random thoughts – Day 1,683 – (Saturday) - toyed with

Miss Kiki!

Miss Kiki, The BungaLowell cat of mystery and intrigue, has been an adorable and entertaining puzzlement all morning. She has silently padded around the house in her usual “now you see, now you don’t” appearances and disappearances. That part isn't unusual. 

The added element of art and theater has been when she displayed her vocal talents with meowing (singing?).  It started in the dining room, and the tour continued to the living room. Then she disappeared (not uncommon), and in what might be best described as a game of Marco Polo, she meowed from a hidden location (quite uncommon). And I, the silly human, engaged in meowing back while scanning the rooms and then actively looking for her in all the usual preferred places – the top of the stairs, under the dining room table, in her hidey bed, on the chair, behind the chair, under the TV console, near the patio sliders. Like the wails of a fire truck somewhere in traffic, I could hear her, but not see her anywhere. I finally found her behind the couch. 

At least she doesn’t seem to be mad at me anymore. I greatly prefer her messing with me instead of avoiding me because I had to chase her around to give her foul tasting medicine and jam her into a carrier to go to the vet. She's been actively seeking the face and head rubs and stretching out on the rug until she sees me seeing her and then she scampers away. 

Maybe someday she’ll play with her stuffed toys and balls. At least for this morning, it seems I am the preferred toy to play around with. It works for me.