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jadecat ([personal profile] jadecat) wrote2008-09-23 10:01 pm
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Happy (belated) Adoption Day

Waaaay back on September 22, 1997 I brought home

Baby Sasha



She weighed all of 1 lb and was guessed to be 7-8 weeks old by the County(I adopted her from Midland County Animal Control) and the vet suggested more like 5 weeks old... She was the most beautiful ball of grey fluff.

However, I quickly learned that when I saw the

Crazy Sasha

it was time to worry, because Sasha was about to go batshit crazy...

It's been an adventurous eleven years- we've been to many places, with many roommates, and many roommate's pets. Through it all, it's been Sasha and me. My queenly, cuddly baby girl. She's very sure on when it's time to be cuddled, and when it's NOT the appropriate time. She's an expert on the proper amount of exertion for the task.

Sasha was my graduation from college gift to myself. The first cat that was really 'mine' (Alex, the cat I forced my parents to adopt when I was 13 quickly became my mom's cat). As my roommates found out when I began to visit [livejournal.com profile] lazycatsteve over weekends, Sasha was quite attached and would attempt to escape to find me.

The first time I drove with her up to Haslett to see our future apartment- I had a doe commit suicide on my car. I'm convinced that she was despondent because men were in the woods with bows and arrows trying to kill her. As I sat in the drivers seat, trying not to panic, Sasha's purrs rumbled through thr car interior. I'm not really sure if she was trying to console herself or me, but I know what the romantic part of me says. ;) She took to this apartment, and my future hubby, quite well. Though I'm still not sure if she's totally forgiven my for Leo and Kyle.

As a kitten she was all voice and energy. There were flying lessons at night when she tried to attack my eyelids for moving... Her racing around the apartment tormenting my older sister's cat Liska. As she's gotten older she's gotten a bit cranky, set in her ways. When the boys get too rambunctious she's quick to lay the smacketh down on Kyle (Leo just doesn't listen).

We have our routines, and she's quick to tell me what's on her mind... at length. And I love that, I love my little grey girl. :) We've had eleven years together, and I hope we have many many more, with bigger adventures still waiting for us.

And here she is now, with
Sasha and her Blankie

[identity profile] cjtremlett.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Awwww, she was such a cute kitten! And of course, she's beautiful now.

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :) I'm quite convinced she was the cutest lil grey kitten ever. *laughs* Of course, I have no idea what Leo looked like as a kitten.

[identity profile] nonabloch.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
OMG that is the cutest ball of fluff ever!!!!! Precious.

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't she just? :)

[identity profile] miintikwa.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
YAY!

Happy kitty love. :)

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :)

[identity profile] a-kosmos.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
What a wonderful story of your life together, and she's such a beautiful girl!

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :) I still look at her kitten pictures and look at her now and can't quite believe it. She was so cut as a kitten, but she definitely proved the adage that cuteness is a survival mechanism. ;)

[identity profile] tinhuviel.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
She's utterly adorable.

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :)

[identity profile] goldeygrad97.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for fluffy gray kitties!

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
They're the best, aren't they? :)

[identity profile] ayoub.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwwwww :D

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't she just? :)

[identity profile] zen-kitty.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Happy Belated Adoption Day!

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. :)
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[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* Yeah, she probably would take over the world- if there weren't so much work involved in running it! ;)

[identity profile] 1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG! What a cute little ball of fluff she was! There's just no way to resist taking her home! And she's so gorgeous now! That last pic reminds me of my Bagheera :)

[identity profile] jadecat.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! She was just so cute!

[identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
She's adorable!

Happy Adoption Day!

[identity profile] editgrrl.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww! Happy Gotcha Day to Sasha!

(I can't see the pictures here at work darn it. *whine* *g* I'll have to wait until I get home.)

(Anonymous) 2008-09-24 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Lissy - just sleeping in the papasan chair when fwoop! It gets flipped over by the blur of gray fur. She was a cute kitten - but definitely needed the 'but I'm beautiful' defense!

Big sis