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Miyako's Adoption Story
When I first moved into my new place, the very first thing I got was a cat of my own. I'd grown up with at least one cat in the household at all times, and I knew it wouldn't be home without one. Kiska was my pick. She was small and quiet, and also quite sick. It took a while, basically months, but I eventually settled on naming her Miyako, after a zombie from a game I like; that's the sort of impression I got when she shook her head one day and a big green wad of infected wax sailed out of her ears. She was a very gross kitty.
It took some trips to the vet but most of that is behind us. The shelter told me about her upper respiratory infection, and why her meows sound like someone turning a squeaky valve, but despite that she's very, very talkative. I had a Siamese that has less to say than she does. When she's playing or exploring she usually just trills, squeaks and peeps, unlike any other cat I've had, but when she sees the bottom of her food dish she lets me know. When I took her to the vet, they called her sassy-frass.
And she sneezes a lot, too. Nothing wakes you up quite like rolling over to pet your cat, and she responds by misting your face with snot.
She's very spunky and mischievous. When I had to medicate her more frequently, she would bat her medicine off of my bathroom counter or my nightstand and hide it places. Once, I couldn't find it for a few days until I moved my shower rug and found it tucked into a little fold. Another time, I came home to my apartment and found she had rolled it under the front door into the hallway.
I have to work for long periods over the summer, sometimes months at a time, so I bring her to my grandparents. They have a real bastard of a cat named Koji, some 20 pounds and built like a brick. A real bully, too. We figured we ought to be worried for Miyako given she's practically a third of his size, but not only could she hold her own, she managed to scare him off, too. Koji doesn't give her any trouble, and respectfully waits his turn when it comes to feeding time. I would say she's very bossy, when it comes to me or other cats.
But she's very affectionate, too. She still doesn't like being picked up, but she's more than happy to sit in your lap and give you kisses. She's a bit nervous around new people but she's taken a very strong liking to me and my grandparents.
Nowadays, she follows me around my apartment no matter what I do. When I'm at my computer, she's usually at my foot, rolled over like a big suck and asking for belly rubs. In my living room, she likes to sit in my lap. Even in the bath, she's usually waiting on the floor towel, asking for pets or kicking it to hell for whatever reason. She sleeps when and where she pleases, usually on my pillow right above my head when I'm trying to sleep, and like most cats she sees fit to wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning to sprint around for god knows what reason.
I've also attached some pictures of her. She's damn cute so I have a lot of them.
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