the next morning

Thanks to everyone for the condolences about Eddie the Cat. He’s not going to be forgotten, that’s for sure.

My husband wanted to get me a new kitten right away, but that’s not fair to the proposed kitten, and (I think) disrespectful to Edward Birdseye Cat (his full name). We’re used to 4 cats now, so 3 makes the house seem kind of undermanned, or “undercatted.”

Sophie the Dog tries to make up the difference, but it’s just not the same. She can’t purr. Bodhi the Turtle was never really aware of the presence of cats. She can’t even distinguish, I believe, between the large fuzzy blobs that feed her reptile stix and clean her tank every week. Snuggling a turtle just ain’t the same as snuggling a cat, anyway.