the kitten chronicles - part 103

Routine is very important in the cat world. The boys don't willingly tolerate change to their day. And 6:30 every morning they scratch at my door. "Come on Big Cat, time to get up!" I open the door and they charge in. Rooney runs all the way inside, Rufus executes a neat little U-turn and leads me down the stairs. I turn on the lights and fill their kibble bowl up, they take a couple of bites and as soon as they hear the water run in the sink when I'm filling up their water bowl they run over and jump in the sink. Jumping in the sink makes them very happy. They both purr loudly. Then it's downstairs to iron a shirt. They then jump onto the washing machine to observe this ritual. Very exciting. I have a shower. And they play in the storage room. Then we all go upstairs. After this they lose all interest in me and go about their own cat routine. If I happen to come home during the day this confuses them. They are in the middle of their extended lounging period and have no time for the interruption of the interfering Big Cat. "Get lost, Big Cat we've got a full day planned here. We've got 6 more hours of intense napping to do. There are sunbeams to sleep in, pillows to curl up on. Leave us alone and come back at 6 p.m." Fine, boys enjoy your day, you've got a schedule to keep. xxx dad