It's been 3 weeks to the day since we had to put Pinky to sleep.
To have to make the decision to kill our cat nearly killed me. I was so torn up about the whole process and end result that I couldn't get past it. In true black Mac fashion, I put it in a padlocked box and decided I'd deal with it later.
Later came sooner that I thought.
This past Saturday the Humane Society had their cats and kittens for free. It was a great deal because to adopt kittens, which are what most people want, they charge $99. James had mentioned it to me early in the week, but I was so apprehensive. A million questions ran through my mind, "What about my Christmas tree? Is it too soon? Can't we wait?" James let the decision be up to me, but by Saturday morning I still wasn't sure I was ready for another cat. After begging, pleading, and puppy dog eyes from both my 4 year old and husband I decided to at least try. My father-in-law picked up Claire and James and I were on our way.
The night before James, Claire, and I went to the Humane Society to see what cats and kittens they had. We had decided on a kitten named Sally, so with her in mind we went. We got there at 10:15 (they opened at 11)and were handed a number 40 when the doors were opened. I told James, "If we can't get Sally we're leaving. We'll figure something else out." In part, I was tired of waiting, and I didn't want to go through the process of picking two cats at random to see if we liked them. If we didn't we'd have to get back in line. I was so not in the mood for that. The people three numbers ahead of us adopted Sally. When they called our number we had no other cats in mind to look at. The volunteer was very helpful and took us to a computer where we ended up doing exactly what I didn't want to do: pick 2 cats at random. However, they just so happened to be sisters! so she said she would bring both of them in at the same time (it saved US time and HER time... win/win situation.) When she brought in the kittens my heart immediately melted. They were both SO cute and SO cuddly I couldn't pick just one.
We ended up adopting both kittens.
We surprised Claire with them. When I walked into my in-laws house with the box her eyes lit up. When I opened the box and she saw two kittens she was over the moon. Right then I realized that getting another cat was a good idea, that I was ultimately being selfish and not thinking about how much my daughter loves kittens. She named them Sally and Susie.
Sally is all white, except for two patches of grey/black on her face, the tip of her tail, and a small patch on the back of her hind leg.
Susie is black, white, and orange calico.
I love our furry babies. More so than I ever thought I could.