Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Cats: Can We Survive Being Apart? 想我的猫丫头们。

After a full year of being home bound, we decided to take a road trip to Tucson, AZ for the holidays. We’ll be gone for a week. Can we all survive? I am already missing them even though we have not left yet! Feeling anxious about the separation, I wrote following post (in Chinese) to the pet forum.

自从有了两个小丫头就没真正出过门了。想想不容易，当初和猫爸还是在户外认识的呢。以前看到当父母的有了小孩就一切以孩子为生活的重点，因而失去了自我， 对此不以为然，暗想自己肯定就不会这样。现在想想，理想和现实真的是有差距的。庆幸自己不打算要小孩，否则的话自己对parenting的一套套大道理自 己首先就做不到。好在猫猫再怎样宠也不会有什么样的后果（不像小孩会走邪道），所以我也就由着自己宠她们了。

扯远了。。。

终于在朋友大力游说下，我们决定出门一个星期。

干粮有自动喂食机每天分四次倒出来。丫头挨不到饿。何况已经请邻居每天或隔天来开罐头。小家伙会跑去藏起来，但是估计芒果听到开罐头声会跑到厨房来。希望她们至少知道她们没有被遗弃。

昨晚装好了新订购的自动清理卫生间。 网上反馈有人讲他们的猫无论如何不能接受。说明书上建议循序渐进，慢慢地撤去旧的砂盆。可是我们三天后就出门，没时间磨合了，我就直接把就砂盆清了放入地 下室，这样她们就看不到旧砂盆。今早没看到有成就，上班一天悬着心，晚上回家就看到盒子里藏着一猫的份额，还没起身出房间呢，小家伙就跳进去睁着大眼睛看 着我，当时就办了公。现在我彻底放心了。闺女就是让人省心呀。不给家长添难题。

可是我还是有些不放心丫头们呀。现在每天回家，她们都会到门口迎接，然后高高兴兴地跑前跑后。不知她们会不会很非常想我们。不知道等我们回来，她们还认不认识我们。

我最爱睡觉有猫猫的陪伴。今早没睁眼就能感受到丫头沉沉的重量。很幸福的。睁眼看到的是这样（中间是我的腿）：

我会想念这种感觉的。

我希望我们不在家时，她们能相亲相爱，就像这样（这是我抽身下床后照的她两个相偎相依的景象）：

5 Responses

  1. # El Hombreon 18 Dec 2009 at 8:09 am

    Mei,
    Re: Tucson, check this out: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=578722
    I’ve been in the area a few years ago, did some of these trails and came back a different man! Excellent training ground to pick up or improve tech skills, but bringing armor along is not a bad idea…
    Not sure what you’re saying about the cats though ;-)..

  2. # mudwormon 18 Dec 2009 at 8:21 am

    Hi Dirk, thanks for the link! I have mixed feelings about riding in Tucson after watching the video in that thread — both excited and scared. Wish I had picked up some real armors.
    Oh, about the cats, all I said was a bunch of meows.

  3. # El Hombreon 18 Dec 2009 at 8:51 am

    Don’t worry about the scary stuff: those guys (a.o. Scott from Topofusion) are as expert as riders come and most of the tech moves they’re showcasing are short off-trail excursions. The nice thing about the trails there is that they offer obstacles of all difficulties and you can gradually make your way up – and walk the stuff you’re not comfortable on. There are also plenty of intermediate level trails…

  4. # Patrick Herlihyon 18 Dec 2009 at 11:06 pm

    我能從它把谷歌翻譯，這讓只有多一點使命感。位對自動貓咪垃圾清潔有趣的是 – 永遠不知道，如果這些實際工作：）

  5. # mudwormon 19 Dec 2009 at 6:32 am

    Hahaha… That’s just awful! I’m on my way out. When I get a chance, I have to use Google Translation to see what you have read, Patrick. Probably not what I wrote. Betcha it’s funny.

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