As I made my smoothie this morning, a fresh ice cube fell, bounced, then skittered across the floor. I'm not a morning person. I'm just not. My hands don't function before 6:00 am. My mind... Well, my mind doesn't work a lot of the time.
I stood and stared dumbly at it lying there. Blitz came running into the kitchen.
"New cat toys?"
I wondered briefly at him batting around an ice cube, nodded my okay, and went back to trying to get the blender lid screwed onto the top of my cup.
"Don't do it." Seth's cat voice seemed to come from the other room.
I looked up, as if through the wall to the living room and went back to my smoothie. That thing never threads. Wrong twice, then lefty-loosey, lefty-loosey, lefty-loosey until both sides seated and finally righty-tighty. And blend ...
"Just don't." Seth's voice seemed like it was louder than usual. He sauntered into the kitchen.
It's my imagination. Rampant, especially in the morning.
Blitz batted the ice cube experimentally. Then he chased it while Seth sat on his haunches and watched. Fun! It slid to the refrigerator. Then, he batted it under the stove. He dug it out, now fuzzy with fur. He paused. I looked casually at him, wondering what he was thinking.
Then, he licked it.
"No!" I yelled, only managing to startle him further.
And he spun around once and ran from the room with the ice cube hanging from his tongue.
It fell off before he made it to the cat tree in the living room. I stood on my tiptoes, trying to pet him in the top spot. Seth walked casually into the room to watch.
"I told you not to." Do cats laugh?
Blitz leaned away from my hand and glared.
"You hurt me!"
Not my imagination.
Thank you for listening, jb
I stood and stared dumbly at it lying there. Blitz came running into the kitchen.
"New cat toys?"
I wondered briefly at him batting around an ice cube, nodded my okay, and went back to trying to get the blender lid screwed onto the top of my cup.
"Don't do it." Seth's cat voice seemed to come from the other room.
I looked up, as if through the wall to the living room and went back to my smoothie. That thing never threads. Wrong twice, then lefty-loosey, lefty-loosey, lefty-loosey until both sides seated and finally righty-tighty. And blend ...
"Just don't." Seth's voice seemed like it was louder than usual. He sauntered into the kitchen.
It's my imagination. Rampant, especially in the morning.
Blitz batted the ice cube experimentally. Then he chased it while Seth sat on his haunches and watched. Fun! It slid to the refrigerator. Then, he batted it under the stove. He dug it out, now fuzzy with fur. He paused. I looked casually at him, wondering what he was thinking.
Then, he licked it.
"No!" I yelled, only managing to startle him further.
And he spun around once and ran from the room with the ice cube hanging from his tongue.
It fell off before he made it to the cat tree in the living room. I stood on my tiptoes, trying to pet him in the top spot. Seth walked casually into the room to watch.
"I told you not to." Do cats laugh?
Blitz leaned away from my hand and glared.
"You hurt me!"
Not my imagination.
Thank you for listening, jb
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