Day Two Hundred Forty Seven



There are Kittens and There are Aby Kittens

Poor Dash. I'm afraid the guy didn't realize how much his life would change with the arrival of his little sister. She has shaken up the whole house, but Dash seems to be the one gob smacked. Don't get me wrong - he loves her. It's just that he was a relatively laid back cat (compared to Boo!) and now he is a nervous wreck. Sometimes he actually ducks like he's expecting to get strafed. 

In all fairness, Boo! is simply being an Aby. I mean, prior to her arrival, Dash was the one jumping out and scaring the unsuspecting cats as they innocently walked by. He was the one knocking things off the counters. Dash was also the one trying to engage the others in a game of "Tag." Not only can Boo! match him in all of those areas, she has raised the ante.

It's a good thing this is
Rooney's tail and not Jack's

Just a few minutes ago, while I was trying to persuade Boo! to go outside and blow off some craziness there, Dash carefully walked to the open door and inspected it as if it might be a trick. I moved my foot ever so slightly and he jumped off the ground like I had just dropped a grenade next to him. He is, for all intents and purposes, a nervous wreck.

Who could blame him? Having Boo! around means one must always be on their toes (or claws.) If she wants to enter a room and you'd rather she didn't, you may as well change your mind. She is unstoppable. This is both endearing and maddening. 

This would be the "endearing" part.

Say, for example, you are running late and need to make sure there are no cats in the bedroom with the dogs. Boo! is at her best at times like these. She seems to just know when to really make your eyeballs pop like Panic Pete. 

She hunkers down in a space where no one could reach and darts like a fish if one gets too close. No trick to entice her works any longer. Fool her once...

Boo! has definitely made an impression on everyone who meets or lives with her. Of all the cats, she is the one who makes Andy laugh. On the flip side, hers is the name most often uttered in conjunction with an expletive. I'm pretty sure she believes her full name is Damnit Boo! What can I say?