Learning my cat's language

So let introduce you to my little cat.

Her name is Meredith and she has one fang only because she broke her other one.  The picture above is her showing off her one fang.  She has terrible teeth and it's not my fault.  I remind her to brush every day, but she doesn't listen!  (Actually the vet said that sometimes shelter kitties get a virus which cause weak teeth and she suspects that is what happened with Meredith).   Anyway, she likes to get on places and generally knock over as much shit as she can.   Today I learned her language.  

She was sitting on top of my counter top ice maker (shut up, I know it's stupid, but I LOVE it).  Here was the conversation that followed:

Me: Meredith GET Down

Her (laying in that way that cats lay with her hips sticking up): Meow 

Me: GET DOWN

Her: Meow

I grab her and put her on the floor and she says : Meeeeoooooowwwww

My first thought is that Meow means "no."  But she says it when she wants food too, and when Peter and I leave her.  Then I realized.  It's not "no."  It's "fuck you."  Let me demonstrate the above conversation using the translation:

Me: Meredith GET Down

Her (laying in that way that cats lay with her hips sticking up): Fuck you 

Me: GET DOWN

Her: Fuck you

I grab her and put her on the floor and she says : Fuck youuuuuuuuuuu

See?  It works.  That little bitch is not only talking back to me, she's swearing at me!  

I would expect nothing else from my little devil cat

I leave you with some more photos of her, being her.

(this is the pose I was talking about, hips all up and body all compact!)

I do love her dearly

Making another effort- but I have a lot to talk about!

So, it appears that I can't keep this going.  I feel like I have a lot to talk about though.

Here are the things I plan to cover in this blog:

Things I cook
Things I make
Things I do

And whatever else tickles my fancy.

So here's the scoop.  My best friend of 15 years and roommate of 5 years just moved out.  I was bitter.  I cried.  Then I realized I have a whole new room to redecorate to my fancy!

Here's what I've done so far:

Bought a huge oak teacher's desk off of craigslist and refinished it.  It was no easy task but, amazingly I found it fun.  I often find strange things fun.  Like going to the dump up in Meredith and sorting my recycling.  I digress.  Anyway, it was amazing to results from my hard work and I'm thrilled to find that I can actually finish things I start.

Here is my desk before:

After hours of sanding, staining and poly, this is what it looked like after:

You can see that the cat is still enamored with it.   I added to my $10 investment with a $100 piece of glass for the the top and the chair, which I got for five dollars at a yard sale.  I put pictures and memories under the glass, so it's almost like a scrap book.

Here is the final product:

I have to say, I'm just super excited.  It's gotten me back into the job search now that I have a place to base my efforts.   I have an interview next week in fact!  Fingers crossed!  I graduated in May with my MSW and the adjustment from school to, well no school, has been tougher than I imagined.    I need to get back into the field, because I know it's work I love.   For now, I am immersing myself in projects. 

In my next post I will show you the other projects for my office.  Might not be tomorrow though. I am thinking of taking an urban hike and then I have tickets to see Jason Aldean at Fenway park.