From Where I Sit

For the longest time, Sake did not like me sitting in the computer room.  She would sit at the door and cry, often not coming in.  It took me  a while to figure this out, but this is the room where Haiku stayed, when she first came to live with us, when I was not home, and could not trust the two cats to be together.  So this room became unacceptable to Sake. All she really wanted me to do was move to the living room, lots of times!

Within the last few months, she has been more and more willing to be with the group. All three girls can sit in the living room, and not have it be a special occasion. Sake stays in the bedroom when Haiku and Taki ask for treats (and Sake gets treats, too. She is not a big treat eater, but lately has taken to eating their treats.  So, not everything has changed. She is still the "Queen B.")

And in the last few weeks, Sake has taken to sleeping in the basket on the floor in the computer room. She used to sleep in that basket when it was in the living room. I suppose I should have left it there, and provided a new one for Taki to sleep in when Taki was a baby, but Sake has so many spots, and this basket was rarely used.  Well, now that she will sleep in it in the computer room, she uses it a lot. It really has always looked too small for her, but I think she likes the snugness. And she likes to lay propped against something. I can relate to that.  I think I like sleeping on the sofa because the arm is just the right height and firm to prop against.

Tonight I was sitting outside reading, when Haiku came to the back door, and cried her plaintiff cry.  Sometimes, she wants out, but not tonight. She made her way slowly to the computer room, on the diagonal opposite end of the house, and just cried.  I guess she wanted me to stay there.  She sleeps in my office chair, often, when I am at the computer.  I probably should buy a second office chair, but I am using a folding chair. She likes that office chair in the morning, when the sun its it.  Haiku does not ask for much, and I usually give in to her. But, tonight, I did not. I went back outside to read for about another hour, before the day cooled down. 

Taki has taken to spending a lot of time in the spare bedroom, which is where Sake likes to sit, lay and hide under the bed.  Haiku likes the spare bed, too.  But usually they are not all three in there at the same time.

From where I sit, I choose my spot mostly for functionality:  the computer when I am computing.  The sofa when I am reading, or knitting and watching TV, the table when I am eating and reading, doing puzzles and  maybe also watching TV.  Sometimes, I make a nest on the floor with a pillow for a seat, and a reading pillow for my back and arms.  Often when my back is throbbing, that is the most comfortable place to sit.  I am usually watching TV and knitting when I "nest."