Saturday and Sunday, I allow myself to sleep in but the timing on that is variable. Friday evening, May 9th, 2014, I went to the Catholic Charities Volunteer Appreciation event http://www.cclubbock.org/. Although I returned home before 8:30 PM, it took some time for the event hype to wear off and for me to wind down. It was about 1:30 AM when I went to bed.
That was okay by me. I slept in Saturday morning. Haiku and Taki were giving me signals that it was time to get up well before the alarm went off at 5:30 AM. I shut the alarm off, and went back to sleep
At 8:18 AM (I checked the clock) Sake started slapping me. You will remember that Sake is the cat who has been ill and does not eat well in my presence. She has not eaten well since Tuesday, and it was Saturday morning. (I know she eats throughout the day, though, sometimes well, some times just nibbling.)
I got up and started feeding cats. Sake was so hungry, she jumped on the kitchen counter and started eating the newly cut up chicken in her dish. This is the same cut up chicken she has been snubbing this week until Friday evening.
I was so pleased that she ate well today. I do not understand the waxing and waning of her appetite. Suffice it to say she is an old lady, and she can do what she wants. I try to offer her a variety of foods so she has something she will eat. This may or may not work.
I wish Sake would let me brush her more, but she does not, and she has lots of bad mats. But I do what I can. She hides so much when she is not feeling well. So, when she is out, I do not want our time together to be a total war of the mats, me trying to brush her, and her hating it. I do a little, but she calls the shots.
So, when she calls the shots for breakfast, no matter the hour, even too early, I abide by her wishes.
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