New Kitty!

 by Chloe Arvin

I recently welcomed a new cat into my heart! I adopted Pippin (formerly named “Cheesepuff”) from the Nashville Humane Association a month and a half ago. (If you are considering getting a pet in the future, I implore you to adopt!) Don’t let the sleepy sketches fool you, he is an energetic and dense boy that plows through anything in his way! He is also, appropriately, a glutton. 

He was a real cuddle-bug at the start, but once he realized I wasn’t going anywhere, he toned it down. Now he wakes me up at the crack of dawn and threatens to topple over my monitor so he can get me out of bed and lead me to his food bowl. They call this settling in. I’m settling in too! I’m learning his habits as he learns mine, countering his early-morning routine, and thoroughly enjoying caring for a cat again. The companionship of a cat is worth all the early mornings, plant-casualties, extra expenses, and even the inevitable heartbreak at the end. 

I had to draw him in the fellowship cloak. And yes, he does ask for second breakfast. 

Fool of a Took!