Lytspeed's Creativity Journal

Due to my wife getting off work late and the prospect of painting a ceiling in the dark, we didn't get anything done on the house last night. But I did read up on how to use the power painter properly, so I can know which rules I'm breaking and why the final result won't be what I expected. I should have enough daylight to get the ceiling painted tonight, though. All the pieces are in place, and all I have to do is hook up and paint. I might even be able to get it done before my wife gets off work.

I noticed some bare spots in our new kitten's neck fur, where our older cat (Isabelle) has been carrying her around. Hummer, the kitten, is about 3 months old now, and has bonded well with Isabelle. However, I think Isabelle's motherly instincts might be off on their timing. It's almost as if she's adopted the kitten, but thinks she is younger than she actually is. So, she drags Hummer all over the house. Isabelle is a small cat, and can't manage to completely pick up Hummer by the nape of the neck, so she has to drag her. She has been dragging her around so much that I can see marks on the kitten's neck through the thinning fur.

I'm concerned about that behavior, and I'm trying to break Isabelle of it, but the kitten seems unconcerned. She meows in alarm when Isabelle drags her around, but then when she breaks out of the grip, she immediately goes back to playing with her surrogate mother. I guess I will just have to monitor the situation and let Isabelle's natural timetable follow through. As long as the kitten is not showing any other signs of distress, I think things are probably okay.