caturday celebration
May. 9th, 2026 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatWas talking to some people at the office this week about our cats (NOT as good as working from home WITH my cat, but an acceptable topic of conversation), and we chanced up on the 'my cat likes to wake me up at night' thing.
And I absolutely got to be the ridiculously proud cat parent who was like 'my cat wakes me up at night because she wants to be patted.' I am thrilled by this fact. I had a silly smile on my face as I typed those words. SHE LIKES ME. I am continuously surprised by how much this cat wants to headbutt my pillow and flick her tail in my face at night just to get me to wake up and provide chin scritches.
(More cat chat because I love cats, and will happily share the same stories again and again, and because every cat shows their love and care in different ways. This cat is the only cat I've had who wants to be on top of me while I'm sleeping. She will NOT sit in my lap while I'm sitting up, but will sit next to me, and has a bed on the desk next to my computer where she spends much of the day. My last cat LOVED being in my lap while I was awake, but as soon as I made the slightest move towards reclining or closing my eyes, she would leave. NO sleeping! My first cat loved being brushed, my second cat hated it. My amazing current cat absolutely loves tummy rubs, which has unfortunately trained me right out of remembering that for most cats, the tummy is a trap. Cats are just SO GREAT and I love them.)
And I absolutely got to be the ridiculously proud cat parent who was like 'my cat wakes me up at night because she wants to be patted.' I am thrilled by this fact. I had a silly smile on my face as I typed those words. SHE LIKES ME. I am continuously surprised by how much this cat wants to headbutt my pillow and flick her tail in my face at night just to get me to wake up and provide chin scritches.
(More cat chat because I love cats, and will happily share the same stories again and again, and because every cat shows their love and care in different ways. This cat is the only cat I've had who wants to be on top of me while I'm sleeping. She will NOT sit in my lap while I'm sitting up, but will sit next to me, and has a bed on the desk next to my computer where she spends much of the day. My last cat LOVED being in my lap while I was awake, but as soon as I made the slightest move towards reclining or closing my eyes, she would leave. NO sleeping! My first cat loved being brushed, my second cat hated it. My amazing current cat absolutely loves tummy rubs, which has unfortunately trained me right out of remembering that for most cats, the tummy is a trap. Cats are just SO GREAT and I love them.)
