I left Madeleine with a friend while I was away in Orlando and ohhhh my has this been fun.

When I picked her up I harnessed her into the backseat (oh, I am trying to teach her how to ride in the car so I can take her home for Christmas). Normally she HATES the car and cries and cries and cries. It took her about two minutes to climb up into my lap in the front seat and start purring… a different purr from normal… sort of a hyperventilating purr along the lines of “purrr” “purrr” “purrr” “purrr” “purrr.”

I unloaded the car when we got home and as soon as everything was out I sat down with her on the couch… she IMMEDIATELY started looking for her special spot.

Have I told you guys about the spot? I don’t think I have. My kitten uses my shoulder as a pacifier. Literally. She nuzzles around on my shoulders until she finds out a suitable piece of cotton and then she sucks on my shirt for 10 minutes or so. It’s quite adorable but I do think we’ll have to start growing out of this before too long? The vet says this is not abnormal in cats who are taken from their moms too soon, its called woolsucking, and my kitty woolsucks with the best of them.

So anyway! Madeleine is pacifying herself for about ten minutes after I sat down with her and then she CRASHED. I have never seen her sleep this hard or this much. She has slept hard the past twenty-four hours. Tonight she was playing with one of her favorite toys and running allllll around the house…she chased the toy up onto the couch and I turned around and there she was fallen right asleep! When she is not sleeping she has been following me around and purring away. It’s lovely.