reasoned

Beazy (my cat--named for Beatrice in Much Ado) is bored and a little depressed since we've moved. She can't watch birds anymore. She's got no patches of sunshine in which to doze. And this place just smells weird-which is unsettling.

I am going to be away on referral and court and pick-up trips in the next year (!), and Beazy will be alone for weeks.

Beazy likes company. She likes to be with people. Well, Beazy likes to be with me. Her favorite days are Saturdays when we just loll around. (She's an excellent loll-er and napper.) She'll be lonely without me.

D2b will likely want to play with Beazy, who will likely not want to play with d2b.

A new kitten would be too fragile for d2b.

Introducing a cat to a new kitten takes time. A young kitten is more easily tolerated than an older cat when introduced into a home.

So we got a kitten last Friday.

Her name is still undecided, but I'm leaning towards Hermia and calling her Mia. Miranda and Olivia and Thisbe are all in the running, too. I think Russian kittens look like little foxes--very pointed noses and big ears. This little kitten also resembles a house elf...


Beazy (my gorgeous, loyal cat) is not impressed and is desperately trying to spot birds instead.