Aug 13, 2006

ONE SORRY TABBY
SEATTLE, Washington: My hand puffs more each hour. I type gingerly with six fingers: my right hand rattling away, punctuated with a painful stab of my left thumb. Work sludges along.

Jake remains miserable. He clings, curling in my lap as I write, both paws clasped around my wrist. This position is his kitten-equivalent of thumbsucking, only assumed in moments of high stress (after I rescued him from the shelter, for example, or following a six-week trip).

Naturally, he holds my healthy hand, thereby hindering progress further. But I don't have the heart to pry him loose.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:50 AM

    Poor sweetpea!

    Does he really fit on your lap, though? Surely not, the lardy thing...

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  2. Poor Baby Jake, he's taken SUCH a beating online this week.

    Yes, he ... um ... thickened. But he's within two pounds – 15 percent – of ideal.

    And you, anonymous?

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  3. What's with all the anonymous posts, anyway?

    C'mon, folks, how about at LEAST initals or nicknames or pseudonyms, so I'm not yakking into the void here.

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  4. Anonymous7:47 PM

    into the void?

    yes, of course.

    that's what blogging's for.

    otherwise, you'd call Edward.

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