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thebratqueenTBQ: [enters her old apt. starts gathering up the litterbox and cat toys]
Mac [TBQ's cat]: Okay, you really need to pay attention to me. I have been alone all day and I am feeling seriously unloved here. Pay attention to me! Dude! A hug! Seriously! All I ask!
TBQ: [smiles at him] You're going to regret asking me that in a moment.
Mac: No I won't! I'm still trying to catch up for that weekend you were gone and can we mention my abandonment issues?
TBQ: Not necessary. I can barely take a shower without you breathing into a paper bag.
Mac: I'm fragile! My former owners abandoned me and I have poor ego definition. Under this gruff exterior lies the heart of a creampuff and can I say again pay attention to me?
TBQ: [gets out cat carrier] Okay, sure, come here.
Mac: [comes over] It's about time! Now as I was saying -
TBQ: [shoves Mac into the carrier]
Mac: DUDE! The HELL was that? What the FUCK is wrong with you? I am IN A CAGE! In! A cage! What the Hell makes you think that's any way to treat a lonely feline? Jesus fuck you've got issues! Cage! In! A! Cage! Seriously! Dude!
TBQ: [brings him downstairs] Now, now, it'll be okay. We're just going for a little drive and -
Mac: A! Cage! In! A! Cage! Notice! I! Am! In! A! CAGE!
TBQ: [puts him in the car and starts driving] It'll be okay. It's just a small drive and then we'll be in our new home. You'll like it, it has air conditioning and you can see birds and squirrels from the window -
Mac: You have no idea how to raise animals. That's it. Let me out. I'm trying this all over again. I'll find somebody who doesn't think that cages are good places for felines. I am so going to report you though. When I'm through you'll be lucky if you can buy a gerbil, nevermind another cat because you -
TBQ: [parks the car, gets the carrier out] Okay, here we are.
Mac: Okay. See, the thing is... the world is bigger than I remembered it. I? Am very small. Like seriously. So - heh - why don't we just forget this whole "you've got issues" thing and if you promise to take very good care of me - or, you know, just not feed me to the wolves that I'm sure are around here somewhere - we'll call it even?
TBQ: [lets Mac into the new apt] There you go. What do you think?
Mac: [slinks off to find the bomb shelter]
TBQ: [starts moving boxes from the ktichen to the bedroom]
Mac: [shows up again] Okay you disappeared. That's not cool. You need to be right here and - dude! Again with the walking! Stand still! I'm trying to bond our molecules together here and you keep walking away!
TBQ: So you're fine with the new place?
Mac: Whatever. Walking! Again! Look I'd latch on except somebody had me declawed so you're going to have to hold still - or slow down or something! Geez!
TBQ: [picks up Mac and scruffs him]
Mac: [snuggles very close and purrs] I stay here, right?
TBQ: Sure.
***
As you may guess phase one of the move went okay. I am not, for the record, moved in entirely but I've got enough things here to let me camp out while the last of the packing in the old place gets done.
The day went off with few glitches. Panic attack one was the shower not working, but fortunately I fixed that with some girl power. Attack two was a power outage in the middle of the afternoon which might have made the carpet guys have to come back later in the week. But the power came back on in a half hour so all was well.
The carpet looks fine, the phone is obviously working. I don't know how well my office chair survived being stuffed into my car so we'll have to see there - it could just be that it's not easy to move this on this kind of carpet. Might have to get one of those static shields for the floor or something.
Annoyance four is that my monitor is apparently on the fritz. I treated it like spun gold for the move so it's not like it got knocked around and therefore broken. It was acting kind of weird - and being darker than normal anyway - so I suspect this is one of those "it was going to happen eventually" kind of times. Obviously it's working now but it's tinted green. You just *know* that isn't good. Ah well. Hopefully it'll hold out for a bit longer.
In the meanwhile I am done for the day. I just finished dinner and I am off to take a bath in my new bathtub - or rather, my old bathtub. Nice thing about this place is that the bathtub is the original which means that 1) it's huge and 2) it has no overflow drain. I can fill that puppy up until kingdom come and soak my little heart out.
Later all!
Mac [TBQ's cat]: Okay, you really need to pay attention to me. I have been alone all day and I am feeling seriously unloved here. Pay attention to me! Dude! A hug! Seriously! All I ask!
TBQ: [smiles at him] You're going to regret asking me that in a moment.
Mac: No I won't! I'm still trying to catch up for that weekend you were gone and can we mention my abandonment issues?
TBQ: Not necessary. I can barely take a shower without you breathing into a paper bag.
Mac: I'm fragile! My former owners abandoned me and I have poor ego definition. Under this gruff exterior lies the heart of a creampuff and can I say again pay attention to me?
TBQ: [gets out cat carrier] Okay, sure, come here.
Mac: [comes over] It's about time! Now as I was saying -
TBQ: [shoves Mac into the carrier]
Mac: DUDE! The HELL was that? What the FUCK is wrong with you? I am IN A CAGE! In! A cage! What the Hell makes you think that's any way to treat a lonely feline? Jesus fuck you've got issues! Cage! In! A! Cage! Seriously! Dude!
TBQ: [brings him downstairs] Now, now, it'll be okay. We're just going for a little drive and -
Mac: A! Cage! In! A! Cage! Notice! I! Am! In! A! CAGE!
TBQ: [puts him in the car and starts driving] It'll be okay. It's just a small drive and then we'll be in our new home. You'll like it, it has air conditioning and you can see birds and squirrels from the window -
Mac: You have no idea how to raise animals. That's it. Let me out. I'm trying this all over again. I'll find somebody who doesn't think that cages are good places for felines. I am so going to report you though. When I'm through you'll be lucky if you can buy a gerbil, nevermind another cat because you -
TBQ: [parks the car, gets the carrier out] Okay, here we are.
Mac: Okay. See, the thing is... the world is bigger than I remembered it. I? Am very small. Like seriously. So - heh - why don't we just forget this whole "you've got issues" thing and if you promise to take very good care of me - or, you know, just not feed me to the wolves that I'm sure are around here somewhere - we'll call it even?
TBQ: [lets Mac into the new apt] There you go. What do you think?
Mac: [slinks off to find the bomb shelter]
TBQ: [starts moving boxes from the ktichen to the bedroom]
Mac: [shows up again] Okay you disappeared. That's not cool. You need to be right here and - dude! Again with the walking! Stand still! I'm trying to bond our molecules together here and you keep walking away!
TBQ: So you're fine with the new place?
Mac: Whatever. Walking! Again! Look I'd latch on except somebody had me declawed so you're going to have to hold still - or slow down or something! Geez!
TBQ: [picks up Mac and scruffs him]
Mac: [snuggles very close and purrs] I stay here, right?
TBQ: Sure.
***
As you may guess phase one of the move went okay. I am not, for the record, moved in entirely but I've got enough things here to let me camp out while the last of the packing in the old place gets done.
The day went off with few glitches. Panic attack one was the shower not working, but fortunately I fixed that with some girl power. Attack two was a power outage in the middle of the afternoon which might have made the carpet guys have to come back later in the week. But the power came back on in a half hour so all was well.
The carpet looks fine, the phone is obviously working. I don't know how well my office chair survived being stuffed into my car so we'll have to see there - it could just be that it's not easy to move this on this kind of carpet. Might have to get one of those static shields for the floor or something.
Annoyance four is that my monitor is apparently on the fritz. I treated it like spun gold for the move so it's not like it got knocked around and therefore broken. It was acting kind of weird - and being darker than normal anyway - so I suspect this is one of those "it was going to happen eventually" kind of times. Obviously it's working now but it's tinted green. You just *know* that isn't good. Ah well. Hopefully it'll hold out for a bit longer.
In the meanwhile I am done for the day. I just finished dinner and I am off to take a bath in my new bathtub - or rather, my old bathtub. Nice thing about this place is that the bathtub is the original which means that 1) it's huge and 2) it has no overflow drain. I can fill that puppy up until kingdom come and soak my little heart out.
Later all!
