These are my non-deductible (*sigh*) dependents. Blu Snuffluppagus Silvertoes, III (AKA "Blu")has a very strict daily schedule. It consists of rousing me, eating, yelling to play with the water in the sink while I try to brush my teeth around him, sleeping in a cold room all day, eating, sleeping by the radiator as evening falls, eating, chasing his sister during their nightly sugar rush, doing his caterwaul water call over his bowl in the hallway, romancing and sniffing it for about 5 minutes before finally drinking, and promptly retiring on the bed or with his feet under the radiator once again (he likes to be spontaneous with this final choice). The exception to this schedule is of course when he gets his bath-no, not when he bathes himself, but when he is forced under the faucet in the sink and comes out fuzzy, deflated, emasculated and smelling like a baby. Those days are spiced up by sulking, licking the areas of his body he can reach and/or isn't too lazy to get to, and running away if we're in the same room.
Princess Bella Petunia Slipperfeet (AKA "Bella"), on the other hand, has a malleable schedule. It pretty much just revolves around me. She's neurotic, needy and startles every time the wind changes direction (she hates noise, you know). People that are around her for any length of time go through the same affection process. First it's cute and flattering that she wants to rub on you and sit on you constantly, then it gets real old. Typing around a cat gets old; getting woken up by loud, wet purring and whiskers tickling your face as she signals to you that she needs to get under the covers and spoon with you, invariably as you finally really get to sleep gets maddening; and seeing her pout, plead and finally wail as you walk out the door, surely abandoning her forever, gets heartbreaking. Then you start to wonder at her capacity for love, however. How can a being be so infatuated and unconditional for so long? What has she been through that she sees ME as her savior? The one who whines loudly as I pull up the covers, fully awake, and get her fur out of my face as she settles her tiny head on the pillow; The one who wants to scream when all I want to do is check my darn email and can't see the screen!
They're EXPENSIVE (did I mention they need Rx FOOD?), messy, high-maintenance, sometimes smelly, have ruined furniture and clothes, are completely ungrateful, and so darn cute. Who needs kids?
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they love and depend on you. they are greatful. bella told me, and blu got wound up on scratched his box.
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