Lexie Lee
No naps for me today. I decided to get my paws on the keyboard. I have had thousands of naps since you last heard from me. Mom Linda kept promising that tomorrow she’d help me. But tomorrow never came. Well, I am a competent cat and I can handle this today. She is busy getting fall decorations out of storage—all that black cat stuff that she loves. What I like most is upsetting the Halloween tree. But I am getting ahead of myself.
If there’s one word that describes my life (and Mom Linda’s), it is change. The chaos all started when those two mysterious furry creatures invaded my space last fall. We have had quite a time learning to live together, eat together, and sleep together. Now don’t worry, I am still in charge around here. But I let Princess Grace and Chauncey be the center of attention occasionally.
Then earlier this summer Mom Linda found out her full-time job of twenty years was going away. I don’t really understand where it went. She says that has happened to lots of people lately. Now she is home lots more and I love, love, love that change. She disappears two mornings a week to teach a class at the university. But she leaves all of us extra food. I am so glad she still gets to teach part-time. She loves her students so much. Her other classes are taught on the computer and I can snuggle up right next to the warm machine. She tells me I am her little helper. She has lots of other support. Princess Grace sleeps under the desk chair, and Chauncey prefers the window ledge. She loves having everybody in the same room.
Being so close to Mom Linda, she tells me all her secrets. She says that our life is an adventure. New challenges bring new growth. Now I really don’t agree with that last part. Frankly I have had to fight Princess Grace and Chauncey for my food. I know I’ve even lost weight because of them. My veterinarian can verify that if necessary! Mom Linda tells me that she has not quite figured out what she is going to do with her free time. I think it may have something to do with pictures. She’s always walking around with a little silver contraption in her hand that makes a funny noise. She went to the family farm in Missouri for over a month this summer. She came back with lots of pictures of where she likes to walk and visit. Chauncey and Princess Grace’s sister, three brothers and Mom Rose are all back there, too. I think she even entered one of their pictures in a contest. Now if she’d entered me, well she might have a shot at winning!
Mom Linda tells me she will keep on writing and I am glad to hear that. After all, I am her Muse and I won’t let her down. She was all excited earlier this summer when one of her stories was published in something called Thin Threads—Women and Friendship book. It was not about cats, but I’ll forgive her this time. I am lobbying to be the star in the next story. All for now. Mom Linda just pulled into the driveway. I better post this pronto and get back to napping.
Five Paws Up!
