Category Archives: Bethesda

Candy has been with us 3 weeks now. She and Bethesda play a little bit, but there’s daily hissing on Bethesda’s part, too. And Bethesda is still moping, and her eating is down. She used to talk all the time, now she barely makes a sound. E. assures me you need to wait 3 monthsContinueContinue reading “Cat Update”

Honesty: They never soft-pedal “status checks.”

I go to make peace with Bethesda. She is hiding under the bed. Bethesda does not hide under beds. She may occasionally (when she hears the cat carrier come out) barricade herself into an effective defensive position, but she does not “hide.” Even when new people come to visit, she goes directly to them toContinueContinue reading “My Treats, My Mother, My Turn”

So I’m sitting with Bethesda in my lap just crying and crying (me, I’m crying, not the cat). She’s so sad! She doesn’t even come see us when we get home from work. We were afraid Bethesda would be aggressive with a new animal. A few years ago we had a child visitor who dainedContinueContinue reading “Cat Tears”

Candy was a very happy girl this afternoon, she got to go exploring while Bethesda was in the backyard with Daddy. Checking out the couch But really, most of the pictures I took looked like this: because in the second between when I got her all cute in the frame and I clicked the shutterContinueContinue reading “Candy’s First Trip Out of the Guest Bedroom”