Allie has a new home. It all happened kind of suddenly last night. I got an email from the online ad I was running, and I called the girl who wrote. She and her fiance rescued a kitten recently (about 5-6 months old) and were looking for a second kitten for her to grow up with. Although I don't usually use real names in my diary, I have to mention that the girl's name is Emily (only spelled differently - but somehow I feel I am protecting her anonymity by spelling it the common way). I'm not as much into "signs" as I used to be, but I did find that interesting. Anyway, she said that the kitten was wanting to play rough with someone, and she just can't play that rough. Almost word-for-word what I've been saying about Allie. Allie would try and try to get Emily (cat-Emily) to play with her, but Em just wasn't having any part of it. I would play with her with her toys, but then she wanted to wrestle and claw and bite with me and I couldn't do it. (I have scabs on my scalp from her sitting on the back of the couch behind me and "attacking" my head. It was kind of cute at first, until it got painful when she started attaching herself to my head and I would have to peel her off.) She has been craving the company of another cat to play with so badly, and I feel so good about her having this other kitten to play with now. So, Emily (human-Emily) and her fiance and I were going to meet today after work, so they could meet Allie, but she called back and asked me if I would be willing to meet them last night. I said sure, and we agreed on a place to meet. They fell in love with her on sight. Her fiance was petting her and telling her how much fun she was going to have with their other kitten, and he kept remarking about how pretty she is. They have a baby also. I think she said he is 7 months old. I got to peek at him in his car seat, and he broke into a huge grin, both times I peeked in. What a sweetie!

So, I got home last night and Emily (cat-Emily) was sleeping in the bedroom. I went in and told her it's just her and me again, and that we can start working on rebuilding our old bond again. She didn't seem to really understand, but she kept looking at the bedroom door, expecting Allie to come bouncing in. During the night, she got up in bed with me and let me hold her and sleep with my cheek against her for a long time. It's been ages since she's done that, and I was so happy. I have missed our bond so badly, the way we could read each other's minds. I've also missed hearing her huge vocabulary. She has so many different meows and sounds, but for the last three months I've only heard her pleading meow and her growl. It has been heartbreaking to see her having such a hard time with all this. I've been feeling so bad for putting her through it, but I really did think she would adjust eventually and then appreciate having company. She likes being my only baby, though. I hope we can get back soon, to where we used to be.

Getting dressed this morning was weird, without Allie "helping" by chasing all my clothes as I tried to put them on. It had become like a choreographed dance to get dressed while avoiding her claws. I'm going to miss her a lot, but I'm also so happy for her that she has a family who will give her a loving home and she will have the feline companionship she needs as well. And Emily will be ok again soon, I'm sure.

Tonight, I'm going to start a major cleaning of the apartment. I planned to start it over the weekend and had another bad time with my back. It's a lot better this morning, though (knock on wood), and I'm praying it will stay that way long enough for me to get this done. I want to do a thorough cleaning, including mopping all the floors, using the vaccuum-up-powder deodorizing stuff on the carpets and the couch, and washing the bedspread, the blanket I keep on the couch for cold evenings, and all of Em's washable toys, to lessen Allie's scent as much as possible. I think that will help Emily to get used to being the only cat again, and she can go put her own scent back on everything.

I have more to write about, but I want to post this now.

More later.