to give them a stern growl.
Hopefully I will be able to post again soon! I like having Jen around the house more, but
I know she is hoping to find a job so we can continue to have a nice home and
lots of toys. With her free time, she
has made us a few toys here and there, saying that she’s using me as a toy
tester to make toys to sell online. She
knows I am a bit rough on toys and absolutely love to play, so I guess I am the
perfect toy tester. Jen certainly doesn’t
like to sit still that much and is usually doing something. She has been taking courses online to learn
about something called data analytics and has been sewing a lot lately. I think she gets a little bored when she isn’t
working. I guess she doesn’t need to
take as many naps as I do. Some days I
get tired just watching her!
