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Not only was Monday, June 7th the 25th anniversary of The Goonies, it was also my new cat Barclay’s first birthday! Being a workday, I couldn’t do anything too special for him, but I gave him some high-quality cat food and spent some extra time playing with him before and after work. Now that I’ve started working out at home in the morning before work (and have lost 5.4 pounds in the process), I did have some extra time to play with him, which was nice. At this point, I’ve had him for a couple months and I can’t believe how much energy this guy has. I guess it’s due to having two older cats for the longest time that I don’t remember how wild Mouse was when he was young. On a whim, Barclay will dart back and forth through the house (which in fairness, Mouse used to do even in his last year or two), playfully attack on the drop of a dime, and go from the lowest point in the house to the highest point in the house (he can get to) in two seconds flat. From the floor to the desk to the shelf to the windowsill to the top of my chest of drawers to a high shelf in my closet in the blink of an eye. When I think about it, I can remember Mouse being even more wild at his age. He used to scale the curtains using his claws and rip up the upholstery on the couch and other things without fail. Barclay’s much better trained in that aspect, as he has a nice big scratching post that he uses pretty frequently and the only thing he’s torn up are a couple of paper grocery bags that he likes to play in. He’s still rather curious and is prone to knocking things over in the house, but I think it freaks him out more when he does it than it does me, as I’m used to hearing things crash over due to Mouse’s tenure here. It makes me thankful that Bootsie is such a mellow cat. The only time Bootsie’s not mellow is when it comes to Barclay. He’s obviously really interested in her and wants to play with her, but she’s not having it. At first, it seemed like Bootsie disliked Barclay even more than she did Mouse, but it appears to be tapering off to the level of Mouse – which was that she’ll hiss at him and swat him if he gets to close to her. Mouse basically no-sold it and kept walking on by, but Barclay’s very expressive and he will get kind of freaked out when it happens. It makes me want to get another cat for Barclay to play with while I’m out of the house, but there isn’t room for three cats here and there’s no guarantee that a new cat would get along with him either. Also, Bootsie wouldn’t like the new cat either. I know for a while there it was tough, as transitioning from the watchful sentry that was Mouse in the years before he passed to the whirling dervish that was Barclay when I got him was a shock to the system, but it’s becoming more frequent for him to be calm and find a nice place to relax by the window and I’m seeing more dynamics from him and appreciating him more and more as the days go by, even when he is crazed and highly playful. I must say that I do like when he’s all crashed out and cute, like he is now. All in all, it’s been a good two months with him so far and I can’t wait to see how this little guy will end up progressing over the years. I’ve kind of blanked on a lot of Mouse’s progression (to my chagrin), so I’ll hopefully keep better documentation of Barclay’s. Wish me luck! Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on June 12th, 2010. |
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