I want to be a cat. More specifically, I want to be one of my wife’s cats. You can see how hard it is to be them. We even put out patio furniture for them — which they let us use when they aren’t lounging.
Mostly why I want to be them is they don’t have to deal with long-term planning. And deadlines. And, you know, work. They want the bird, they catch the bird, they eat the bird. That’s about as much planning as they ever have to deal with.
Ask a cat if he’s finished that latest chapter and he’ll look at you like you’ve just asked why the zebra is roller-skating.
Tell him he’s on a deadline and he’ll obviously jump right to it.
(By the way, these guys hang out together all the time.)
Start acting busy yourself, and cats will be right there in the middle of the action. Not necessarily helping with anything, but right in the middle of it.
Like I said, I want to be a cat.
I want to be this cat, right …
… here.
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8 Comments
I also want to come back as a pampered housecat. I want to be able to stretch like the do wicked bad, it looks so pleasant. Plus the whole no work thing is cool too. Heh.
This is the way animals are supposed to be treated. Imagine two Chihuahuas in place of the cats and that's my babies. My husband is trying to teach them to stick out their tongues so that he can squirt ReddiWhip on them.
Totally identify. The love of my life is a 18lb tabby named Leo.
Vikki
That's what you get to come back as in your next life…..if you deserve it!
Ali
Bob and Ali, I can only hope so.
Sueann, I'm guessing the Chihuahuas don't twist around so much though.
Redchair, is that a very big tabby, or just very big around?
adorable cats! I have two at home and they're both trouble-makers and I love them both! : )
We just managed to pick up three kittens last weekend. Not quite sure how it happened–usually they way it goes with cats, so I hear. Ours are wee right now–no idea how big they'll get. All part of the Kitty Fun!
I am currently sitting on the front 3/4" of my chair so I don't disturb two of them.
Jenni, we went for one and got two. And now my wife is convinced that the second one is because I said I wanted another. (The other two were for the girls, five years later.) And why are you giving up the chair? Don't you know that's what laps are for?