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Official Cat Dad

I feel as though I reached official cat dad status last night.  Possibly.  I woke up to my alarm with 4 cats on my bed all staring at me.  Apparently they wandered in during the night at some point.

I know what they wanted.  They were waiting for me to get up to feed them downstairs.

It started with one cat a while ago coming in and out and then eventually the others started to lay on my bed in the evenings.

See, usually my mom would go to bed and they would all follow her to her room and sleep with her on her bed.  But now that she's been gone a few months they are kind of starting to transition from... "When is the other person coming home?  She's usually not gone this long when she's away!  Were is she???"

When my mom was in the hospital each time, they would kind of know that she would be back and they'd wait for her.  As each stay got slightly longer they would still sort of get the idea that she'd be back.

I guess they are kind of starting to possibly realize that she isn't coming back.  Maybe they are holding out some small hope... But I feel like they have finally possibly realized that she won't be here to sleep in her bed again.

So last night I guess they all wound up in my bed in the early morning hours.  It was the first time that all of them had done that.

I haven't changed a lot around the house.  I've just done a small thing here or there.  My most recent thing was throwing out a toothbrush.  And I just contacted EZ-Pass to send that back.  I've also been throwing out or using little food items here or there.  I ate a package of Pop Tarts a few nights ago.  My mom was all about her Pop Tarts as a late night snack.

There's still a lot of stuff to handle.  It's hard working through it all.  But I just kind of keep on going with it.  because that's what you do in life.  Just keep on keeping on...

I don't know what's going to happen next in my life.  I guess I'm open to anything really.  For now... I'm a cat dad.  Maybe my life will take a different direction in the coming months, or years.  I guess, just have to see.

Well, I guess we'll also see if these cats decide to cuddle up around me tonight again.  One of them does this thing where she will just sprawl out next to me and stick her paw out.  She won't actually touch you.  She'll just sit there with her paw out until you pet her.  It almost looks like she's wanting a handshake or a high five.  Cats.  Am I right?