Well, you’re never going to believe what happened last night…

I wrote about that cat thing, right? And I think the universe must have been listening and thought to itself it thought “I think Plume needs a little kitty time”. Because I had a nighthly visitor…

Yes. I went to bed and did my before-sleep-reading. Currently reading Augusten Burroughs’ Running With Scissors, by the way. Thanks Debster for pointing me t’wards him. Anyway, I’m lying in bed and reading. And then I hear meowing outside. I thought it was just a passing cat outside, but it kept meowing. It sounded like the cat was complaining. Even though the days have been warm and sunny, the nights are still fairly cold, so I had my window closed. But I went and opened it and looked out. I couldn’t see anything in the dark, but I could hear the cat meowing. So I went and got my torchlight. Turned it on. And there, right in the beam of light, was the kitty.

It looked up at me and meowed again. But didn’t move. So I went and got my camera. And took the above picture. And the cat just sat there, looking up at me, meowing every now and again. I wasn’t sure what to do. I thought about Moomincat of course. Moomincat who used to come through my window when I lived with my parents. But even though I live on the ground floor here, there’s still a bit of a drop from my tiny porch (more of walkspace really) and down to the ground. So I figured the cat wouldn’t be able to jump up to me even if it wanted to. I considered going outside, but I don’t really feel comfortable going outside here in the middle of the night, and the cat would probably just run away from me anyway. So eventually I just went away from the window. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready for sleepytime. And then went back and sat on my bed. And then I heard it, the cat managed to jump up on my porch space. And then up in my window.

It’s not actually a window. It’s a door. But it’s split in half. I only had the top part open. And sure enough, I leaned over and saw the cat sitting there. I waited a little. And then the cat jumped inside. It was almost like a cartoon, it came jumping in real fast and then it sort of skidded across the hardwood floor as it turned left and ran into my living room. The lights were out in there. The cat went under the computer table, I think. I very quietly walked in there and turned on the light. And immediately the cat came running out and jumped back out the window. I got the torchlight and shined outside. It was on the porch space, but now it ran away from my light. It went past the barrier to the neighbour’s part of the porch space. So I figured I had probably scared it away. I went to bed and turned the light off. But it wasn’t too long before I heard it outside again. So I went and opened up the bottom half of the door and sat on my bed and waited to see if it would come in.

And there it was. It stood outside and looked in for a while.

Slowly came inside.

I sat down on the floor and just let it take its time.

It came further inside. Started walking around and exploring a little. Rubbing its head against things. If there is one quality I have then it is that I am pretty calm and peaceful. That’s always a good thing around animals. So I just waited for the kitty to get comfortable around me. It didn’t take too long before it came closer to me. And I reached out…

And it seemed to like being petted just fine. It probably just had to feel safe. I got the idea that maybe it had tried jumping into another appartment or two and had been chased off by the people there. So it just needed to see that I wasn’t going to chase it away with a broomstick or anything.

A cute little thing. I petted it for a bit and let it walk around and explore the appartment. And then once again I wasn’t sure what to do. I mean, since it liked being petted it’s likely that it’s someone’s pet. Maybe it got out from someone’s appartment by accident. So I shouldn’t let it get used to being in my place should I? On the other hand, having a regular kitty visitor would be just the thing if I decide to wait until after the Greenland trip before I get my own cat. And I do love all kitties, big and small. I am always insecure in these situations. Eventually I let the kitty back out and went to bed. I left the top of my door slightly open, enough for a little fresh air to come in but not enough for kitty to come in if it came back. And it did. I heard it meowing outside several times through the night. And I didn’t know what to do. Should I let it in? Or not. Eventually I said to myself I said “if I hear it again then I’ll open up the window so it can come in if it wants to”. But I didn’t hear it again. And eventually sleep came to pass.

I wonder if it will come back tonight. I should go around and see if there are any “missing kitty” posters in the neighbourhood.

Sigh. Sweet kitty. Yes, I definitely need one of my own. Sooner or later.

I thought I heard it outside just now. I guess I was just imagining it.

Other than that it was another beautiful, sunny day. So warm that I almost had to drop my coat. I had good times with the goats. Brought more pea pods for the kids. And they even took raisins today. Soon they will be terrorizing my pockets for treats, I am sure. They grow so fast. And lovely.

Now bedtime. Maybe I’ll dream up another kitty or two.

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