Milton?

It took a while but I finally found out why Kaz was calling me Milton recently when I played in one of my boxes.  But before I explain, I just need to take a second to say how strange my humans are (sometimes).  They delight in knowing what they call Trivia … and they even used to go out and play it on Monday nights … but that was before the COVID lockdowns changed life as they know it and brought about a “new normal”.  Hmmm … except that they are home more and they keep more food on hand for me – and toilet paper for them – it hasn’t changed all that much here for me!

It is now getting a little bit back to normal in that they have been able to go back to their Trivia … except it’s not their Trivia any more.  They went back last week and they keep talking about the new “format” and the new “host”.  And they have started doing more Trivia “research” by asking each other questions off the interweb and coming up with random “facts” … like “What was the name of Schrödinger’s cat?”.  (And what are those two dots above that o called?) And that’s where Milton comes in … from what I understand, it wasn’t the name of “the” cat from Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger’s famous “experiment” because it wasn’t really an experiment – more of a discussion … but Milton was the name of a cat Schrödinger had. Phew … and believe you me, Kaz took longer than that to explain it! 

Smart I am …

I think I walked in on Kaz at the wrong moment – she was waggling her chest at one of the screens she watches movies on – and she obviously knew what she was doing …. because she looked a little embarrassed when she saw that I was watching her.  As it turned out, she was watching “Jurassic Park” – and they were up to the part where they were showing the merchandise that would be available as part of the franchise – and what she was waggling at the screen was the Jurassic Park tee-shirt she was wearing.  It is one of her favourite ones and it looked as though it had taken her a little by surprise to realise she was wearing it … and watching it.  Given the amount of times she has watched films in the franchise though, the law of averages said it was only a matter of time before the two coincided.  And once she finished “Jurassic Park”, you know she started watching the next one … and I know she’s just going to keep going.

Me and some of the washing …

She still had time to sneak outside and bring in the rest of the washing while I was sleeping though.  I’m glad she did because once she had it inside, Sooz folded it up … and then because Kaz couldn’t make it fit into the Manchester cupboard (I know she has plans for re-folding and re-arranging things in there), she popped the towels and sheets into Sooz’s “office” – and that was where she and Sooz found me later this evening (after they watched the Semi-Final of MasterChef … and yes, there may have been tears there!).
It’s actually not bad being a cat here – most of the time.  They let me eat what I want – most of the time.  They let me sleep where I want – most of the time.  But they are still locking me out of the bedroom at night, even though I have been trying to show them that I actually can sleep in the bedroom without giving them – or Kaz’s sleeping machine – grief.

Me … ignoring the “Intelligence Test” for the minute.

They know I am intelligent though … as well as cute … and this evening Kaz has me doing something she calls an “intelligence test”.  This comes about because I had my stringey thing out with my dinner bowls and I knocked the soft squishy birdy part under the washing machine … and now before I can take it to them to get them to play with it with me, I have to work out how to get it out from under there.  Kaz said she isn’t going to help me because she knows I can do it … although I think it’s really because she knows that if I can’t get it out, I can’t take it to her and Sooz to make them play with me.   Hmmmmm.  I think Kaz even hides my stringey things in the box sometimes so I won’t know where to look for them! 

Help wanted …

I don’t know what’s up with Kaz but she has certainly taken her eye off the ball with my blog. I’ll give her the rest of this week but if she isn’t back on deck by Monday there will be a HELP WANTED ad in the local paper! Until it gets sorted out one way or another, here are some photos!