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I am a lump! A lump with her MRI scheduled for Wednesday, and who will soon be sleeping. But this post is not about that. This is post is about my insane cat.

My Dusky, the mighty hunter. Bringer of dead lizards to mommy, because mommy apparently does not get enough protein. :P

Who ran from a cricket this morning like it was after her soul. XD It was the funniest freaking thing. She was stalking it as usual with small moving things and then it jumped towards her, she jumped straight up, scrambled coming down and hauled butt out of the room.

I ended up catching it and trying to show it to her and she ran from the plastic container I'd trapped it in. Sloooowly comes back, as it might escape at any moment and devour her apparently. Eventually she calmed down and took a swipe at the container? But I released it outside the house, because I can't save the things she's already killed but I could darn well save the +awesome cricket of terror. ♥

I think I shall have a soft spot for crickets now.

So the water? Is still not working. I spent my morning over at Dad's house washing laundry so I'll have clothes to wear to work.

But I rescued a spider from my cat? Which felt really weird, but well. I have this thing about cats and small helpless things. 'Thing' being, if it can't defend itself from the cat, I feel obliged to save it. Which in this case involved staring at it to try and figure out if it was venomous or not - I don't think so, I think it was a very young wolf spider. Not as compact as the types more likely to be venomous and inside.

So! After getting a glass and a paper towel, I returned to shoo Dusky away from this sort of tiny thing cowering in the corner. Trapping it on the wall didn't work, because I couldn't get it onto the paper towel. So I knocked it on to the floor! (Crossing my fingers that it wouldn't go flying, since I'm mostly-okay with them now but I promise nothing if it actually lands on me. ^^; )

Success! And I carted it outside, where I thought it had somehow miraculously gotten out of the glass since I couldn't find it. Brownish/translucent spider + tinted glass = invisibility. Eventually I found it again, by tilting the glass around in the light from the garage. Shook her (him?) out into the grass, and all was well!

Except inside. Where Dusky was still in that corner looking for her neat new toy. XD I mean, she saw me catch it in the glass. She batted at the glass trying to get it! But somehow, the significance of me and my spider-containing glass leaving the house escaped her.

I love my cat. I must remember that I love my cat. Even though she just caused me about an hour's worth of aggravated phones calls about the cable not working, and darnit I knew I paid my bill! Even though I will now have the embarrasement of explaining to my Dad that she whose name shall now be Plays-With-Wires must've unplugged it!

I love my cat.

AUGH! XD