Smutty Darling

Saw my babies yesterday. They are currently staying with my daughter while we did our week of diving in the Turks and Caicos. They have to stay with her another month as I am going to China at the end of this month to do a bit of traveling. We did go see them for one night as we had to go pick up our car. They did their usual "we can't see you, you left us" for about an hour and then were quite happy to be with us.

Godiva spent most of the night sitting on my chest and purring loudly. Needless to say, I didn't get a lot of sleep. Puff spent a good deal of the night lying on the foot of the bed but he would have to get up and go check my daughter's bedroom as her door was closed. He was pretty sure he knew she was in there and couldn't figure out why he couldn't get to her.

My daughter is currently staying with her father - yes, my ex-husband. We are all friends now as it's been way too long to remember all the problems of our youth. Her dad pretty much likes Puff as he is a harmless big tub of love. But Godiva has issues. She has always been a prima-donna. So she has been going up to my daughter's dad, rubbing against his legs, rolling over for a belly rub (yes, she is a "tummy 'ho" and we know it), and then hissing when he leans down to give her a rub. So he hasn't taken to her as he has to Puff. I don't know what is up with the hissing. Does she possibly sense that there was friction between us some 35++ years ago? Wouldn't that be a kick. I think it is more that she doesn't like the nickname he has given her. He calls her Smutty. Godiva is a tortie-point Siamese in color. So her fur looks like it is smeared and muddled on some places. He says it looks like she feel down a chimney so he dubbed her Smutty. We insisted that if he used that analogy, it should be Sooty. He finally just settled for calling her a dirty cat. I'm sure she is offended.

We only got to spend one night with them and I miss her again. She is so cute. But the time will pass quickly because I have a lot of traveling to do. Plus my daughter keeps us updated on all their activities. then when I get back from China, they start traveling with me again, in the car. I'm sure they will then think maybe it was better when I left them behind.