Cat

[clevermanka]

Fetish was a complete brat last night, so she got locked in the downstairs bathroom from about 1:00 a.m. until I woke up (staggeringly late) this morning at 8:10. Now I'm indulging her by letting her lie on my lap while I sit at the dining table doing my LJ and email. This means I've finished my first cup of coffee but I cannot go get a refill because there is a cat on my lap.

Cat owners understand that Cat On My Lap means one is ineligible for any activity--answering the door, fixing the toilet that just started to run, putting in a different CD, refilling the drinks. Cat On My Lap condition has its advantages and disadvantages. When one is the only person awake in the house (not to mention the only person who drinks coffee and, thus, knows how to prepare the beverage to one's taste) it is a definite disadvantage.

But, oh, the sweetness and cuddly warmth of a happy cat who loves her mama and doesn't resent (too much) being locked in a bathroom overnight. Worth it.

Comments

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

Oh I do miss happy-cat-having......

[rowangolightly.livejournal.com]

I SO understand the inability to move when one has a lap cat. Unfortunately, 4 of ours sleep with us, Minka on my belly and Bobbi and BrokenTail at my feet so that means that feel like I can't move all night. Unlucky them if a hotflash forces me out of bed!

It does, however, produce a powerful sleep spell so that falling back asleep is no problem.

[normalcyispasse.livejournal.com]

Hm. In the mornings around here it's more like Cat On My Head syndrome.

[slinka.livejournal.com]

Aren't they great! They get so mad at you but all they want to do afterward is make sure that you love them.

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

I am cruel. I have to throw them off my lap on a regular basis, because if I pay too much attention to one, the other two get jealous.

Although Old Gay Cat is currently demanding cuddles, and the others haven't noticed yet.

[darkgaze2002.livejournal.com]

sadly i just forced my kitty away trying to preserve myself, kitty claws are damn uncomfortable!

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

As do I!

[the-themiscyran.livejournal.com]

One of ours seems to have an innate sense of exactly when I need to get up, and chooses that moment to settle in for maximum cuteness & purring. She is EVIL.

[thefox-rb.livejournal.com]

dave and i behave accordingly to Cat On My Lap. we have it x3, but that's a lot of Snuggle. and Kisses. and Purring.

so glad to know others suspend "normal" activity to love on the furry babies.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I've been known to hold a pee for way too long for COML.

The sad part is that no matter how carefully you place them on the sofa after getting up, they still look at you all offended. It's the guilt that gets us.

I had to push Pablo away three times today because he insisted on doing the head to hand snuggle while I was trying to type.