New member of the family

Let me start off by saying that I’m NOT a crazy cat lady.  I realize that being a single girl with three cats leads to that assumption, but I’m really not.  While I was open to the idea of another cat after Sepp died last year, I will NOT have more than three at once.

Ok, now that that’s out of the way, it’s time for an introduction – meet Bella:

Bella came into my life when an email about her needing a new home found its way into my inbox around the middle of August.  At that point I really wasn’t in a position to be taking on a third kitty, but in a rare move I decided to ignore what the practical part of my brain was telling me to do and adopt her anyway.  There were a few signs I got initially that pushed me in that direction:

• She’s black.  Sepp was black.  I have a black cat tattooed on my foot.  Enough said.
• She’s around 11 years old.  No one really wants to adopt an adult cat, let alone one who’s that old.  I’m hoping she sticks around for a long time despite her age, sort of like how Willie’s still going strong despite his FIV.
• She needed a home because her owner had died, and something about the timing seemed a little eerie to me.  It turns out that her owner died the day before my Rill Oma in July.  If that’s not some kind of sign from above, I don’t know what is.

It turns out bringing Bella home was a great move.  She took an instant liking to me, and within a few days was sleeping with me.  Our new nighttime routine begins with her jumping up to cuddle as soon as I climb into bed, and ends with her taking over the spare pillow for the rest of the night. 

Something else I love about her is that Bella is tiny, weighing all of seven pounds.  This obviously puts her at a disadvantage size-wise (Siggy’s around 13.5 and Wille’s at about 12) but the boys are still a little scared of her.  They’ve quickly learned not to give her any trouble.  You go girl!

That’s all for this installment – since I have a lot to catch up on, I’m hoping to post again soon starting with a few pictures from my trip to DC in August.