Kittens

Back in October, Jim-the-boyfriend and I adopted two adorable little kittens.

We had been talking about it for quite a while, more than a year, but the timing never felt quite right.  Finally, after moving back to Massachusetts, we agreed that we should just take the plunge and see where it takes us.

We disagreed on a few things, I wanted to rescue an older or middle aged cat, mainly because I’m afraid of commitment and ten years already seems like a long time to commit to an animal (and sharing the animal with another person)—and some cats live past twenty!  Jim wanted to adopt kittens. So we went to the animal shelter to see what we could find.

Sure enough, when we got there, two little kittens on the bottom shelf stole Jim’s heart.  We looked at a few others, but Jim kept getting drawn back to those two. The sign on the cage said that the two were rescued together and wanted to stay together. It also said they were four months old and six pounds.  Not exactly the *one* middle-aged cat I was hoping for, but Jim was in love. Plus, it had already taken a year of convincing to even look for a cat, so I compromised. Two kittens, instead of one, for twenty-plus years, instead of five or ten. That’s double to adoption cost, double the food, litter, etc, for twice the length of time.

But they are soooooo cute!

We brought them home the next day and gave them a little time to adjust to their new owners and their new home. At the shelter, they were named Happy and Pepper, but Jim didn’t like those names, so we did some brainstorming and came up with Shadow and Storm.

“That sounds too video-gamey.” I said, “Too much like a comic book superhero.” And I was right, Storm and Shadowcat are both names of Xmen characters.

We changed their names again to Ash and Jet, then I changed my mind back to Storm and Shadow, and within a few days, we were a little family. I was yelling at storm to get off the counter, and stop drinking water out of the toilet bowl, and get out of the bathroom sink. 

Shadow was climbing on my laptop keyboard and watching movies with me.  In the morning, Shadow likes to lick my nose to help me wake up, even when I do not want to wake up.  He also has a tendency to climb into small places... like the refrigerator. 

These kittens have brought a new happiness to my hum-drum life. They give me something to come home to when Jim works the late night shift, and someone to talk to when no-one else is around.  It's only been a few months, but I have fallen in love with these two. And all of the snuggles!