so. many. cats.

hey! it’s november! the month where people try to use their written words every day! to that end, i’ll be doing my darndest to comply by attempting to post for the next thirty days. in a row. how scary!
in case you’ve not been paying attention, i’ve been looking to get a cat. i’ve never fallen in love so many times in such a short period of time during the search for my purrfect feline companion. nor have i had my heart broken so many times. i’d never before been to an SPCA or shelter. it’s been quite shocking the conditions in some of them. i will say that the North Vancouver District Animal Shelter has the best cat room of all i’ve seen. it’s huge, with all sorts of climbs, nooks & crannies for the cats to snuggle in AND it has a whole outside enclosure where the wee beasites can play in the fresh air! both Christopher and i were delighted when we saw it.
as i write this, i’m waiting to hear about my application to adopt Tuti & Fruity (don’t worry, i’ll be changing their names) from the very same awesome shelter. they are nearly identical girl tabbies which are somewhere between 5 and 9 months old. it’s hard to tell their exact age because of how freakin’ tiny they are. i’ve been to visit them three times and after my last visit on my way home friday night, i knew i couldn’t not bring them home with me. nor could i split them up. they’re just such perfect little kitty bookends! the only way to tell them apart is that one is slightly smaller and the other has a little more brown in her coat. the bigger, browner one was the one who jumped up to cling at a 4-foot ledge when i tried to leave. the smaller, greyer one was the one who first stole my heart.
while i’m totally scared of having two young cats, i think getting them both is the best decision for us all. while i’m at work all day, they’ll have each other to play with and, hey, two cats has got to be better than just one, right? except for when it comes to litter box clean-up, i guess.
so, please cross your fingers for me that i get accepted to give those precious little kittens a new home. and, should i be successful, prepare yourself for the onslaught of adorable cat photos & videos i’m sure to be deluging the internet with.