When I moved back into my house in Mae Ai, buy information pills there were two little kittens meowing around.  I’ve never raised cats, healing only cat-sat for friends who went away on holiday, so I was a little hesitant to start feeding these little guys.  Well, that was back in August.  I just picked up a 7kg bag of cat food in town, so I think I’ve officially become “one of those” people…cooing and cuddling at their pets.

Phoebe and I both came up with names of our cats: Darnell D’Angelo is the black one and Mimi Mariah Carey is the tabby.  Darnell is much bigger than Mimi, but is so much whinier and wussier.  They love fighting each other, have a healthy appetite for mice and cockroaches, and go completely limp if you snuggle them tight in your arms.  They’re adorable!

FYI: you know there’s not much to do in the countryside when you lock yourself and your housemate in her room together with your cats and let them chase a cockroach around.  Or, when you are very amused at seeing your housemate wrap Mimi up like a mummy and wait for her to disentangle herself from the cloth.