Sunday Thoughts

I’ve been trying to knit a shawl for a friend and keep getting interrupted by my cat Walter, who wants to snuggle. I usually give in because I’m acutely aware of the fact that when I’m retired I may not be able to have any cats. Eventually I won’t have a car to take them to the vet when necessary. Uber and Lyft don’t look kindly on hauling animals, and forget public transportation. So my options would be limited, probably too limited to be responsible for any more cats.

Hopefully my current car will hold out for the life of these cats, because I’m not giving them up if it doesn’t. I know there are traveling vets in some areas. Not mine, but maybe Minneapolis, which is where I plan to retire. Yes, Minneapolis, for too many reasons to list here. Suffice to say the senior services where I live are very limited, there is virtually no public transportation, and I have no family here.

But retirement is a ways off, and for the moment I have a job and two sweet kitties who love to snuggle. There are cat owners around the world who would love to have cats as loving as these two. I count myself very lucky. This shawl may never get finished, unless I can sneak some stitches in while Walter is sleeping. Eventually he’ll wake up, and we’ll be right back to snuggle time, because if he’s awake, he curls up on my lap and won’t get down.

Fortunately the friend I’m knitting for isn’t expecting anything. It’s going to be a thank you for caring for my cats, so she’d understand any delay that comes from having a cat in your lap while you try to knit. Difficult, not impossible, but uncomfortable. By the way, I do pay her for caring for my cats. This is just a bonus.

So Walter is asleep right now in the bedroom, and I’m going to try heading out to the living room to do some knitting. Wish me luck!

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