Saturday, December 12, 2009

A colossal battle of wills

Reynaldo is at it again.

I crashed on the sofa last night, and my cat finds this exciting. All bets are off. The regular routine is trashed. Chaos now reigns. Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria.

By sleeping on the couch, Reynaldo feels I have abandoned our established MO, which is that he doesn't fed until after my shower. Since a little after 6:00 AM he has been trying to goad me into feeding him. Since a little after 6:00 AM I have been trying very hard to ignore him.

So far he has knocked over the family photos in the dining room, knocked over and burrowed through the GAP bag containing my niece's Christmas gift, and caused much crashing in the kitchen. I refuse to get up and see what he's done in there.

He sings while doing all this.

I am not giving in. I have a bigger brain and opposing thumbs. After I hit "publish post," I am getting up to take my shower without responding at all.

I will win this battle. But since I have to clean up after his rampages, I sometimes wonder exactly what I'm winning.

Oh, this cat!

4 comments:

  1. What a crazy cat...ha ha...wouldn't you love to know what goes on in their mind? Keep us updated!!!

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  2. You may have opposing thumbs, but Reynaldo has an evil feline mind. Hopefully your couch is up against the wall so you don't have to worry about cats landing on your face and then dive bombing off.
    Enjoy the weekend!

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  3. Ah, cat shenanigans!

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  4. I love your Reynaldo battles. They are truly battles of WILL - not of mind...because he has a pea brain and he caused you to lose yours a long time ago.

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