Sami the recluse

By my calculations, it's been a while since I did a Sami update. Here's the latest.

She's turned into a hermit. Sleeps under the sofa or chair all day long. I have a theory that it's extra warm under there, since I have radiant in-floor heat and the sofa and chair have skirts around them that probably retain the heat.





She has learned that an undiscovered territory lies beyond the front door, which goes upstairs into the main floors of my landlord's house. I had to keep it open one day a while back, in order to listen for a delivery at the front door, so now she has expanded her obsession with the laundry room door.




Incidentally, through a series of unfortunate events that occurred when I was out of town on retreat, Sami was trapped in the laundry room for almost 24 hours. It hasn't dampened her enthusiasm for that particular room. As soon as I liberated and fed her, she wanted right back in to explore some more.

She went with me to my parents' house just after Christmas, which is traumatic for both of us, as it involves prying her out from under the bed to get her in her carrier, and forcing a motion sickness pill down her throat to prevent (or at least diminish) car sickness.

But once we're there, she loves to play with my mom's yarn. And this is how she plays...chases it for about 8 seconds, then sits and watches the humans run and dance around like fools. I'm sure it's ever so amusing for her.





And, just for the sake of gratuitous cuteness, here's Christmas Sami sleeping on the little stocking that serves as both pillow and prey.