the cat is home. for all you’d know it. as expected, hovered around corners and under things until he could find a cubby to hide in and i’ve not seen him since… and do not expect to until tonight.
can’t say i blame him, poor thing. all things considered, it’s been a stressful few days for him. push, poked, prodded, microchipped, scrotum snipped, given shots and hauled around in carriers amongst odd sounds, smells and noises.
he disappeared like the smoke he resembles when i got him home. i think he’s hiding in the back of the other desk in the dining room. poor fella. i just set out water and food and am waiting him out.
i went to pick him up as scheduled at 1pm only to find he was still out at the vet’s getting snipped or recovering from it. not sure which, accounts were mixed. one said he got snipped this morning, the other said he got it yesterday. either way, he was a great deal more subdued when i saw him today than when i first met him.
i’m torn on a name. my initial thought was to name him ‘smoke’ because that is what he looks like. then it occurred to me to name him ‘daka’ in the tradition of those cats who have gone before. but i suspect i’ll wait as i always do until he makes his name known to me by his personality and behaviors. so, for now, he is just ‘the cat’ or maybe ‘poor fella’ because it really did tug on my heart to see him all ‘please just let me alone’ today.
while i was waiting for him to return to the shelter for pickup and going home, i went by the local thrift store. i am SO glad i did. they just got in a dresser that was perfect for me. a huge wooden thing, with mirror, broyhill (good brand) but older (likely 70’s). $20. hah. got it. brought home the drawers today. will get the rest and the mirror tomorrow, after the cat has had some time to settle and i can put him in the bathroom without freaking him out all the more.
it will be SO good to have my clothing off the floor and chair that i’m just all jack-ass eating briars grinning. i mean, for all i am rather spartan in my life style and very, very low on the materialism scale, i DO like having a dresser to put my things in.
will likely pick up some manner of paint and do something artsy with it in a month or two. maybe replace the pull handles. it is fun to think about decorating it. making it different than a cast off, you know?
anyway… not much else at the moment. i’m excited for my daughter’s 20th birthday tomorrow and cannot wait for her to receive the thing i made for her. had it printed to canvas. will post a graphic of it tomorrow after i know she’s gotten it. (grin)
that’s bout it for now. may write tonight a bit. have a good amount of things buzzing in my head in relation to getting a pitch done for submission. who knows… this may be the beginning of something really amazing. i reckon we’ll see. it’s been a while since i pitched a new book. i’m kind of excited. 🙂