Baby Blues (not OT)

The cats in the Two Lumps comic have been reliving their kittenhood
lately. They being Russian Blues, like my Mir, I'm reminded of her
kittenhood.

The first time I visited the litter, I played with the kittens. One of
them climbed onto my lap and played with my 'senility cord' as Mum so
subtly puts it - the chain of my glasses. Then she fell asleep on my
arm. My niece just shook her head in wonder. This little girl hadn't
done anything like this before. I thought it was cute, but I really
didn't have a clue.

The next time I visited the kittens, they were much bigger. I played
with them, and when I sat down, one little girl climbed up in my lap and
played with the chain of my glasses. Then she fell asleep on my arm. I
thought it was cute, but I still didn't have a clue. I didn't even know
that it was the same kitten, since they all looked the same to me.

A couple of weeks later, I found myself phoning my niece out of the blue
and telling her I'd be willing to take one or two of the kittens, if she
didn't find homes for them. I don't remember even thinking about it, I
just rang her without planning to. I still didn't have a clue.

Then panic set in - how would my little b*tch Nikki take to a new cat?
She hated strangers, and couldn't even bear to have Frank being friendly
to a strange cat. What had I done? My niece promised she would take the
kitten back if it didn't work out with Nikki.

My niece had made mental notes that the same little girl had crept into
my lap and fallen asleep there several times, and this was the little
girl she gave me. She was then called Cashmere, Mere for short. It
morphed into Mir and then Miranda. Ever since the first day with me, she
came to me for safety against Nikki (who was pretty foul-mouthed at
first, but never touched or hurt Mir), and from the second day on, she
slept with me under the covers (so F&N wouldn't know she was there?),
snuggled up tightly against me. I think she decided the first time I
visited that I was her human.

Some pics from my visits with the kittens:

http://pets.webshots.com/album/231002479JeCnGu

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.