I haven’t posted much, but the most important update I can add over the past two weeks is this: I got a cat. A long-haired black kitty who is very shy but likes to sit on my lap in a dark room while I scroll on my phone or read books under a night light.

Who knows what goes on in the minds of cats, but I hope this kitty overcomes her shyness and starts exploring my house more. She mostly sits under the bed which is a bit dirty and although I brought her little cushions and toys to play with she mostly hides under their unless I’m sitting in the bed myself. Then she sometimes comes up to sit in my lap, nudge my hands, and look up worriedly at any sound coming from the rest of the house.

Still it’s only been a few days, and she lived for over a year in a cat adoption center with many other cats. The house is new to her, and by her hisses at the adoption center she didn’t get along with every other cat there. She probably is worried about scary predators that might be lurking outside of the one room she hides in. She also doesn’t like the other members of my family yet, but I hope that will change. So far she only hides, she hasn’t bitten or scratched. But I got this kitty so everyone could enjoy her presence not just me, and I hope she learns to love the folks I love.

I don’t know exactly what toys a kitty likes because many cats seem to enjoy different ones. Laser pointers seem universal, but some kitties haven’t cared about ribbon toys or squeeky mice or all the other things we’ve bought to entertain them. She seems to enjoy pets though and sitting in a lap, and I have plenty of that to spare.

When I go away to work I worry that she’s scared at home, but she’ll have to get used to that as I’m not one of the lucky few who works from home or can stay home all the time because I want to. I hope she takes the opportunity when I’m away to explore more of the house and maybe even find other places to sit, I’d love to pet her on the couch or at a computer instead of just in the bed.