Took a Sabbatical, but I'm back in the game.

Dear Diary,

I took a short sabbatical from writing, mom's been home more recently so I've been spending a lot of time soliciting for food, laying on her lap and getting use out of the heating pad. She's had some sporadic time off since the holidays are upon us. Christmas has come and passed. Grandma sent boxes of things for mom to open, inside there was even a catnip toy for us! We all sat around in bed on Christmas morning where mom brought all of the presents she had received from family members that lived out of state. We watched her open each one and then took a nap. 
Mom got us some new glitter balls and even cooked us a fillet of salmon for dinner. It's been a great holiday season so far!

Mom said tonight we would make cat forts out of the boxes that she got her Christmas presents in. Mom makes us cat forts when she receives boxes that are big enough to cut holes in. We have 3 good sized boxes, so Titan, Mira and I are pretty hopeful of the possibilities!  

I think things are going to change for us, this next year. The other cat's and I are hoping for that house with room to run, though mom would probably say that's a little ways off. All we know is that she's been doing a lot of stuff lately, a lot of planning and writing. I think she's sick of living in an apartment. The winters can get a little annoying with all the snow plows going in the middle of the night and all the scraping of the shovels we hear. This winter has been a rough one. Constant freezing temps and snow almost every, if not every other day. I just think the other cat's and I are ready for windows that mom can hang bird feeders in front of, so we can bird watch more effectively. 

Mom also spends a lot of off time at the clinic taking care of some cats that she's been nursing back to health. We know she secretly wishes she could just have a place big enough to do that at home, so that she doesn't have to spend so much time away. I guess it takes a lot of careful planning, but we all think mom's ready for the next leg of her journey in animal care and future plans. We all think 2014 is our year!! 

Oofta, thinking about the future wears a cat out. Thankfully, today will be a relaxing day for us, as mom is off to work for the day. Sometimes it is stressful when she's home all day. We feel like we have to follow her around and solicit for food and make sure she doesn't need us for anything, all day long.She did leave one of those big boxes full of wadded up wrapping paper. She did that on purpose so that we can jump in and out of the box like the wild, stealthy Puma cats that we are. Other than that, I anticipate a day of napping until she gets home. 

That's all for now, until later,

Nut