Ghost Cats

Currently my two cats are in boarding. I've now spent two nights in the rental house in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, without them. I think they are haunting me because they don't like being in the kennel. Sometimes I think I see them out of the corner of my eye and then when I look, of course they aren't here. Then I think I hear them but they aren't here. They are both about 7 1/2 years old and we have had them for over 7 years then. I have gotten so used to them being around me all the time that I just think they are here until I start to look for them and then realize how dumb that is. The brain wants to believe what it wants to see. I want to see my kitties.

They sleep on the bed with me so last night I piled a bunch of clothes in the corner of the bed where Puff sleeps. I thought maybe if I woke up in the middle of the night and saw the clothes, I'd go back to sleep again thinking that Puff was there. OK, yes, that was totally dumb. Maybe I was just too tired to put away the clothes.

Usually they wake me once or twice during the night. Puff does this by meowing loudly until I respond. Godiva does it by tapping my face until I wake up. So no meowing last night and no tapping on my face but I still woke up at about 3:30 which is about the time Godiva taps my face. Last night though I didn't have to get out of bed and go show her where the food bowl is. I know she doesn't forget but she wants me to take her to the food bowl at 3:30 a.m.

6:30 a.m. is usually the time Puff or Godiva wakes me again. This is my morning alarm clock. They don't want anything at that time, just for me to get out of bed. This morning, I am awake at 6:30. What is lovely is that I could roll over and go back to sleep. Can't do that when they are here.

We'll see how many times I think I see them today.