The Cat

This post will be to introduce our "new" cat. Maui came to us last Thursday. As you may know, we used to have 2 cats who were brother and sister, part of the same litter. They died a year or two ago mostly from old age, they were about 15 years old. We had decided not to replace them immediately due to travel plans but here lately I have been looking at cats. Our local animal shelter has many cats for adoption and I had been looking at some of them on the web when this cat became available. An employee at HPU where I used to work found that she needed to find a new home for her "baby" and we were there to help her out.

Maui (pronounced like the Hawaiian island of the same name) is about 6 years old and will be a mostly indoor cat. She has her own personality and thinks that the world must revolve around her. She had been with her previous owner for quite a while and is quite spoiled to say the least. We are still in a period of adjustment, she to us and us to her. She reminds me a lot of my old cat who also had white feet and was named Boots. He loved to lay in my lap but Maui does not do that yet. She likes to be close, maybe a foot away but is not quite ready to jump in the lap. We are hoping that she will adjust.

Over the next few weeks I will try to post a few of our "adjustment" moments. Stay tuned.