Aphro

Aphro, Aphro, Aphro. You're 11 now! Still as soft as ever, and more cuddly too. Since we moved to our current place you have become more kitten-like than I have ever seen in you. It's pretty funny to watch you chase your tail.

I hope you had a good day!

Happy Birthday Apro! Today you turned 9. There wasn't any special party for you, but you did get a few extra treats tonight. As a gift, I'll try to not kick you off the bed tonight.

People that have met my pets, or have heard some of the stories know just how crazy they are. I have a couple more stories.

Aphro the cat is a pretty reclusive and quiet cat. The other night Sox and I were just about asleep (around 11:30pm or so) and I could hear her scittering around downstairs, then come bounding up the stairs and into our bedroom. Silence for a couple minutes, then she took off quickly down one flight of stairs, around the corned, then down to the basement. That was a little weird.

Moments later I heard Aphro coming back up the stairs at full speed, then up the second flight of stairs. The bedroom door was only open a crack, and she didn't fit through, and bounced off the door sending it flying into the wall. WTF? Sox turned on a light and I looked at the cat on her cat tree. At first I thought she was sitting on one of our Thrifty's shopping bags. I got up to verify then discovered it was around her neck. Woops. That explains the crazy behaviour; she thought the bag was following her, and she got spooked.

Yoshi is a special kind of nutcase. Lately he has been bad, and has been chewing on a lot of things. I've been keeping a list of the things he has wrecked. On the weekend Sox had Yoshi at the vet for a checkup, and it turned out that when we switched his food we should have upped how much we gave him. We were starving him, and he has lost a significant amount of weight. Felt bad about that one.

The vet ordered a blood test for Yoshi, and she needed a urine sample as well. I can now add to the destruction list a urine specimen cup. Crazy dog. I stopped at the vet's office today to pick up another one, and when I told them what happened, the two women behind the counter couldn't help but laugh, and another gentleman dropping off his cat was laughing as well.

Crazy I tell you!

Dear Aphro:

You are a cat, and I am a human. When I am sleeping on the bed, I don't mind if you want to curl up next to me. I actually like how warm you can make the bed feel.

What I do mind is you sleeping between my knees. Don't do that. When I wake up it is hard to roll over with you there.

Plus, when I want you to move at 3 in the morning, I'd appreciate it if you just moved, then curled up again. I certainly don't appreciate being hissed at while you give me the evil eye. I don't like being smacked with claws, and I hate it when you scamper around the bed. It's my bed and I am trying to sleep. I don't care if it inconveniences you or upsets you.

This has been going on for too long. Keep it up and I may seriously entertain the idea of moving you to the basement.

Sincerely

Greg

Jungle Kitty! Aphro has been more interested in being outside lately. Sometimes she zips out an open door when we aren't looking and other times we let her out. The other weekend we were just about to leave for Nanaimo, when Sox thought to check on Aphro one last time before we drove away. The car was loaded and the kids buckled. That was how close we were to leaving. Sure enough Aphro was outside.

We managed to corral her back in the house, then we were on our way.

Here Aphro was exploring our deck, and in particular our tomato plants.