Good morning! Sorry I missed last night, I was up until 1am finishing off Sonic Lost World, which I will be writing about later today. Yes, I know this isn't really an excuse, given that I had the whole rest of the day to potentially write something, but, well, I didn't. So here we are!
It's another four day week at the day job from today. Yesterday was a bank holiday here in the UK, as was last Friday, so we had a thoroughly pleasant four-day weekend. Well, it wasn't complete rest and relaxation, as my mother-in-law was visiting, as I noted in the previous post, but she's not really a hassle to have around and she often tends to do helpful and productive things around the house and garden for us, so her visits are always appreciated. Now our "catio" has some very nice-looking plants in pots!
Andie also fitted a cat flap to the back of our house so the cats can come and go from the house to the catio as they please. Patti, being a cat who clearly hasn't really been outside before we had her, is still extremely nervous of not being in the house, so she hasn't made use of it yet, but I was surprised and delighted to see Meg immediately knowing what to do with it, and over the course of the day clearly making use of it several times without prompting. Evidently she's had one before, presumably at the house she lived in before we had her.
Having the cat flap in will be good for Meg, as I always felt a bit guilty leaving her shut in the house while we're both out, but it's been necessary for her safety and our own peace of mind ever since we lost Ruby last November. I still miss her so much and don't want anything to happen to either Meg or Patti if we can possibly prevent it. Meg still likes to try and sneak out of the front door occasionally, but she seems to have mostly accepted how things are, and even seems to like the catio now it's a bit sunnier. Patti, meanwhile, as I say, doesn't really "get" outside just yet, but she's always curious to follow Meg whenever she goes out.
After this week, I have a three day work week next week, as I have both Monday and Tuesday off for both my birthday and my employment anniversary. It's going to be weird going back to "full-time" at this rate!
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