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Feb. 23rd, 2025 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miintikwaLast night was bad.
After hours of howling, climbing on everything she shouldn't be climbing on, and general mayhem, Namaki fell on my head and that was the last straw. I have been up since 4am, with a little napping after 7-ish. I should have started my homework then, but I was so tired and brain-fried I just melted into my chair and zombied out.
After coffee, breakfast, and a work email that caused an adrenaline rush (unnecessary, a leftover from previous bad jobs) I managed to help C with site swapping Namaki and the two older kitties. She got to wander around the living room, see the cat room and just be. We thought she'd be scared, but she was fine! So, once she settled on my lap for cuddles, we brought the dogs in.
Oooh, spicy baby did not like that. She hissed at Athena (who then laid down with her back to us all, the pouty brat), hissed and swung at Vala, and puffed up as much as she could. Vala is a good girl, and laid down far enough away to let Namaki relax a little. She curled back up, glaring at poor Vala. Eventually, she seemed to relax, stretching out on me.
Still, though she "relaxed," Namaki wouldn't move from my lap. And so we let them all just exist in the same room for another 10 minutes or so, and then C brought Hinata and Tsubaki out and we put Namaki back in the bedroom. I checked on her a few times-- this most recent time she was all roly-poly trills and snuggles. We'll work on getting her accustomed to everyone with short site swaps until she can exist with everyone else. She bounces back better than I do. lol
Anyway. I still have homework. I should get to work on it.
After hours of howling, climbing on everything she shouldn't be climbing on, and general mayhem, Namaki fell on my head and that was the last straw. I have been up since 4am, with a little napping after 7-ish. I should have started my homework then, but I was so tired and brain-fried I just melted into my chair and zombied out.
After coffee, breakfast, and a work email that caused an adrenaline rush (unnecessary, a leftover from previous bad jobs) I managed to help C with site swapping Namaki and the two older kitties. She got to wander around the living room, see the cat room and just be. We thought she'd be scared, but she was fine! So, once she settled on my lap for cuddles, we brought the dogs in.
Oooh, spicy baby did not like that. She hissed at Athena (who then laid down with her back to us all, the pouty brat), hissed and swung at Vala, and puffed up as much as she could. Vala is a good girl, and laid down far enough away to let Namaki relax a little. She curled back up, glaring at poor Vala. Eventually, she seemed to relax, stretching out on me.
Still, though she "relaxed," Namaki wouldn't move from my lap. And so we let them all just exist in the same room for another 10 minutes or so, and then C brought Hinata and Tsubaki out and we put Namaki back in the bedroom. I checked on her a few times-- this most recent time she was all roly-poly trills and snuggles. We'll work on getting her accustomed to everyone with short site swaps until she can exist with everyone else. She bounces back better than I do. lol
Anyway. I still have homework. I should get to work on it.
