What am I doing, when I spend the summer period in the Netherlands. Fixing the van, work at festivals and be a house sitter from time to time. Mostly I am not only taking care of a house, but also the animals. My favorite animals to take care of? Cats. Maybe that's the reason why my girlfriend is named Kat.
During house sitting, things do not always go as planned. Guinea pigs that escape and you have to run all over town to find and catch them. Hilarious and challenging. Crawling through the bushes and asking help from strangers to join you. Or one of the cats you are taking care of, doesn't come back. Finding out that the former owner took it back inside their house and locked it up. Or all of a sudden there is a strange cat in the rabbit hutch.
One of my best friends decided to take two kittens. No relatives, but from 2 different owners. One of them is so shy and the other is the adventurer. The shy one is becoming the cuddly cat in the evening. The adventurer just never comes back 'home' by itself.
In the Netherlands quite a few people use Facebook, mostly to complain about others. My friend gets daily messages from people around town, telling that they might have seen her pussy. Well, not many have really seen her pussy. Oops, lost in translation, it's actually a cat. Anyway, some people can't handle the fact that a cat can just walk around. Enjoying its' freedom and exploring.
But this Jimmy is a character. Wants to cuddle with everyone and walks in everywhere. Sometimes the messages are funny. He went into someones house in just went for a nap in the cradle of a new born baby. On Sunday he joined the local church and took all attention during the church service on Sunday (strangely enough he was kicked out of the church). And his favorite spot? The supermarket. Just walking around and chilling out on the conveyor belt of the cash register.
Maybe he should go to restaurants more often. He is getting a lot skinnier than his red buddy at home. His buddy is becoming a bully and the adventurer is becoming a pussy.
"I would like to be a cat sometimes..." When I think about it, I already try to live that kind of life. Always searching for adventure, cuddle a lot and I can actually purr. Sleep at many different places. Chasing birds, but no bugs. I do miss the claws and tail, so not the looks of a cat maybe.