Pipi and a Closed Door

Pipi here... for a change. I can tell you that I got really upset one day at Googie [Gabriel]. Well, I get upset at him a lot but that's beside the point.

You see, every morning, we both follow mom to the small room. She goes there every time after she gets up. But this time? This time I encountered a closed door, well, it seemed pretty darn closed to me anyway. Until I saw Googie's paw provoking me. He had made it in and I was shut out!

'Who do you think you ARE, Googie?!!", I lifted my paw at him, I was so upset. "Who do you think you are?!!", I repeated. "Aw, 'cmon Pipi... Ah'm just tryin' to play with 'chu. Why're you laike that? 'Cmon, let's play... Ah'll go awn the uther side of the door and see if you can git mah paws... like that.. See? 'Cmon Pipi, honey... Don't be laike that."

Yeah... that boy tried to divert me allright... But that door was still half-way closed still... And he WAS still on the other side ... It's like.. I'm on the outside-looking-in the whole time.

You know what? At some point? After so many lame pawings-at me? I just went around that damn door and let him have it. "What'd Ah doo naw??!!", he tried to tell me, trying to look all innocent. "You tried to keep me OUT, is what you DID!" I stormed at him.

There.

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Ah Waws A Leetle Exhausted...

Mom came home last night and hovered over me a leetle lawnger than usual. You see, Ah stood bah the steps when she came in but Ah wasn't as peppy as usual ... mah face must of showed Ah was a leetle forlorn.. a leetle despondent.

You see, Ah have had to put up with Pipi for the past couple of days... Pipi's been acting up a lot more than usual.. And Ah've been watching over her a lot more, worrying what she maight do, tryin' to take care of her and awl..

Pipi just lets out these yowls and rolls on the floor. The uther day? She stood there raising her whole tail and derriere right at me !. Ah stood there right behand her, looking down... tryin' to decaide what to do: "Now what?", Ah thought. Then mom peeked out at us from the keetchen and when she saw that scene? She quickly disappeared from view.

Ah mean, it's like Pipi has gone into retardation mode. Ah trah mah best to make her feel better, but it's not working.. Ah nip a leetle here, nip a leetle there at her.. But it awl ain't good enough. Then sometimes she's really asking for it and Ah'll chase her awl of a sudden, catch her real good and grab her bah the neck. And then she hisses at me and threatens.


[... Pipi has really gone into overdrive with her real first heat cycle in-earnest... Vet Mitchell? Here we come! ]

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Ah'll Go Whare She Can't See Me

Hah, y'awl.. Well, Ah tell ya, Ah do trah to please. Awl the time. Nowadays? Ah'm not that popular bah the food bowl area any moar. Last evening when mom came home, she put out our 'nummy num' and Ah know, Ah had mah own bowl as usual but Pipi and Ah laike to sweetch.

Next thang Ah knew, Ah hear mom sayin': "Let her eat! Let her eat". Ah knew what that meant. So Ah stepped away real quickly. Sometimes she even comes up to me and taps me with her finger, nowadays there's a mention of mah belly too. So, Ah do.. Ah DO step away from the food bowls when Ah hear her teell me to 'let her eat'. In faact, there's times when Ah'll just wait for Pipi to be finished bafawre Ah even go near the bowls.. Ah tell ya, Ah just about bend over backward to please everybody...

This time though, Ah had a new plan. Ah figured, Ah'm gonna go behand the tree over 'dere near the bowls, and just hayde behand it so she can't see me. [there's a new fig tree planter in the corner by the food bowls ... unfortunately, he was quite obvious.. :) ]

So Ah stood there behand it, and waited it. Ah figured, she'll forget about soon enough and then Ah'll go back and trah to eat more from Pipi's bowl or whatevah's there. Know what Ah mean?

Another Embarrassment

Aw mah, mah, oh-mah.. Mom was at it again yesterday mornin' and she almost ruined mah day. Ah thought everytin' was normal as usual, she was gettin' ready and awl to "go bye-bye" when she suddenly came at me with that dreaded whate cloth that smells a beet nasty. Before Ah knew it Ah was in her control. Again! So Ah gave up and figured, this awl is gonna go away soon.. Ah know it nevah gets too bad, so Ah'm gonna just trust her.

So we both stood there, Ah perched on the stehp in front of the "beddie-bye" with mom holding me bah mah front paws upright. Ah-huh... she's wantin' to clean mah paws, Ah see...

So Ah let her... But it didnt' end there. Mah nightmare was just beeginnin'... Naw she wanted to clearn mah back paws too... God dang it, Ah'm gonna flee naw... But naw, she's after me agin, awn and awn... She wouldn't geeve up. Ah finally relented and let her clean 'em. Ah even stretched them wide apart to make it easier on her. But then Pipi came down where we were and started staring .... Aw, that was just too muuuch.

As soon as she let me go Ah went after Pipi: "hey, what 'chu lookin' at? Huh?!!".. Ah made that girl run up the stairs on the double.

[Another rage transferrence... wish I would've brought 'Wooly-Zingy' down instead..]

That Special Thing

We were upstairs snoozing a few days ago when I sensed something new and different was going on with mom. I knew she was downstairs but I kept sensing something was different. I told Googie "Something's going on down there, I'm gonna go see". The vibe was definitely different. Of course Googie followed along, so we headed down the steps.

We stopped near the last step both of us. I had to stand there from my perched point of view to see what was mom doing?? I stretched my neck and stood still. Curiosity was killing me!

She was fumbling with some box on top of where I like to go jump on [kitchen counter]. I finally saw her hold something big in her hands, like a blanket... the thing I go on the "beddie-bye". It was a different color though, this thing was big and long... and had designs on it. Hmm... something was different here, I could tell. She kept looking at it and all and then reached for the "phone" thingy and started talking.

A day later, she put that big blanket thing over where we go near when she says she's "gonna go bye-bye" [the railing to downstairs]. A-hah! This is where I go check it out up-close now. Nose-to-blanket... hmmm... What a ..thing. Huh. (Stepped away to look at it from afar.) Googie followed suit right after me; why that silly boy actually crawled behind it he looked so silly! I knew better.

[Princess watched me open my sister's gift, a decorative throw blanket with a sisterly inscription across it.]

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How Cat Talk Can Turn Offensive... :)

Well, okay.. it definitely looked like I really upset Gabriel's ...ah, perspective this afternoon. I'm laying in bed and he likes to walk over and stand over me, many times walking over to me to 'kiss' my face.

But just by making a slightly different pitch of a meow, it elicited an entirely unexpected response from him - and from Princess, who stood in the background looking alarmed.

What have I said in cat language? Not sure, but it was not good - it was alarming to both of them. I guess it was a very hostile message, something like "I'm gonna get you / get ready for a fight" kind of thing. Seeing his reaction, 'talking back' to me on the same pitch, both surprised me and got me laughing hysterically. And it was then when he seemed to get even more .. perturbed.

No-catbody likes to be made fun of either.


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Losing Mah Deegnity (or, Gabriel Gets Smothered)

It was a quiate day tuday as Ah climbed on the bed (for the umptempth thayme) and Ah thought Ah would check on mom. Agin. She seemed awlright to me, just layin' there, lounging like a proper momma cat awght to. Ah hesitated a little 'cause Ah was steel sleepy. Next thang Ah knew, she starts to coax me over to her. Aw, okay... Ah'll go.. But nawt for long, now, okay? Ah'm a little tired.

'Dis is where it gawt weird: She actually eensisted! Ah tried to get away and Ah could feel a firm grip from her awn mah shoulders and suuuch... Then she tries her little female wiles, begging me to stay and awl. And Ah'm like.. just standing there, what could Ah do know what Ah mean? Her head was below mah chest, and Ah thawght Ah was in control. And then she starts making the 'cawl'... She's starting to make the battle-cry, the shrill sound. [Like when cats start to fight and they make the 'singing' meow? :)) ] Aww-mah-god. Whaaat?? Mah ears went back almost flat, and mah mood changed rather quickly. Naw, suddenly? Ah was gettin' maad... Ah responded back with mah own low-grade shrill - hey, Ah'll throw mah hat into the ring any day.

She started laughing. Uncontrollably. And Ah'm standing there, stuck , mand you, getting madder as hell bah the second. Even though her head was below me, Ah was actually in her grip. Ah had no choice.

Ah nevah thawght 'dis was goin' to happen.

'Dis waws just nawt MAH time of MAH choosin'. Ah was beeing made to stand there and be pawed at and now Ah'm beeing ... made fun of too.. This was just NAWT what Ah had in mand.

Ah gawt so pissed off, Ah avoided her for the next... well, 20 minutes.!

[Princess woke up from her snooze nearby as soon she heard the 'battle-cry' and straightened her neck out to watch intently ("What is mom doing? ")]