Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Morning Routine

Alias and I have a new morning routine. When my alarm goes off, he hops up onto my bed and faces away from me. I pick him up and place him next to me as I rub his belly. I like our new routine.
 

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Loving Life

When Kenta joined our household, up until the past couple of weeks, he snarfed down his meals faster than any cat who has lived here. (If meals were late, Theo used to gulp down his food and usually would urp it up a short time later…) Kenta eats as if he’s afraid the food will disappear before he’s finished… He eats so fast that the routine has been picking him up when his dish is empty and carrying him upstairs so he won’t try and eat Alias and Norma’s meals. We sit on the couch for a few minutes and then I let him go with the encouragement, “Go get them Kenta!!!”

But the last few weeks he not only has slowed down, but he now stops eating and rubs up against my legs. When I reach down to pet him, he plops over and I rub his belly as he purrs away. I think it’s his way of thanking me for regular meals. 

I’m trying to enjoy life as much as Kenta does.
 

Monday, April 28, 2025

Judgement

Norma (and Alias) always keep a close watch on me. I make sure always to be on my best behavior.
 

Thursday, April 24, 2025

A Satisfied Life

Kenta is enjoying that things are coming back to life outside. Squirrels, rabbits, people walking by. He loves looking out the living room window.
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Purrs Update

One of the things I’ve noticed about Alias is that he rarely purrs. He loves belly rubs, dropping on his back, belly side up, bellowing for a rub. And when I do he rolls around in pleasure but he doesn’t purr. He also daily hops up on my lap and exposes his belly for a rub. Again, he clearly enjoys the belly rub but he doesn’t purr. Norma’s purrs are coaxed out and Kenta is our biggest purrerer. He purrs deeply when he has alone time on my lap.
 

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Spring Might Be Here

Wasted sunny day as I had to spend all day indoors. At least my housemates got to enjoy plentiful sun puddles.
 

Monday, April 21, 2025

True Believer

I greeted my housemates yesterday morning with “Happy Easter!” And added “He is risen!” Kenta came sprinting over to me. I guess he is Christian.
 

Friday, April 18, 2025

Quirky

One of Norma’s many quirks is that often when I sniffle, she lets out a small peep. She’s done that since day one of our relationship. Yesterday my allergies were bad so I was doing frequent sniffling And true to form she let out a peep after everyone. It’s kinda amusing.
 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

His Safe Place

Whenever I can’t find Alias, he’s usually resting in this soft house. Neither of his siblings are interested in it. You think I’d learn one of these days.
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Alarmed

That’s a look of stunned disbelief on Kenta’s face. I don’t know what he saw.
 

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Friendly Norma

Norma has been spending more time with me. She loves it when I get out of my work chair and when I return she races me to it and hops on so I can’t sit down. Then she rubs up against me.
 

Monday, April 14, 2025

Mysterious Curious Boy

Kenta has an independent streak I truly admire. He often naps downstairs in the living room when the rest of us are upstairs in my bedroom/office. Yet Kenta is perhaps my cuddliest housemate, loves to spend time on my lap, purrs the most. He’s a complex dude and I appreciate him a lot. 
 

Friday, April 11, 2025

Love the Routine

Norma loves to sleep underneath the sheets all night right next to me fully stretched out. I love when she does that because we don’t typically spend a lot of alone time together during the day. Diego-San used to start the night underneath the sheets next to me but he eventually always ended up outside the sheets nestled up to my right shoulder. I still miss that.
 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

High Speed Chases

I don’t know if it’s because spring is in the air but all three of my housemates are having moments of unbridled energy chasing each other up and down hallways and stairs. I think Alias is the fastest. Kenta kinda wobbles when he runs. Norma holds her own.
 

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Night and Day

Ten minutes earlier they were engaged in a pretty fierce wrestling match. Peace followed.
 

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Hiding Spot

I hadn’t seen Kenta for a while so I did a search. I guess we were playing hide and go seek.
 

Monday, April 07, 2025

Respects His Sister

When these two snuggle it’s almost always Norma who initiates it. I think Kenta is a little afraid of his sister so he plays by her rules.
 

Friday, April 04, 2025

Bros

Not much planned for the weekend but I’m sure there will be plenty of brother time together.
 

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Snuggle Buddies

Science has proven that snuggling is good for your health.
 

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Smothering Love

I swear Kenta gets bigger every day. Someday Alias might not tolerate being smothered.
 

Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Exciting Day

Exciting day. There were three large crows and a squirrel in the backyard that caught my roommates attention. Norma kept making this squeaky peep. Note her ear position. She didn’t like the looks of the crows.