19 August, 2007

Simon Sunday: Milestone 

Sweetest, originally uploaded by Planet Vicster.

We marked a major milestone this week: I spent the first night ever away from Simon and Billie. I was only gone a little over 24 hours and I had arranged with friends to have them fed and visited in the morning (even though I knew Simon would hide in the bedroom for the duration of any visit), so I was confident they would be safe. But I still couldn't sleep very well without Simon purring and stretching his fuzzy belly up against me. I'd keep listening for his soft chirr as he wakes up and looks for me, or Billie's soft chatter in the morning, but I didn't hear any of it. So, yeah, I missed my furkids like crazy.

Billie took my brief absence in her stride. Actually, she probably enjoyed it because, when my friend visited the next morning and Simon hid, she had the WHOLE REST OF THE APARTMENT TO HERSELF. Therefore, she ate only a couple of bites, then ran around the apartment for the rest of the visit. Simon, on the other hand, was a bit more distressed. When I came home, it took him a couple of days to settle down and not need me to be with him every minute. He's more calm now and we've spent a lot of this weekend snuggling (owing largely to me being dead tired from the work week and from getting over a summer cold).

I need to get Simon (especially) and Billie used to Other People visiting them and I need to get used to sleeping alone because, at least for the next little while, I'll be shuttlng up and down the coast. And also I really could use a vacation.

Labels: Billie, cats, furkids, Simon, Simon Sunday

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