You never know what that darned cat will do!

Here I find myself now attached; her name is Mandi and she's only eight weeks old.  I always said I would never have a cat--always went for dogs--but relatives were pressing me as were friends to get "some" type of companion.  When they all said--not in unison fortunately--that "You need a companion," my first thought was for the two-legged kind.  That caused those suggestors to pause, then pick up pace and say, "No, silly, I meant an animal....of some kind."  After all, I don't live far from the dog pound.  Oops!  Animal pound!!  'scuze me!

Although I did not immediately start looking, I kept thinking, "Keep it small....whatever you get."  I knew I would be traveling to St. Louis for various doctors' appointment and maybe even surgery, so I ruled out dogs from the gitgo:  they could be lumbersome AND very dependent on a human for their care.  Those eyes would be looking at me with "Feed me!" written all over their faces.  "Clean my poop, give me a bath, take me for a walk, feed me.  Where's my fresh water?"  Cat, on the other hand, could be given fresh water, new cat food (dry) and a litter box.  I could almost hear one of them saying, "Go ahead.  Be gone a few days.  I'll make it just fine."  And, I believed every word I pictured in my head.

So, a cat it was.  Born on a farm out in the middle of nowhere, AND I DO MEAN NOWHERE!!!  No tail, black as night with a white spot under her neck.  Sky blue eyes and "very" sharp claws.  When pressed for a name after I chose her over the rest of the litter, the only name that came to my mind was Mandi.  I liked spelling it with an 'i' so I wouldn't get in trouble with Barry Manilow for using Mandy, although the song drifted around in my head while we drove home.

That was almost two weeks ago and Mandi's mew and sharp claws keep reminding she's mine.  Mine to love, hold, cuddle, sleep with (won't take a person's place), and watch her grow and become very independent of me.  If she's not digging her sharp claws into my bare legs to climb into my lap, she's somewhere sound asleep.

Now to figure out how to tame that beautiful stalion I saw and get him house trained......   (lol)