Mojo and Friends: Coming Out of the Closet

Monday, December 7, 2009

Coming Out of the Closet

Miss Katie loves to explore and she loves to help us get ready in the morning. Whatever room I'm in, she wants to be in too.

Sometimes it's a bit of a problem, because she doesn't want to leave the room when I'm done and I can't close the door without her out. Usually, if she really won't leave I'll pick her up and toss her out.

This morning was our usual "getting ready for work" madness. Matt had to be at work especially early so he was up before I was. He got dressed and left. I was going about my usual routine, slowly brushing my teeth, checking the news, etc. Matt runs back up the stairs looking for a T-shirt he forgot. He opens his closed closet and out comes the cat. Good thing he checked or she might have been in there all day. Instead, she was probably in there five or ten minutes.

I had heard the cat crying, but I thought it was her usual "I want breakfast cry." I hadn't yet fed her breakfast, so I hadn't looked for her yet. (She always runs for breakfast).

I should add, that because things like this have happened before I always find the cat and give her a kiss before I leave for work.

About Mojo & Friends

The adventures of a hilarious German Shepherd mix,

a sweet tabbico cat, a crazy Manx cat and a lazy fluff ball.

Affectionately known as "the kids," Mojo, Katie, Gunnar and Ozzy live with their mom and dad in an awesome college town in the South.

Mojo is a German Shepherd mix. He's outgoing, wants to meet and LOVE everyone.

As a puppy, Mojo was minutes away from being put to sleep when the folks at Pawtropolis rescued him. He was the sickly runt of the litter with fleas then, but after coming home with us he's grown from 4 pounds to 75 pounds (and back down to 63) and is one of the best dogs ever.

Katie is a sweet, shy cat who loves ham and playing with her shoelace. She also loves to cuddle. She was born the week of her parents wedding in her mom's closet. She was adopted and then abandoned by her then-family. But now she's a happy girl whose learned to purr. She was our first pet.

Gunnar is the newest addition to the gang. Born in the doghouse at my sister's, Gunnar was adopted shortly after melting our hearts after we visited. He and Mojo and the bestest of friends. Every night they play and groom each other. He's a Manx-mix. True to the breed, he's a round, roly-poly cat, who is super high energy and just a little crazy.

Ozzy is our newest addition. He chose us. Literally. He camped out on our porch and told us he was living with us. He tried to come in repeatedly. He resorted to kissing Mojo when we took him outside. And Mojo asked us why the kitty couldn't come inside. After a month of this, we took him to the vet and he was ours. He's since tripled in size and he's gone from short hair to luxuriously long haired. He loves to sleep and eat and will occasionally flop down in a lap for a cuddle.