If Nemo was in the habit of maintaining a journal during the two short months that she lived with me in our Baridhara house, then an entry of an average day would look something like the following…
9:00: Wake up, yawn big and shake myself out of the closet
9:05: Jump up and down on sleeping Naomi and whine pitifully
9:10: Continue to whine pitifully and poke sleeping Naomi wiith nose
9:15: Scamper away just in time for the sleeping-mountain-of-a-Naomi to groan loudly and get up all grouchy and grumbling
9:20: Give Naomi some time to take care of morning business
9:30: Start scratching the bathroom door with one paw
9:35: Start scratching the bathroom door with both paws
9:45: Gobble up the bread and milk that Naomi has FINALLY put out for me
9:55: Lick paws, wash face, ears, head, neck, whole body and behind. Licks paws, face, ears, head, neck, whole body and behind AGAIN.
10:15: Watch Naomi in all her frenzy to get ready for class in time
10:20: Jump up and down trying to grab hold of trailing ends as Naomi drags clothes out of closet
10:30: Get inside Naomi’s shoe/slippers and pretend to drive it around a bit
10:40: Get all excited as Naomi brings out her make-up bag and plops down on the floor in front of the mirror.
10:45: Push my nose into the make-up bag and try to bite at whatever’s inside. Get pushed away by Naomi and try try again to get inside the make-up bag.
10:47: Grab a eyeliner pencil with both paws and manage to snatch it away from Naomi
10:48: Roll around eyeliner all over the room, get all skittish and pretend to be all scared of the sounds I am making myself. Imagine invisible butterflies standing on the floor and attack them by trying to roll eyeliner pencil all over them.
11:05: Try to put a paw in Naomi’s bottle of nailpolish and get a slap on the butt for that
11:06: Try to stop Naomi from getting ready by walking all around her in a circle, hoping that she’ll grow dizzy from it.
11:15: Naomi still isn’t stopping, so walk from left to right, right to left and all over her lap in a vain attamept to get some attention.
11:20: Stand on Naomi’s lap and stare deep into her eyes trying to mesmerize her and prevent her from leaving me.
11:30: Make one final attempt to stop Naomi from leaving me alone and going off to class. Put a paw underneath the door to prevent her from opening it. Grab one of her leg with both paws so that she can’t walk away. Dig claws into the ends of her trailing scraf and try to drag her back.
11:40: GIve up and meow sadly. Make big big meltingly sorrowful eyes and stare up at Naomi. Make myself as small and lonely faced as possible. Calmly accept Naomi’s final hug and tickles and walk away with tail between legs as Naomi bounces off to class…
(To Be Continued)…
