THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, July 15, 2010
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by Mal Fuller Contributing Writer
It’s been a while since
I’ve reported to my read- ers about Diablo. (Note to new readers: Diablo is our housecat extraordinaire.) A cat is an always evolving creature, not much about them remains predict- able. Diablo’s day begins whenever I get up in the morning, which is almost never early! Usually, he sleeps in until I’m ready to arise, seldom disturb- ing my peace. Once in a while, however, he gets a “bee in his bonnet” and goes to work on me, leav- ing me with no choice but to cave in and get up on his time. On these occa- sions, he’ll jump off the bed noisily and then im- mediately jump back up, landing on one or both of my legs. On a pounds per square inch basis, his tiny cat feet weigh a ton! Since his vision went
bad, he seldom leads the way down our steep flight of stairs; instead he fol- lows me down, one care- ful step at a time. When I open the downstairs hall door into our living room, he scoots confi- dently ahead. While I put my laundry in the washer and gather my clothes for the day, he takes care of his needs in his cat box. Then we reconvene in the kitchen. I fill his water bowl with some fresh Brita filtered water. (Nothing but the best for our cat, who drinks his water by dipping his foot in his water and then lap- ping his foot!) Then I ra- tion him a small portion of his Hill’s Prescription Diet Cat Food, a special dry food that keeps his con- tributions to his cat box normal. If I start him out with a big bowl of food, he gulps it all down and promptly pukes it back
Beaters. They “scramble” nicely using our micro- wave oven’s omelet set- ting. The sausages are “Brown ‘N Serve” and mi- crowave okay too. A tall glass of 1% milk washes down all my medications. Diablo generally sits on the arm of the chair next to me and stares (blindly) at one or both of us. Fi- nally, I get dressed in the living room with Diablo’s supervision. What day of the week it
When I found this photo comparison of Wilford (yes, Wilford) Brimley and a pussycat, I couldn’t resist including it with my article. Oddly enough, Mr. Brimley and cats are two main topics of today’s article!
up again. So it’s small rations and easy does it to begin with! Then I fix Malzy’s break-
fast, not a big deal, some cereal, coffee and a tall glass of orange juice dur- ing one week and a tall glass of grape juice during the alternate week. I set up our coffeemaker the night before with Brita water and some fresh ground 8 o’clock Colum-
bian coffee, so coffee’s just a matter of flipping the switch on our coffeemak- er. About when coffee’s ready, Malzy (who’s last to arise) shows up in his downstairs office. Diablo is always there to greet him each morning. After Diablo and Malzy have exchanged pleasantries, they both come into the kitchen, Malzy to eat and Diablo to hang out with
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the boys. And so each day begins. My breakfast and 7 medications (plus insu- lin) come next. I have scrambled “eggs” and two sausages. My eggs are ersatz eggs, made with a Hannaford prod- uct called “Egg Mates”, an egg substitute similar to, but better than, Egg
is dictates the next part of my routine for the day. One day is my shopping day at the Alton Han- naford, one is my “dump” day and so forth. On weekday afternoons, Dia- blo and I convene in the living room to watch Judge Judy. He and I both en- joy listening to her insult those who have it coming and, generally speaking, dispensing her brand of justice. She’s certainly intolerant of fools, which Diablo and I fully under- stand. If Judge Judy isn’t
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