Catundra

After a very short day at work Friday, Jason and I had some extra time on our hands. We skipped out on Friday night Pizza Night w/ the grandparents and visited them in the morning before making our way towards home. With a filling lunch at Upland Brewery, I suggested we visit the animal shelter. He agreed!

Note to self: load him up on a couple of beers next time I want anything.

Our fence is not yet fixed, so we looked at the cats. Without expecting it, we were filling out an application for "Patches." And wouldn't you know it, we could take her home right then! So we did.

Patches is 4 years old and was given up by a family who was moving. She came with an upper respiratory infection and already hates me after shoving a couple of syringes full of antibiotics into her mouth. This is starting out great! Nevertheless, she's a cutie and is quite affectionate. Hopefully we'll complete the family with a dog, but in the interim, we're going to let Patches become acquainted with us and the house.

We're thinking of a name change, though, and I'm laughing at Jason's suggestion: Catundra. The cat is a little overweight reminding him of a children's book of the same name he had many moons ago. The main character of the book is an overweight cat who lives in the forest after being teased by the other critters. I'll have to find that one at the library.