I believe my experiment is working. Ash is now being spotted in the house during the day which is quite uncommon to how it was before. Both her and Magoo are claiming their favorite sleeping spot. I know she is there in the night, but I leave her completely alone because that’s the plan. If I go in the kitchen and she’s on the post,  she doesn’t jump down and flee. I can see her from my peripheral view. I make no eye contact whatsoever.

Last night while cooking dinner, she was sitting up on top of the post and watching me like a hawk, but she was not disappearing. I do miss the days when I could actually touch her and pet her even though she would swat at me afterwards.

I miss my Molly girl, it’s been one year since she went to The Bridge. With so much going on right now in the world and in my life, I miss her constant presence of warmth, purring and calm. I believe that Magoo is picking up on my stress level. He actually laid in my lap yesterday for about two hours. He wasn’t being a whirling dervish he was being very calm. I needed that more than anything.

Besides what’s happening on the world scale right now, which there’s nothing I can do about that, My truck has been very sick. It has managed to swallow anything extra I have managed to save. Money that I was hoping to use for my cats. Unfortunately it’s still is sick and I have it parked because I cannot drive it right now. It’s not reliable or dependable and we are stuck because parts are not available to fix it.

The weather here has turned brutal. Icy cold wind while the sun is out in the day is a little bit hard to wrap your head around. My canned cat food supply sits at six cans and my dry food which you can’t find locally in large bulk anymore, unless you’re extremely lucky, or you get to the store first before everybody else is dwindling. I don’t have any reserve now because of the truck situation. I am just a bit stressed right now I guess you could say. For so many reasons. So I am grateful that Magoo is trusting me and he is trying to become a normal lap kitty . Of course if I sneeze or cough he takes off for the hills. (Also known as my bed).  he burrows underneath all the covers hiding from the sneeze monster! I seem to have worse allergies in the winter time than I do in the summertime, go figure.

to anyone who is reading this. Please just take care of yourself and your loved ones. Make sure that those you treasure in your life know that they are your treasures. Continue to stay safe, sane and hug those four-footed lovelies in your life