It’s hard sharing mummy

This weeks been a bit tricky really, Millie is feeling a bit better and whilst I’m really happy she’s feeling more herself, she is needy, very needy and wants to be out of her cage but she only seems to want to settle on mummy’s lap. Daddy’s doing as much as he can to help her but she only wants mummy to cuddle her and it’s only mummy who can settle her and calm her down. This means less time with mummy for me and I don’t like that one bit.

I’m still not sure about Millie, she still smells different, she sounds different and I can only smell her in one place, not around the whole flat which is really odd and I don’t quite understand it. It’s like having a new cat in our home. I can also pick up on Millies frustration being locked up, it’s in the way she meows, it’s not her normal happy, chirpy meows but loud demanding ones instead. It just makes me feel unsettled and confused. That’s where daddy comes in…

Daddy has been playing with me more and I love playing with daddy, he does biiig damp hands and I love playing the ready, ready game with him and our bond has grown so much whilst he’s been working at home and whilst mummy has to pay a bit more attention to Millie. I do really miss my extra time with mummy and so we try to have an extra long walkies together or a bit more playtime whilst mummy makes dinner and before Millie gets some lap time. It makes me upset though and when I’m upset I get stressed and then I meow a lot and pace the flat and do twirly circles and meow some more.

I miss playing, Angelin is a good fight and wrestling partner but I like running around and chasing, Peppar’s getting a bit old for that now and with Millie locked up I miss running around and chasing someone. As much as I don’t like to admit it I think I also miss playing with Millie, she’s the only one who’s allowed to chase me and I miss the running around and hide and seek that she plays. I don’t miss the mental Millie mode though as that’s just a bit too full on for me!

Daddy is trying really hard but he doesn’t know me as well as mummy and we haven’t got the same synchronised way of playing. With mummy I know what what she’s gonna do almost before she does it and mummy does the same with me. With daddy though it’s not quite the same and I meow to him “but daddy that’s not the way mummy does it” he says “I know I’m not mummy but we can still have fun” I give daddy full marks for effort but he needs a bit of improvement in the execution of playtime and football. Daddy keeps going though and I love him all the more for doing his best to make me happy as well as Millie and Angelin and Peppar too.

So when mummy and I go out for walkies I really try to make the most of it, I run around, we play apple football together, I chase birdies and sometimes we just sit together and chill. Spending some time together just being with each other, enjoying each other’s company. This is just the best time being outdoors with mummy and I’m making the most of every minute.

Then one day the little girl who likes to come and join in with our walkies came over one day and gave mummy one of her toys for me to play with. It was a football, well, you all know how much I love football so I was so happy, what a sweet little girl. Mummy and I started playing football straight away and we even let the little girl join in! Her shoes sounded funny so mummy said for he to stand very still so I could hear where the ball was going and I could hear the girl giggle when mummy kicked the ball and I ran after it. She was so happy and so was I coz I had a fun new toy to play with.