Alrighty finally back to tell the story of my kitten! (W/Pictures)
I never used to like cats until Saska brought his wife to be home, and I proceeded to meet her three beasts. In short time I fell in love with them and began wishing to have one of my own. When Saska and his wife moved in a brought the 3 cats with them I fell more in love and my Dad followed and he began wanting one. My Mother however was on the "no cats" bandwagon and was not to be swayed, for though she loved Saskas cats, she also had frustrations with them and declared herself "not a cat person." We had three cats living with us anyways so we had more than enough.
Fast forward to this year when Saska's wife moved far away taking the three wee beasts with her leaving a gaping hole. Both my Father and I began pressing my mother to no avail.
Fast forward to Halloween evening. On Halloween I was invited to go see a friends new place, he had moved out to an acreage and was excited to show it off. Once out there we decided to hang out outside around his fire pit and headed out to start the fire. As he was grabbing a few tools I was standing outside alone and this little shadow comes bounding out of the darkness, it turned out to be this tiny kitten. She proceeded to follow us around the rest of the evening and she fell asleep purring in my lap while we sat around the fire.
My friend had many cats out on land and was working on downsizing the amount, he told me "I hope you know you are taking her home with you."
Which I strongly considered, but decided I shouldn't because my Mother would be furious if I brought her home, plus I was ill prepared to bring a brand new kitten home that night.
As I was leaving she tried to climb into my car with me..
So I told my parents the story of the wee kitten who stole my heart, and Dad was like "Lets get her." and Mom was like "No.." My friend spent the week sending pictures of her to me lol.
One day I ended up talking to my Dad and I asked "How serious are you about getting this cat? Winter is coming (GoT reference!) and she won't likely survive it."
My Dad was quite serious about wanting her and he decided we were going to go pick her up that night, so he decided to go with one last ditch effort to get Mother on board and his hailmary convinced her. We went and picked her up that night
She took no time warming up to me, In fact on the trip home she climbed out of her tent into my lap, ate some food, kneaded my lap then curled and fell asleep purring.
As you can tell she is pretty uncomfortable with me.
This kitten is the biggest sweetheart. She is unlike the other Kitten I knew in the fact that she is insanely cuddly and pretty mild mannered. She loves to play no doubt, but she is a lap cat through and through!
Or should I say a face cat..
She has had a bit of a rough go to start, having some health issues right off the bat, but I am doing my best to get her back to health and give her the happiest life possible. I have been finding it both stressful and rewarding, I worry like a new parent over her especially cause she has been a bit sick, but she seems to be improving every day.
She can be frustrating and stubborn, but I am working on being patient. Its tough sometimes, but I cant stay mad at that face! How the hell do you say no to this!?!?