7/9/2003

I am very sleepy this morning. Apparently I didn’t get enough sleep last night. I went to bed at my normal time, I did wake up around 2:30 to go to the bathroom and ended up having trouble getting back to sleep because my mind was so full.

I was, of course, thinking about the cat. We’ve named her Sophie, I don’t know if I mentioned that or not yet. Anyway, she’s so amazingly sweet and affectionate and so trusting. She loves people. I know she must have been someone’s pet that ran off when she went into heat. Whoever she belonged to is probably heartbroken that she’s gone. I can’t help but wonder if she’s going to turn out to be microchipped or something. Or if we’ll run across an ad in the paper about a cat that fits her description perfectly or something.

Anyway, we’re taking off work at one to take her to the vet. Originally I was just going to take off and take her and pick hubby up later. Last night though, we discovered that putting this cat into a carrier isn’t a one person job. Tomorrow we’re taking the Hyundai back to the shop so we’ll be working from home. Our A/C in the car just suddenly quit blowing cold air last Friday. It sucks because it’s damn hot. I hate driving with the windows down too because not only does my hair end up all in my face but I can’t stand the noise of cars wooshing by me, it hurts my ears. The hour drive to pick up the cat last night on the highway hubby had his window down and it was pure torture.

I still can’t believe this cat is pregnant, I mean I can considering it’s summer and she’s a stray and all but I’m still surprised that she’s actually pregnant. I’m happy and pissed off at the same time. The pet overpopulation problem is bad enough. I’m happy too though because I haven’t raised tiny kittens since I was really young. I’m also pissed off because this pregnant cat is malnurished. She’s a tiny kitty, she’s not full grown, is underweight and is pregnant. I worry for her safety and the safety of the kittens. Cats are amazing animals though.

She was crying to be let out this morning. She’s living in Sara’s travel crate in the downstairs bathroom. I wish I could tell her that as soon as she gets her vet check and I get word from the vet that she’s a perfectly healthy little kitty that she’ll be able to come out and play with all the other kitties. I have a feeling she’ll be fine, since I think she had been someone’s pet she’s probably had a set of vaccinations already. Too bad they didn’t spay her before she went into heat.

I guess we’ll see though. Hopefully she’ll have healthy kittens and be clear of diseases. If we find out she has a home she’ll go back there but for now and hopefully forever, she lives with us.