Up until this recent time, there has only been one other time in our relationship that Kali has sat on my lap. When Mead first left her with me and moved to Canada in September of 1994 (I had known her for 3 years at that point and had insisted a year earlier that if he could ever not keep her, that I wanted her), she acted like a polite friendly visitor to my apartment.
When I went back to Maryland for a couple of weeks over Christmas Break, she changed her mind about the nature of our relationship and for several days after my return, she would jump in my lap when I was sitting in the chair in front of the tv for short periods of time. Then it dawned on me that she was claiming me as her own. Promptly upon my realization of this, she caught on and never jumped on my lap again until this latest spate of illness and stress over ten years later.
She has however, always enjoyed leaning against me as long as she feels I'm conscious enough to not toss and turn and after a few years, I finally caught on to the fact that she uses her tail to pet me, both when I'm petting her or when she decides I need a good petting. She's also used me as a paw warmer on really cold nights a few times--I couldn't figure out why she was laying beside me in such a strange manner (she is also the type to NEVER go under covers), then I realized all four paws were planted directly on my forearm and just about died laughing (which totally ticked her off).
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When I went back to Maryland for a couple of weeks over Christmas Break, she changed her mind about the nature of our relationship and for several days after my return, she would jump in my lap when I was sitting in the chair in front of the tv for short periods of time. Then it dawned on me that she was claiming me as her own. Promptly upon my realization of this, she caught on and never jumped on my lap again until this latest spate of illness and stress over ten years later.
She has however, always enjoyed leaning against me as long as she feels I'm conscious enough to not toss and turn and after a few years, I finally caught on to the fact that she uses her tail to pet me, both when I'm petting her or when she decides I need a good petting. She's also used me as a paw warmer on really cold nights a few times--I couldn't figure out why she was laying beside me in such a strange manner (she is also the type to NEVER go under covers), then I realized all four paws were planted directly on my forearm and just about died laughing (which totally ticked her off).