Eccentric Flower:199808/inu dislikes lightning intensely
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twenty-six august ninety eight noon inu dislikes lightning intensely Delayed a little here because my provider had one of its fidgets this morning. In fact, it's refusing to send this postcard on the first try. But I shall persevere and triumph .... Last night and well into early morning we apparently had a whale of a thunderstorm. Inu, the cat who owns this website, dislikes thunder and lightning intensely. When the first thunder hits, she vanishes from the window where she's sitting (if the windows are open, she's sitting in one) and hides under something - behind the toilet, in the little enclosed space made by the bottles of cleaner and other paraphernalia we keep there, is apparently her favorite. Under the bed is a close second. I slept through the whole storm, as last night was when exhaustion finally prevailed against insomnia - I was out cold. When I finally got out of bed this morning, the rain had already stopped. I went to the bathroom to shower and was startled by Inu, who was sitting in the middle of the floor on the bathroom rug. Now, Inu isn't fond of the bathroom unless she's hiding there. I think she regards the bathroom as kind of like a bomb shelter. Her posture when I found her clearly implied that although the worst of the danger was over, and the behind-the-toilet duck-and-cover was obviously no longer needed, she wasn't coming out into the open until she was sure the crisis had passed. I evicted her gently from the bathroom. For the rest of the morning, while I was getting ready to leave, she either sat plaintively outside the bathroom door, or followed me around - both very unusual behavior for her. The thunder had been over for several hours by then. It's tricky being phobic. © columbine |
