Yesterday did not go as anticipated.
The big event was Valkyrie coming to join the household. Valk is a six month old, rescued from a hoarding situation. She had been living with Xandria in the same foster-home, and was to be brought to the Cosy Cabin because the two kittens got along so well. That was, however, a whole day before.
When Valkyrie arrived, she was not pleased. Unlike Xan, who came out, looked around and decided she would make of the new place what she would, Valkyrie was frightened and upset. Despite not being with Xandria for only a day, she chose not to recognise her, and hissed and growled at her erstwhile friend.
In fact, Valkyrie spent the entire evening hissing and yowling at every cat she saw, even from across a room. She settled on the kitchen table and would not be moved. She allowed me to pet her, though she didn’t care for the action, really, yet howled whenever she could not see me. At night, she remained quiet, though I don’t think she slept at all. This morning, she took up her protestations where she had left off at last light.
This is not greatly different a situation than others I have encountered, though the vehemence of Valk’s displeasure, and the unexpectedness of it surprised me. Nonetheless, the weekend is upon us, and I will have time to work on the newcomer’s concerns. The residents are trying to ignore the new noisy one, though this is not easy.
The day was not improved when, that evening, Moxy leaped up onto my computer desk while I was there, innocently wanting some attention, and knocked over my teacup. My startled reaction - as much to the spillage as to the temperature of the tea with which I was suddenly confronted - threw Mox into a panic and he spun the cup in every possible direction. I would not have thought the old cup to have had so much tea in it, to paraphrase Shakespeare. It spilled across the desk, onto the wall, down onto the power-bar on the floor, on my trousers and onto the new duvet I bought two days ago, on which Neville had puked just thirty hours previously. Now my computer doesn’t work.
I am hoping for a quieter weekend…
Goodness, here I was imagining that your most recent addition would have a fairly smooth transition. I suppose that would have been too simple.
ReplyDeleteI do hope Valkyrie settles down and settles in soon, giving everyone some peace. And I hope all tea stains can be removed, the computer dried out and made to work again.
Good luck, John!
Moxy scores a Gold Medal in the 'Spilling tea on the most objects at once' category.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping that your computer reawakens.
Oh no. That is a hard thing to deal with..the upset tea.
ReplyDeleteMaybe go to sleep and wake up in a different situtation?
ReplyDeletethe second night mackerull was taking up lodging in the bathroom, he made such a fuss, non stop, that I literally had ta call off work, the next day, something rarely done. and when one needs to be honest, well, ….I had to laugh at your tea episode; 😺 and yes, I honestly do hope the PC is working 🙀🙀🧡💛🤎
ReplyDeleteI hope things get better.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, things will improve, they will.
ReplyDeletePurrayers ! Hopefully Val will recognize Xan despite the changes in smells on each of them.
ReplyDeletePoor John! I hope you're correct and you'll have a quieter weekend! And here's hoping that Valk will quickly calm down. Meanwhile, I see it was "business as usual" at the Cosy Cabin! :-)
ReplyDeleteIn old Irish "spilling the tea" meant to gossip.
ReplyDeleteI had a few things to say about it, I can tell you.
DeleteYou would think she would be glad to see a familiar face, but who knows how the mind of a cat works! I hope the next day was better, and also that the computer dried out and is working again. Poor Moxey must have wondered whatever had happened!
ReplyDeleteAs they say..."it never rains but it pours"....
ReplyDeleteEven for pussy~cats...Bless! :).
Eek! I hope your computer has a better weekend, as well.
ReplyDeleteOh my, you've certainly had an exciting 24 hours. I do hope the weekend provides some peace for all the cats!
ReplyDeleteI hope your weekend is the quiet one you hoped for sounds like it may take some time for Valkyrie to settle in
ReplyDeleteYou have had quite a time. Hopefully your weekend is quieter. But welcome to Valk. I hope he settles in soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope your weekend was uneventful.
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