...this is TOO ironic.
....the day has come. the day that i knew would inevitably come despite all the efforts i`ve put out over the past 2 years to prevent it.
and it`s so ironic that i comes NOW. >_>;;;
there is a little tiger snoozing away on my futon on my lap... the sweetest little tiger i have ever met. how i met her really pisses me off...
this morning i got to school and before the first bell of the day rang, i heard a cat crying loudly from the staffroom. i looked out the window but couldnt see anything... the crying stopped and i tried to forget i heard it. i ended up spending almost the entire day in the staffroom today and at random times of the day i thought i heard a ca-- but no! gotta ignore it! but then eventually i heard mention of it from teachers in the staffroom... supposedly a cat was seen at various places around the school. all i could do was sigh and fight off looking for it. when i FINALLY went to a classroom for the first time today-- the last 30mins of the day which wasnt even an actual class-- i heard that it was a kitten. i bit my lip and tried to reason myself out of looking for it again. after the class, i went back to the staffroom during cleaning time.... but after cleaning time i couldnt take it anymore. it wouldn`t hurt just to wander the insides of the school looking for it right...?
there, in the genkan (entrance) that is the first thing you see coming down the stairs from the staffroom, she was. drawn up tightly into a little ball, shivering. a few students came and went as i squatted down a cautious distance away from her. at first i didnt dare get any closer-- as much from fear of her temperament as from knowing that doing so would be one step closer to my demise-- but eventually i did. the minute my cautious hand stroked her back, she was out of her ball and rubbing up against me, purring. about that time a guest came, heading out the door, and what did the cat do? rub up against the lady`s legs as if she knew her, to the lady`s dismay. that in itself told me much. i stayed in the genkan with the uber affectionate cat for a while. eventually the vice principal came down and gave the cat a bit of milk. asked if she would keep the cat, i got an astounding "i cant". asked if i could take the cat to the staffroom, i got another "no". asked what would happen to the cat, i got no answer. the vice principal left and i stayed with the cat a bit longer.
finally, as the bell rang freeing the students from the classrooms, i decided that i could not let the cat suffer there anymore (the students would prob just add to it honestly, poor thing). i took the cat up to the staffroom and asked the office ladies for a box. would i take the cat home? as if i had a choice... unlike the rest of you, i give too much of a damn about this cat`s life.
in the staffroom, waiting for it to be time to catch the bus home while suffering much internal dismay, the cat was too curious to stay in the box so she sat curled up in my lap as if i were her rightful owner. many teachers walked by and remarked. when asked if they would like a cat, all said "noooo", "i cannnnntt" and walked off at that. the vice principal came by, i told her that i had no choice but to take the cat home. she seemed thrilled and brought a towel for the box. when the time came to walk to the bus stop it had thankfully stopped raining after having rained all day. i put the cat into the box and went on my way, getting many comments and reactions from students along the way. it took 20ish mins on the bus to get home. the cat was so well behaved-- sleeping curled up in the box the entire way-- that no one on the bus even knew she was there. <3 she even slept through the walk home.
she is such a well behaved and loving cat that i am utterly appauled with how i found her. ditch a cat kitten on school grounds thinking/hoping that someone would take her in??? ugh........ and a kitten like this... what reason could they possibly have had.
the cat seems to be around 3~4 months old... i am almost 100% positive that she is female. she is so fkin thin that there is no way she isnt underweight for her age but she isnt thin to the point of the possibility that she has been a long while without food. she has a little wound on one of her ears that has scabbed over, but otherwise her health seems to be fine.
as soon as i got her home, i put her, her box and another towel in my shower/bath and closed the door, biking to a nearby store to get food, pet-cleaning wipes and cat litter. i bought dry food for kittens, which she tried her best to wolf down but it obviously took a lot of effort for her to do so. she must not be use to dry food... luckily i had a couple of cans of tuna cat food from when i fed stray cats in a park months ago.... she wolfed that down, but hasn`t touched any water yet. i made a shitty "litter box" out of a USPS box in like 5mins and not a second too late; as soon as i`d finished and was about to pour in the cat litter she was obviously searching for a place to go. as soon as i poured the liter she was in the box using it. thank god i wont have to litter train her. <333333
she`s a fkin sweetheart! seriously one of the sweetest, most trusting cats i`ve ever met. i hate to think what would have happened to a cat like her had i left her... no one would have taken her.
BUT I CANT KEEP HER.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!?
i cant NOT fall for her... but i cant NOT search out an owner either... but this being fkin Japan...
my feelings right now are indescribable.
and it`s so ironic that i comes NOW. >_>;;;
there is a little tiger snoozing away on my futon on my lap... the sweetest little tiger i have ever met. how i met her really pisses me off...
this morning i got to school and before the first bell of the day rang, i heard a cat crying loudly from the staffroom. i looked out the window but couldnt see anything... the crying stopped and i tried to forget i heard it. i ended up spending almost the entire day in the staffroom today and at random times of the day i thought i heard a ca-- but no! gotta ignore it! but then eventually i heard mention of it from teachers in the staffroom... supposedly a cat was seen at various places around the school. all i could do was sigh and fight off looking for it. when i FINALLY went to a classroom for the first time today-- the last 30mins of the day which wasnt even an actual class-- i heard that it was a kitten. i bit my lip and tried to reason myself out of looking for it again. after the class, i went back to the staffroom during cleaning time.... but after cleaning time i couldnt take it anymore. it wouldn`t hurt just to wander the insides of the school looking for it right...?
there, in the genkan (entrance) that is the first thing you see coming down the stairs from the staffroom, she was. drawn up tightly into a little ball, shivering. a few students came and went as i squatted down a cautious distance away from her. at first i didnt dare get any closer-- as much from fear of her temperament as from knowing that doing so would be one step closer to my demise-- but eventually i did. the minute my cautious hand stroked her back, she was out of her ball and rubbing up against me, purring. about that time a guest came, heading out the door, and what did the cat do? rub up against the lady`s legs as if she knew her, to the lady`s dismay. that in itself told me much. i stayed in the genkan with the uber affectionate cat for a while. eventually the vice principal came down and gave the cat a bit of milk. asked if she would keep the cat, i got an astounding "i cant". asked if i could take the cat to the staffroom, i got another "no". asked what would happen to the cat, i got no answer. the vice principal left and i stayed with the cat a bit longer.
finally, as the bell rang freeing the students from the classrooms, i decided that i could not let the cat suffer there anymore (the students would prob just add to it honestly, poor thing). i took the cat up to the staffroom and asked the office ladies for a box. would i take the cat home? as if i had a choice... unlike the rest of you, i give too much of a damn about this cat`s life.
in the staffroom, waiting for it to be time to catch the bus home while suffering much internal dismay, the cat was too curious to stay in the box so she sat curled up in my lap as if i were her rightful owner. many teachers walked by and remarked. when asked if they would like a cat, all said "noooo", "i cannnnntt" and walked off at that. the vice principal came by, i told her that i had no choice but to take the cat home. she seemed thrilled and brought a towel for the box. when the time came to walk to the bus stop it had thankfully stopped raining after having rained all day. i put the cat into the box and went on my way, getting many comments and reactions from students along the way. it took 20ish mins on the bus to get home. the cat was so well behaved-- sleeping curled up in the box the entire way-- that no one on the bus even knew she was there. <3 she even slept through the walk home.
she is such a well behaved and loving cat that i am utterly appauled with how i found her. ditch a cat kitten on school grounds thinking/hoping that someone would take her in??? ugh........ and a kitten like this... what reason could they possibly have had.
the cat seems to be around 3~4 months old... i am almost 100% positive that she is female. she is so fkin thin that there is no way she isnt underweight for her age but she isnt thin to the point of the possibility that she has been a long while without food. she has a little wound on one of her ears that has scabbed over, but otherwise her health seems to be fine.
as soon as i got her home, i put her, her box and another towel in my shower/bath and closed the door, biking to a nearby store to get food, pet-cleaning wipes and cat litter. i bought dry food for kittens, which she tried her best to wolf down but it obviously took a lot of effort for her to do so. she must not be use to dry food... luckily i had a couple of cans of tuna cat food from when i fed stray cats in a park months ago.... she wolfed that down, but hasn`t touched any water yet. i made a shitty "litter box" out of a USPS box in like 5mins and not a second too late; as soon as i`d finished and was about to pour in the cat litter she was obviously searching for a place to go. as soon as i poured the liter she was in the box using it. thank god i wont have to litter train her. <333333
she`s a fkin sweetheart! seriously one of the sweetest, most trusting cats i`ve ever met. i hate to think what would have happened to a cat like her had i left her... no one would have taken her.
BUT I CANT KEEP HER.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!?!?
i cant NOT fall for her... but i cant NOT search out an owner either... but this being fkin Japan...
my feelings right now are indescribable.