Lady Jane under attack!

Well, the Mips sure have stored up a crap-load of energy overnight! I think they are energy-vampires, because I woke up feeling totally drained of all energy. They have been almost literally bouncing off the walls for over three hours now! I opened the bedroom door and they started zooming – they zoomed over my prone body numerous times (no skid marks, though)! While I’m still trying to find the energy to get up and make my morning coffee.

Needless to say, I didn’t get the cat food, yet. I think I’ll wait for their Siesta, then sneak out to do the shopping.

As I’m getting ready to go, Lady Jane comes for an intensive cuddle session – which involves a lot of high tail in my face as well, I’m afraid. Ziva goes out again, and before I can go, she demands attention as well. I so don’t want to go, and these cuddle overtures are not making it easier for me!

Shopping is unpleasant. Doubly so, since all prices have increased and all staff are hustling shoppers to open an account or get their store’s card. I get plenty of cat food, 3x kitten and 2x adult, but no sand. I also get some coffee beans for work tomorrow. And a replacement LED lamp – one of those that go on when the power goes off. The recent power failure proved that the one I had has expired – yeah, don’t ask. Nothing is built to last anymore, and it’s always great fun to find out something has expired when you need it. They don’t have an expiration date, so it’s always a surprise. Ditto UPS for my PC.

Back at home, Ziva has been busy: she caught a little birdie and started eating it. Fortunately it’s outside, not smearing blood on my carpets. Sigh, until Mewthos decides to bring it in to eat indoors! It’s 30°C and unpleasantly humid. Outside there’s a pleasant breeze, but not enough to counter the humidity!

Rose insisted I must come see her patch of Rainflowers – they are in magnificent full bloom! It really is an entire crowded patch. I’ve only ever seen one or two here and there, but she got lucky and an entire patch have settled in her garden! As I go down, the Mips follow. All the way to Rose’s gate. Mewthos even ventures a step or two into her courtyard. When we come back from admiring the Rainflowers … Rose had left the keys to the gate at her back door in the courtyard! And she has no spare keys! Fortunately I can easily climb over the fence between our properties from her side, walk around into her courtyard and get the keys!

The Mips are now laying about like discarded fur patches! I’ve treated myself to a fruit mix – since the blueberries had furry patches all over! Yeah, in the fridge at the store. You’ve got to be so alert when shopping anything these days! Any way to trick customers is perfectly acceptable. After all, with petrol as expensive as it is, who’s going to come back to return perishables? And so what if anyone does?

Rose called, as arranged, and I came and joined her in the garden. I did some weeding and cleaning out dried plants while the Mips explored happily. Until The Terror attacked Lady Jane! Four of us flew to her defense: Ziva first, she attacked The Terror, even though she is scared of her! Shadow was just a hair’s breadth behind Ziva, I jumped up shouting – poor Ziva thought for an instant I’m shouting at her! Rose also rose to defend our Lady Jane! I chased The Terror right out of the garden – she lay low in Rose’s garden, just out of sight.

I just don’t understand – why would a spayed female attack a female kitten? That attack came out of no where. And for no apparent reason – Lady Jane was just minding her own business. And The Terror is not being mistreated at home! Poor Lady Jane wouldn’t come back into the garden – well, she did let me coax her back down, but she went back upstairs almost right away.

I’ve cleaned a good amount in the garden, the beds are looking much nicer with all the dead plants removed – and a lot of that awful Kikuyu grass had wormed its way under my beds as well.

Back upstairs I shut the Mips inside – Ziva is taking her own sweet time in coming home. Nine o’clock feeding, there’s a surprise: Ziva doesn’t seem to be too hungry? Well, I did fill one dispenser with adult cat food, and she sat down and chomped on that for a while. Well, here’s to another hope for sleep!