Ralph gained 2oz. from Friday, and I’m glad he’s getting better. His slower gain is really highlighted against Mu, but the month difference in them also plays a part as well.

I made spreadsheets for tracking their medical records. Yeah, nerds and cats are a good way to cause explosions in inate data.

I’ll have charts though. Super awesome charts. With colors.

Maybe I’ll work in unicorns too.

Mu: 1 toilet paper roll & trash can: 0

Ralph learned that he can eat food out of a dish again. Still baby food at the moment but we’re making progress.

Mu learned that skin doesn’t give as good a purchase to climb my legs as denim. Nor do my boxers (am I sharing too much?). It took 3 tries. 3 distinctly painful tries.

Mu is fairly independant, playing by himself a lot of the time or just sitting and watching people/Ralph do their things. He’s cuddly when he wants to be though, and can be quite the bitey one when he’s been petted and tries to show some affection. That or he just wants to bite a lot… either way.

Ralph, on the other hand, is quite different. He’s a few weeks younger and is very much the attention-whore of the group. He wants to play a lot with Mu but will also come jump up on your lap and snuggle down for some petting at many points of the day. He likes to follow me around when I’m doing things that don’t involve him and tends to get caught in my feet. He’ll watch me making dinner or playing a game and mew to get attention. He doesn’t so much do the biting when getting people-love but I swear his tongue doesn’t fit in his mouth. He will lick you if he can. Your arm, hand, finger, face, jeans, shirt, the couch, Mu, etc. The boy needs to be cleaning/tasting something at all points.

They get along well though and have entertained me immensely by watching them play or enjoying them try to get higher on my chest to lay and receive my attention when I’m watching tv at night.  Overall they have made my days happier and it’s nice to think that we’ll be buddies (no, they are not my kids nor am I their daddy; just friends) for the years to come. Good stuff!

The apartment is nearly ready for a kitten. I think. Not having ever really had indoor pets, this will be very new for me. For instance, are the litterbox pads to catch fleeing litter actually worth the $15 they cost at PetSmart? Really. Can’t I just buy a $5 doormat at Target and make 10 litterbox mats? Do they possess litter-retaining magics of which I am not aware? I didn’t see that on the packaging. Perhaps cutting doormats releases deadly cat toxins that will ruin the apartment. I find that hard to believe for an American-made stamped rubber. Although…

I think I finally decided on a name though. Will try it on the cat for a few days after I get him. Looks like Thursday after work but could potentially be Friday depending on schedule and such. It’s exciting.

Also, does anyone want some pints of home-canned green beans?

So soft…