I have mentioned that I am cat sitting, right? And that said cat belongs to my youngest? Like many others of her generation, she works remotely. Not an issue in most cases but the firm for which she works is based in New York City. US East Coast time zone which is three hours ahead of us here in California. Doesn’t matter if it is a normal part of the year or the “daylight slaving time” as an older relative of mine used to designate the time switch. What is important is that she starts work at 0600 US West Coast.
Obviously, if you start work that early you have to be up a bit earlier so that you have clothes, tea/coffee and an awake expression on your face. Now, if you have ever had pets in your life, the only way to get them to leave you alone in the morning is to feed them relatively promptly.
See where I am going with this? If you are a cat and your stomach is used to having your breakfast (small amount of stinky wet food) at 0600 in the morning so that your person has a chance to start work easily, well – that is what you expect. Doesn’t matter what day of the week it is – if you are the cat, you really, really, really expect your breakfast to be served in the proper dish at the correct time It is Saturday morning. Said cat started his breakfast campaign shortly before 0500 just to make sure that I wouldn’t forget that he needed his breakfast. It is now about 0630. I have been awake for more than an hour whether or not I intended to sleep in because no one can ignore cat nagging that starts with stares, progresses to purring and will move on to nips if the stomach is not appeased.
Now? He is taking a nap on my sewing table happy as can be. I have found I can limit the damage that he does to stitching supplies if I clear off a space and place an empty project bag, Light color might be best since he is a grey cat.
at least right now he seems willing to let me use my laptop but I am sure that the demand for lap, chair, or other disruption is coming all too soon.
