The new family members

I found two sweet looking young cats to adopt this past week. I have been looking casually for a cat to keep me company. I have missed Tegan, my previous cat. She was such a sweet heart and good companion to both JB and me. It was not really possible to even entertain adopting a new family member since Tegan died last summer, had to focus more of my energy on the most important family member.

Now that the house has been very quiet and I find myself lacking anything to focus my attention on at home, I have been moved to adopt a cat...or two. So here I introduce the two new members of my family. Leela is a female tortise, about 7 months old. So far she is a bit reserved and somewhat shy. She will come on the bed and lay between my legs to fall asleep.

Adric is the name I am giving to the boy cat. He is also a 7 month old cat, a Russian blue. He is full of energy, bouncing from room to room and very affectionate.

I have them sequestered to the upstairs of the house, to get them adjusted to each other and their new environment. Also this will help keep control of the damage they might accidentally do with their playful behavior.

Thus far they are both getting along well together. Adric is a bit of a overwhelming presence, he loves to play and will try to get into a playful fight with Leela. She tends not to want much to do with this, will hiss at him and try to get away. Otherwise they do well together when they are both calm. Last night they spent the majority of the night sleeping together near me on the bed.

Beyond the news of my cat adoption, I would say that life remains in a state of flux. It seems like a skipping record to mention that it is difficult to take in each day on my own. Work goes well enough, I am very fortunate to continue to have a strong presence of friends and family to help me through. A good time was had last weekend at a gathering of friends to celebrate their acquisition of a new cat...games were played and pizza was enjoyed. I will be having my own cat-warming party soon too I expect.

One final note for his post...WINTER SUCKS! It was in the 50's last weekend, with certain signs of spring in the air (tulips in my yard were popping out of melting snow even). But on Wednesday here we got 7 inches of snow and since then bitter cold. It is 16 degrees this morning and I am so tired of winter. So everyone pray that spring makes it to Minnesota this year, it will make me happy.