02/26/11: Got Good Stray Kitty Advice?

Yesterday's food:

02/25/11 Bed at 3:00 am/up at 10:00 am

God time?

[P] Sausage

[P] +Shake ‘n’ Bake chicken

[V] Coleslaw

[V] X

[V] X

[F] Polaner All Fruit

[F] Blueberries

[F] Blueberries

[F] Apple

[St] Ezekiel English muffin half

[St] Ezekiel English muffin half

[D] Skim milk

[D] Skim milk

[Sn] Nightfood bar

[Sn] Fritos

[Nightfood bar] Yes

[W] Three cups (including tea w/ creamer)

Whew, I'm exhausted! I've had particularly bad insomnia for two nights in a row (Thursday and Friday nights), and although I've bounced back fairly well -- and even kept up with my tracking -- the  lack of sleep catching up with me. I think I need to get back to having my half hour outside every morning (as prescribed by my sleep doctor to sleep better), although it's challenging given my mobility issues (and reluctance to sit out in the freeing morning weather, LOL). I've already warned a few people that although I may not be at church tomorrow morning, I will be at the workshop tomorrow night.

That having been said, I'm doing my quasi--Good Animal Samaritan deed and taking in a stray kitty (about 9 months old) that has been coming around to my front door. I say "quasi" because it's more for me than for her, LOL. I need to give and receive some extra sweetness in my life right now, and this is more healthy than eating sugar :-) We named her "Blanca" without really knowing her sex (that's her in the upper right corner of the blog), and she's been coming to the door twice a day, like clockwork, to be fed and to make kissies with Buster, my male cat, who chirps whenever she shows up. She's all white with green eyes (so we know she's not deaf), and as of yesterday, when we were able to trap her, she was sleeping over in our "lobby" (the small entryway between the storm door and the front door) on a fluffy bathroom rug and one of my velour hoodies.

After she was trapped, a friend of mine who does cat rescue came and took her to a clinic where she was sexed (female; we were right), tested for FIV/leukemia (both negative), neutered (she wasn't pregnant), claw-clipped, flea-dipped, and ear-washed. It's like the Cat Car Wash! Just drive her on through! Wish I could do that with my often-malfunctioning body, LOL :-)

My friend called me this morning and said, "It's a girl!" and I was so excited. I feel ready to lavish love on something small and furry (my "previous" cat, Buster, has thoroughly attached to my roommate and doesn't tolerate my amorous advances very well). I just don't know how feral she really is and whether or not she'll come around to liking humans, but she has trusted us so far, and I just have to leave the rest up to God.

If you have any stray cat-socializing advice, bring it on!