The Cat Days of Summer

The cats seem to have gotten used to the wet blanket idea . . . well, at least, Fluffy and Rowan have gotten used to it. They will allow the wet towels to lay on them for a while and it does seem to cool them down. Rhiannon and Tinkerbell are both still against the idea. Then again, Tink is new to the house and seems to be against most ideas. Rhiannon is crazy. Her idea of summer is laying under the sheet closet in the hallway and making random noises. She'll be this way until at least September. Seasonal madness is a very strange habit for a cat.

I had another horrible night where sleep was concerned. It mostly just didn't happen. I tried to nap some this afternoon, but that didn't go so well either. It's far less hot tonight though, so I might be able to really get some rest. That's the plan anyway. My roommate was hoping for the same thing, but that got disrupted by a skunk wandering onto the porch in front of his open windows. It's gone now, but things didn't smell all that great for a while.

Both the roommate and Tinkerbell left his room during the skunk time. I think she blamed me for the smell, but she tends to blame me for most things. That cat just is NOT warming up to me. I'm mostly okay with that though, so long as she is safe and happy with him.

All the cats continue to have a minor issue with fleas, but nothing massive or scary (yet). We're trying to keep the house clean and they get combed every day. Any fleas found on them are detained and executed. Fluffy, as part of his continual saunter into older and older age, has stopped cleaning his fur as much as he used to. We're having to brush matted up bits from his fur now. He hates it. We hate it. Still, it needs to be done and it's one thing that won't ease up even though the weather will eventually get better and the fleas will go away.

Oh! So the new cat that hangs out on the porch, Clementine, happened to be out there when the skunk visited. Fortunately, despite his whining and general lack of anything remotely resembling a brain, he managed NOT to get sprayed! I'm so proud of him.