I swear I tried to get a pic of my books without #MisterPips photobombing it, but he thinks he should be posing for a photo any time I pull the phone out of my pocket.

TBF, about 80% of the time he's right.

I could've still pushed him aside, sure, but his cuteness powers do sometimes defeat my cat wrangling skills.

#catsofmastodon

When you try to take a picture of your table partner's newly arrived banner so you can both squee over how good the convention booth is gonna look...but there's a cat.

I swear he was sound asleep when I picked up my phone.

#Cats #C2E2 #MisterPips
#WritingCommunity

How to tell #MisterPips is feeling better: he knocked an unattended water glass off the counter!

First time that's happened in over a month.

Now he's happily asleep in his cat trap on the rocking chair, because of course he feels no remorse.

#CatsOfMastodon

Some people have fainting couches. My cat has a tantrum tent, where he retreats whenever he's feeling grumpy & overwhelmed… like when he's forced to wear a buster collar until his stitches come out.

#Cats#OfMastodon #MisterPips

This is how I know it's getting near midnight. Every night.

Well. Almost. Last night he planted himself on my lap an hour early. But we’re adjusting.

(edit: whoops, forgot himself’s hashtag)
#MisterPips
#CatsOfMastodon #SleepyKitty

Today in one cat picture.

Everyone in Herkes House feels tired & off-kilter. Time change sucks.

I wouldn't care if the US went to DST or Standard Time as long as there was an end to the useless twice-yearly absurdity of changing the clocks.

HARUMPH.

#DaylightSavingsTime #Rantlet
#MisterPips
#CatsOfMastodon

I am still not completely adjusted to how freaking BIG this gremlin of mine is.

Earlier this evening he tipped a full glass of milk all over the carpet and the couch 3 seconds after I set the glass on my tray table.

Just, stretched up from the floor, hooked a paw into the top of the glass, and bloop, over it went.

He's still annoyed that I didn't let him lick up the milk. He loves sitting on the plastic covering the couch, though.

#MisterPips #CatsOfMastodon

What is it about opening my laptop that brings the cat running up onto the couch to demand space in my lap?

I can be sitting on the couch for an hour, or HOURS, even, & Pips will be elsewhere minding his own cat business, until I reach for the computer. Then BAM, he's right there, in my face, purring & headbutting & making a lovable pest of himself.

WHY, CAT? WHY?

#Cats #MisterPips

Somebody is slowly puzzling through the mystery of "Where Do The Treats Go When They Disappear?"

Child-proof drawer locks just went on the shopping list.

#Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #MisterPips

Guess who just climbed into CatDad's lap voluntarily for the first time in nearly a week, yay!

Interesting that his alertness level improved within hours of going to a lower steroid dose.

#CatsOfMastodon #MisterPips

#MisterPips is on kitty steroids for lung inflammation, & it's working. yay, but wow, the side effects are dramatic.

I knew to expect the way he's hoovering up food & water.

But I did *not* know he would go from his normal rambunctious activity level to "Meh. I shall lie in this random spot where I ran out of energy & stay here for hours," like he aged 10 years overnight.

It's normal. I checked w/the vet. Still. It's disturbing.

Can't wait for the month of meds to be done.

#CatsOfMastodon

This is the face of a cat who has been successfully tricked into thinking he's getting pill pockets as a reward for tolerating his conjunctivitis eye drops.

They're stashed on a much higher shelf along with the kitty meds I'm hiding inside them. He can't stretch tall enough to reach them, but it's fun to watch him try.

#Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #MisterPips