Today the 14th of February 2001 (Valentines Day) and I got a kitten this morning. I have been looking for a kitten for a long time now. I wanted a Ginger cat. I found someone who had a pregnant cat that was going to have kittens later this month, but I decided it was going to take too long.
I went into Perky Pets yesterday and saw an advert for kittens. I phoned a lady and she told me that the kittens had been abandoned on her door step and there were three of them. There was only one left and I was welcome to it, but it was not Ginger.
I woke up this morning to go to work and meet my new companion. When she arrived most of the office crowded around to see my new arrival. Within minutes Dominique a work colleage went to the shop to buy some food for her. I wasn't very well prepared to receive a kitten.
My brother was very kind and took the kitten to the PDSA to have injections and a check up.
I can't wait to get home to see my new little baby. I have not decided on a name. The people in my office all say Casper. I don't think she is a ghost, so I will not call her that. I am going to let time go by and then decide on a name.
It will be interesting to see what will happen when I introduce the two cats to each other. I am however going to wait a while before I do that. My kitten is already very traumatised. I don't want to loose either of them!
06/03/01
I have named my kitten Matilda and her nickname is Sunshine because she has a stripe of Ginger going from her one cheeck to the other and over the bridge of her nose. She is the cutest thing on this earth. She is now 9 weeks old and just as sweet as she was when I got her.
Ginger however has decided to be a bitch and my parents have decided without me that my kitten has to be chucked out the house because their dear cat has decided it hates my kitten and now Matilda has to go.
I am giving her to my Aunt in St. James as I think it is the best place for her. I am not sure if I want to stay active in her life or not, a huge part of me wants to and another doesn't because I am going to come home crying everytime if I know myself.
I want Matilda all to myself as she is my cat and no one elses and if I want to keep her why shouldn't I? How can my parents say to me that it is my choice to get a kitten and then as soon as problems come along, they change their minds and tell me to give her away. She may be a kitten, but she has already had a bad start to her life and has been passed from one person to the next and now she is being moved yet again. When is it going to stop?!!
06/04/01
Matilda is at my Aunts house in St James and is very happy there. She has two friends, a dog and a cat. My Aunt has changed her name to Mittens, but to me she is still Matilda and will continue to be Matilda.
I visit her once a week over the weekend for a couple of hours and hate leaving her again. She is just as wonderful as she was the day I got her and I still love her to bits and pieces.
She is growing bigger and bigger every time I see her. Her eyes have gone from grey to brown and her colours are getting lighter and lighter.
I miss her a lot during the week and only have photo's to look at in that time and wondar what she is doing.
From the 29th of April until the 2nd of May my Aunt went up to visit my Grandparents. As a result of that my brother and I got to house sit. It was so amazing to wake up and have my little Matilda and her whsikers there. The one morning I even had her little wet nose rub mine. It was so cute. I really had a great time being with Matilda. My Aunt took Toffie the dog with her and Matilda was somewhat down as a result. She was moping around the house!!
She decided also to be funny and run up the chimney in the house. I was not there to see her when she came down, but she was very black and full of ash!!! It must have been a funny site!!! ;0)
04/10/01
On the 22nd of August Matilda went to be neuted. It was a sad day for me as I would have loved her to have a litter. I suppose she doesn't live with me and I cannot say what should and shouldn't happen. I see her most weekends, but she seems to hate me and doesn't like me anymore. I think that my second cousins managed to destroy her loving nature by teasing her all the time and squeezing her half to death. My second cousins have moved to London, so she has that no more, but she is not the kitten I got in February. I hope that time and space will allow her to get over all of that. I really want her in my arms and to wake me up with her whiskers.
12/10/07
Matilda is still with my aunt and is very happy. My Aunt refuses to give her back to me so I got another cat. His name is Squeaky and he is white and caramel. I love him to bits. On the 13th of December he will be 2 years old. It is so hard to believe that we have been together since May last year.
