Posted on by Belinda O

June is for Cats

Well, I was taking a look at the holiday calendar for June and came across a few celebrations that involved (you guessed it) cats. June 4 was National Hug Your Cat Day (like I’m going to limit that to one day a year), June 19 is National Garfield the Cat Day, and my favorite, June 16 is National Take Your Cat to Work Day.

I’d love to take Walter and Mimi to work and let them explore my office habitat. I picture my co-workers bending down to pet them while I smile and look on. The reality, however, would be quite different and I know it. My kitties would run and look for a place to hide while those around me, dog lovers all, would mutter, “what’s the big deal about cats?” Someone would try to pick up Mimi and she’d squirm to get away, clawing them as she did so.

This is not how most cats would behave in the office.

I don’t know who thought of National Take Your Cat to Work Day, but I think they had a romanticized idea of how cats would behave in the workplace. I have a hard enough time with them when I’m on my computer while working from home. It’s difficult to train cats, so how many of us do, although my kitties do respond to a firm “down!” when I’m trying to get them away from my computer.

But the overall feeling I get from this holiday is one of love. We love our cats and want to show them off, but there isn’t a whole lot of opportunity to do. So even though I won’t be bringing my cats to work next Monday (much to the relief of my manager), I want to share how sweet and loving they are. Walter and Mimi, you’re the best!

Image Credits: Header Ā© Thiago–stock.adobe.com; Cat at work (“photo”) Ā© kegfire–stock.adobe.com; Photos of Walter and Mimi Ā© Belinda O

12 Replies to “June is for Cats”

  1. I love the picture of the cat at work. Imagine looking up from your desk and seeing thatā€“I would love it! šŸ˜¹ Walter and Mimi are so cute. And I am so impressed that they respond to, ā€œDown!ā€ I might need them to talk to my kitties. Mine pretend they hear nothing. Ever!

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  4. I love that picture, too. I think if I could see that in my office I’d smile a lot more at work! Thank you for the comment about Walter and Mimi. I think they’re pretty cute, but I’m biased šŸ˜Š

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  5. Belinda, I love the stories of your cats. It’s a toss up between cats and dogs. Obviously, I love pets. I grew up with dogs. I had cats when my kids became teenagers, then went back to dogs. I digress, sorry. I was thinking of maybe we could create a cat park? What you think?

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    1. I love the idea, but I think my cats would hiss at all the other cats! It would be so much fun, though, to see everyone else’s cats and exchange stories with the proud mamas and papas.

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  6. Thank you for liking my post. I hope you subscribe to me. I hope to hear from you soon. It is the weekend in the United States. Have a great weekend. I will talk to you later, today. I am having my alone time, now. Be safe out there.

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  7. I appreciate you subscribing to me. You are right that we should have a day off of work when it is cats’ day. I don’t know what we would do for cats’ day. I guess we should play with our cat all day. Get your string out, so the cat can chase the string around the house. I hope you have a good weekend. I am happy that you post about cats too. I fell in love with my cat when I first saw him at the Humane Society.

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