An Unexpected Weekend Guest

So, last weekend I had a special guest visiting in my apartment. This little kitty!



Itchy?

 Isn’t it adorable?. I guess she was first spotted along a fairly busy downtown street, likely not too far from her first home. Someone was walking to work out to the mall and they must have patted the kitty or called to it or something because it took a liking to them and began to follow them. Perhaps they took a liking to it too, I mean who could ignore or chase away that pretty  little face? Anyway, the trek it took from this downtown street is no easy walk in the park. My apartment is in the same area and it’s got to be a 20 minute hike. Whether this person called it along or it came on its own accord, the streets in the mall area are very busy! I sincerely hope that the person decided to carry it out at some point for safeties sake. So when they made it to the shopping centre, this person could not take the kitty to work with her. They couldn’t very well leave it in the parking lot, and obviously most places in the mall wouldn’t take a kitten in, the only plausible place had to be the pet shop. From here I assume from stories I’ve later heard the kitty was fawned over and fed to her fill and kept up in the back of the shop. Somehow or another, word spread of the poor thing through the mall and my lovely sister and her coworkers heard of it. I don’t know who had it first or what, but someone went to get it and by the end of the day it was in my sister’s care for the weekend. When I came to pick her up from work, we had the family dog with us and of course he was very interested so we had to wedge a box between us as a barrier to get them back home. I forgot to mention that this kitty went through several names in this short period of its young life. At this point it was named Chester. I didn’t particularly like this name, but wasn’t mine  to name so not my choice really.

Now... It’s a well known fact that my sister LOVES cats. She already has a crazy cat lady starter kit of her own with two cats. Well, she loves all animals really but she just loves her babies and I’m sure if she was able or got stuck with Chester she would have kept and loved this kitty all to pieces. But of course her cats weren’t so accommodating to this uninvited guest in their house when she brought it home. And seeing as I had no pets currently myself, kitty came to stay with me for the night. My bf Patri was gone away for that weekend and had no idea there was a kitty taking over his space.

Taking over Patri's side of the bed

I had been offered the kitty a couple of times but refused because I felt like my own situation is too unsure to reasonably take on the responsibility of a pet right now. I’m not sure where I will be or what I want to do at this stage in my life. Currently I’m figuring the next move out and so taking on a pet and moving it wherever with me would be complicated. In spite of of this though, I love kitties myself and this one was very, very cute and tempting. I was afraid of getting attached to it so I left it for an hour or two and went to my mother’s house. When I came back we found it sleeping on the window sill. It was good as gold until I went to bed that night and it still wanted to play at 3 am. So the first night I put it out and shut my door. I woke up the next morning to it snoozing on my vanity chair. It followed me around all morning. It was so sweet and even kissed my toes when I got out of the shower! Too funny.  I was pretty much melted then. I decided a sweet pretty kitty should have a prettier name than Chester, so I started calling it ‘Bijou’, which I believe can be translated to “kiss” in French. Of course the next night when Patri came home it nearly had him won over too I think. It followed him around all night and played sneak attacks on him from underneath the bed skirt as he walked by.

We both talked it over many times but considering our current plans and after a bit of research we agreed we shouldn’t take it. I mean SERIOUS research went on. Pet passports and Airline policies were looked up, not to mention considerations of costs for vaccinations and paperwork. People who travel with their pets, I feel sorry for all the hoops you have to go through to bring your babies! Really I do! It’s a small fortune and a headache, but I’m sure it must be worth it and your pets must thank you for being so dedicated and wonderful to take them on holiday or to live with you. Even so I would be scared the travel would stress out my pet, and then I would be stressed, and Patri would be stressed. And if something went wrong on the way, everyone including the airline people would be stressed!

Relaxing with bed all to myself... not stressed at all!

Regardless of all the “what ifs”, we don’t really have the money or the time that would be needed to get all this done for a pet right now and so it would be unfair and unreasonable to have taken it on. Although I know we’ll make wonderful pet parents someday when life is a bit more certain and grounded in one spot for us.
(┳ _ ┳) fml.

#someonesingmeSoftKitty

Meanwhile, my sister’s friends and coworkers were busy helping her find an adoptive parent for it. I went to Moncton that day for an appointment and a bit of shopping with my mom and my aunt and so I left her with Patri. By the next evening someone was found who would be its Mama and she was gone before I had returned home. I was debating it all day because I’m sure I would have kept it had I been certain of what I was doing with my life. I ended up having a fit when it was gone and cried (I get attatched really easily lol), until my sister came home and told me the particulars of who had adopted it. The girl who took it in though is apparently a cat lover and will spoil it so I’m glad in the end kitty still went to a good home. It turns out she was a girl all along! I’ve heard that her new name is Maya (much more appropriate than “Chester” I might add). Also I’ve heard that her original name was “Sky”, probably from her pretty cloudy hue, although when her old owners were found they said they didn’t want her!  (¬▂¬) WTH! ...she was gorgeous and so nice how could they?! I don’t know, I guess it’s not like they abandoned her since she followed someone out to the mall but I really wish I didn’t learn that piece of information. I know that there are many cats that end up abandoned and unwanted in this world because people have too many already. Just another reason to get your pet spayed or neutered! Anyway I hope she is very happy now in her new home even though I’ve been lamenting the fact that I didn’t keep her myself all week. I’ll get my own little ‘Bijou’ someday... when I am more settled and the timing is right. Until next time, bye-bye for meow! (^._.^)ﾉ

The "First Post" Jitters

Welcome to mallybeast.blogspot.com or .ca or .th or whatever. I guess it is all depending on where it is you are since blogger has this new ending thinger dependent of where and what country your sitting in rather than the old .com adage we all have universally come to understand. But never mind and greetings from this first blog post ever. For a long time now I’ve avidly read, watched and enjoyed blogs and vlogs of all kinds and have sincerely wanted to join in the action but continually found reasons to put it off.  One of my biggest reasons was that I just didn’t know where to start. Not that I didn’t know how to sign up on some blogging site or anything, I just put too much importance on the little things in getting started. The first thing you have to have some sense of is what you want your blog to essentially be about. This was difficult for me because I hate the idea of choosing some interest or topic and then being completely cornered into one area. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s completely great to have a specialty or field that a person could be an expert in. Be it in fashion, writing, automotives etc. There are tons of blogs out there completely dedicated to giving expertise and information in a multitude of topics. Heck, there are even hundreds of blogs out there giving advice simply on blogging and starting out. I know, I googled them up a bunch of times trying to figure out where to start and how to begin my own blog. I really could not pin point myself into writing about any one topic and stressed about this for a long time. It wasn’t until I considered more about the bloggers and vloggers that I myself read/watch frequently that I finally figured out that a blog doesn’t have to be about anything other than what you, the creator, wants it to be. Most of the blogs I read have more to do with lifestyle, fashion, do-it-yourself, etc. than anything else. Others have more to do with the persons own experiences of the world. I would like my blog to be a laid-back sort of easy-going read. I try not to take myself too seriously ;).

            Another problem I had was figuring out what the heck I was going to call this blog. There is SO much emphasis put out there on picking a PERFECT blog title. After all, it is usually the web address and gives the first impression of your blog. Some sites say it should be so many syllables and catchy in such and such a way so that it can be easily remembered. If it’s easily remembered, and people like the content you provide, they will remember you next time and come back. I think the whole syllables thing is pretty much garbage. I continue to subscribe to several bloggers and vloggers with usernames or blog addresses running anywhere from one to seven syllables. Yes a few that I would consider the best titles are catchy phrases smashed together but one of my favorites is just a shortened version of the bloggers name and her youtube account has the same. I can barely remember how to spell or pronounce it half the time but I favorite and subscribed in several places to make sure I can find my way back. I think its content that is the real driving force.  Critically speaking, blogging seems to get a lot of criticism on the issue of quality of content. For me, as I said, I want my blog to be an easy going space. Which is why I am choosing to write in this like I’m “speaking” sort of style, I hope it gives the effect that I’m having a conversation with you, and is an easy read J. When I think of what I’m looking for in blogs and vlogs, it’s more for entertainment and connection rather than quality of content. I don’t care if my vlogger uses some super expensive HD camera or whatever; I just want to know what they have to say. Same as I don’t mind if things are spelled perfectly in a blog or whether what the blogger is talking about is intelligent or trivial. I just want to be entertained.  

            Honestly though, I had a very hard time getting started with this blog simply because I was worried about this first post. I just kept putting it off! For months and months I would start, and stop myself. Finally I told myself “JUST DO IT MALLY!” and here it is. How do I feel about it? Mildly unsatisfied but its good enough for a change, after so long I’ll try not to be so hard on myself and just look forward to enjoying the experience for good or bad or whatever comes with it.  I’ll try not to think too much about it; after all, it’s just the beginning.