No pets allowed

That will be our house this evening ... and I am sad an relieved all at the same time ...

See years ago I had the best cat in the world ... his name was Ed Harley ... all black ... and he picked me ... I loved him more than I thought it was possible to love an animal ... he got cancer when he was 10 and I had to put him down ... I cried for 3 days before I took him in and 3 days after ... it just broke my heart ...

When Harley was about 8 I was living with a guy and we took in a stray ... she was pregnant and had a whole mess of screwy cats ... I wound up with one of them when we split up ... his name is Kramer and he has NEVER liked me all that much ... he for sure wasn't Harley ... pretty much hated most people ... my parents still question the existance of him because he is always hiding ... except the first time I brought my husband home ... jumped right in his lap ... almost swallowed my tongue I was so shocked ...

Well Kramer has NEVER liked curly top (could be a girl thing) ... in fact he has taken to hissing at her violently ... which does NOT go over well in our house ... and the poor girl just wants to love the cat ... it was one of her very first words ... she looks for him all the time ... even if he won't get close to her ...

Well this past weekend he lunged at her when hissing instead of running away ... then it turns out he has taken to pissing on her stuff ... yea no we are not having any of that ... he has just become more horrible that he used to be ... he is old ... 11 years old ... and none of us can handle the disharmony in the house anymore ...

Curly Top also has her big girl bed now so her door is left open with a gate ... I caught Kramer eyeing the gate to see if he could jump it ... I am not risking it ... I will always pick my kid over a pet ...

so tonight he is getting put down ...

I know I should feel more sad ... but I don't ... I have worried about how he is with her ... and he has never connected with me ever (and this cat was born in my bed while I was asleep so you think there would be some connection if I had to experience the grossness of that) ...

And although I really think Curly Top is a pet person and she would be thrilled to have a pet that loves her and wants to cuddle with her and be around her ... Husband is just out of the mode of having a pet ... he doesn't want one until it can be taken care of by someone other than him ... so I agreed ... we can be pet free for the next couple of years ...

At least the farms of pet hair that spring up all over the house will be gone ...

until the next little creature wanders into our lives ...