Life with cats, debate team edition

[truepenny]

So I'm trying thecoughlin's advice for whiny princess feet (thank you, btw!), which means there is a towel draped across my footstool (stubby little legs to go with the whiny princess feet), and, periodically when I feel warm enough to take my slippers and socks off, my bare feet kneading it.

This would be the unparalleled glamor with which the life of a writer is filled.

It took Catzilla a couple days to notice (Catzilla, while nowhere near as dumb as my beloved first cat Richie, is nevertheless not the brightest porchlight on the block), but then this evening, he was all, "Dude, what are you doing?"

"It's not for cats," sez I, by rote.

"Dude," says Catzilla, unimpressed as ever by this line of reasoning. "It's totally for cats. Here, lemme see."

We then had to have a discussion about whether or not this was a game (the cat voted yes, the biped voted no) and whether or not the biped's bare toes were cat toys (the cat voted yes--"Dude! They're moving!"--the biped voted no), and then, philosophical in his defeat, he curled up on the spare stretch of towel, just close enough that I can feel his body heat on my right foot, and sacked the hell out. ("Dude, I told you. Totally for cats.")

Catzilla is the epitome of the annoying younger brother, for both the bipeds and the other cats, but he is, when all is said and done, a very sweet kitty.

I will try to remember his sweetness when we have to have this same discussion all over again tomorrow.

ETA 9:57 P.M.: My toes just got licked.

ETA 10:08 P.M.: The biped was just completely discombobulated (i.e., I broke all records for the sitting high jump) by the cat's cunning introduction of a milk jug ring into the field of play--I mean, the towel. Notice the way in which this achieves the feline goal ("totally for cats") while staying technically within the previously promulgated rules (which may be boiled down to, "No attacking my toes, fluffybutt.")

And in conclusion, totally for cats.

Comments

[saoba.livejournal.com]

Further, for the treatment of tendonitis in whiny princess feet (which I totally have) my PT suggested putting a bottle of water in the freezer then several times a day rolling it back and forth on the floor under the foot. This both reduces inflammation and helps stretch the tendons.

My whiny princess feet hate it because it's cold but to my chagrin it does help.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I feel sure my whiny princess feet won't like it, either, but it sounds like it would be good for them.

[saoba.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, I hope it helps!

And the one I hated involved a mug or bowl set on the floor and a handful of pebbles or marbles on a towel about 6-12 inches away and putting the pebbles in the mug using only my toes. Gah.

[fidelioscabinet.livejournal.com]

My insurance company and I paid good money for me to do that one under the care of a physical therapist. Because of my barefoot tendencies it wasn't nearly the challenge it was supposed to be. The stretches for the ankle tendons for the plantar fasciitis totally were, though. You can tell how well they're working by the way the ow! point of the stretch moves up your leg over the days/weeks it takes to do get things recalibrated.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

You don't need to do toe scrunchies out of the comfort of your socks!
Although you won't be able to feel the scrunch of the towel quite as well as without.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

The only way I can get it to feel like I'm doing anything at all is if I grip the towel between my toes. So, yeah, the socks have to come off.

[animeserena.livejournal.com]

Your cat sound like my little brother...
including the toe licking and pouring random liquids on me...
I'd rather have a cat like Catzilla, since cats sleep most of the day.

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

The dogs are not amused by Catzilla's shenanigans.

[thecoughlin.livejournal.com]

Glad the recommentation was made of at least some win! Catzilla aside.

Fortunately only one of our GRD's has a foot fetish and she is not generally in the office space. Though I do sometimes wear sandels around her just for sport....