Major Channing Channing (former stray/dumped cat who kept visiting my porch to eat lunch until the day that I bodysnatched him and brought him in the house) has been here for five months now. Only recently has he begun exploring the house. Normally, he stays in the bedroom and just ventures out to the kitchen to eat. He likes to sit next to me on the bed and be snuggly, but does NOT like being picked up or held, unless it’s on his terms. Apparently, THIS is our new morning routine as it’s the third day in a row he’s come out to the living room and jumped up in my lap. Unfortunately, this morning he was early and I hadn’t yet finished eating breakfast so I had to manage to do everything with just one arm.













