we have cats now

It's true, I am not only a pet owner, but a cat owner. I did not see this day coming at all, in fact, it took me by complete surprise when I offered to take not one but two into my own home. I have never even liked cats even a little bit and here I am taking care of two little kittens. Feeding them, playing with them, and picking up their tiny little poops out of their litter box everyday. It's so weird! I like it though, and that is the really weird part. They are really funny little creatures, they are two brothers and just wrestle constantly with each other. We have a black one and a tabby one. They are both really cute and furry. Tonight we finally named them after a week of wondering what they should be called (this was a really stressful process for me because I feel completely inadequate in giving a name to something--it's kind of a big deal I think. Also because when I named my last pet, my hamster I had when I was 12, I never actually called it its name and just called it Hammy. So I'm still a little worried that I will just call them "Cat" or "Idiot"). ANYWAY, the black one is Ziggy because he's just really chilled out, and would probably just laze around all of the time if it wasn't for his brother who stalks and attacks him constantly. Ziggy does a good job fighting back though because he is a bit bigger than the other one. But usually if I get him alone he will fall asleep on my lap stretched out on his back and will stay that way for hours if I don't move. The tabby one we named Jet Li for his tendency to attack everything that moves and for being very extreme at fighting. I think he'd be an excellent Kung Fu fighter--but he'd probably be great at martial arts in general. Everything about Jet is intense. He never stops moving and attacking and scratching things with his razor sharp claws. I have scratched all over my hands from dealing with him. He's really sweet though, but he's got small cat sydrome sort of like my small girl syndrome. I like them both equally, and it's sort of fun to have little creatures to come home to that will just play around and entertain me. I am realizing that cats are very low maintenance and are ideal pets or substitues for actual children. My favorite thing to do with them is to put one of them under the blanket on my bed, and watch the other one attack the little lump as it moves around all over the place. They can do this for ages at a time, and yet they never figure it out.

Well I know some of you (i.e. Ashley and my Father) will be very disappointed in me for giving in and welcoming these little animals into a place where I live, and believe me, I am still struggling with self respect issues about it myself, but it hasn't been so bad yet. Wish me luck!