meowmoirs

It's winter, and Earnie is about to experience snow for the first time, and the lesson of snow is learned the hard way. It may look like a beautiful, fluffy white blanket, but it is cold.

Meowmoirs: Earnie is not on a leash, the human is. 

Read about Earnie's first time experiencing snow and the pure betrayal of the white blanket. 

Read last week's entry about  Earnie's chasing the Red Dot of Evil (aka, the laser pointer) here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

A new day, a new adventure, and Earnie gets to meet the laser pointer for the first time. It's slippery and leaves no trace, but Earnie must protext the humans from it no matter what, so he keeps chasing it, but to no avail.

Meowmoirs: the Red Dot of Evil must be caught at all cost.

Read about Earnie's attempts of catching the little red dot and... about his ultimate success. 

Read last week's entry about  Earnie's training the new human baby here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

The baby is growing, and Earnie is on a mission. It's time for the training to begin - before the humans do too much damage to the little one. They keep not teaching the baby what it needs to know, and Earnie is both disappointed and confused.

Meowmoirs: If the humans won't do it, Earnie will.

Read about the ways in which Earnie is training human's baby and his confusion about their ridiculous ways of parenting that, for some reason, include not licking the baby and keeping the baby in a cage.

Read last week's entry about the pregnancy and Earnie's first meeting with the baby here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

The human is pregnant, and a new little baby is about to join the household. And of course, Earnie can tell before even the humans can. There are signs of pregnancy everywhere, and Earnie has never been more excited to share the humans' attention with someone. 

Meowmoirs: it's time to welcome a very strange new kitten into the family.

Read about Earnie's reaction to his human about to give birth to a tiny new human and the things he does in the preparation for the new cub's arrival. Spoiler: Earnie is a good cat. 

Read last week's entry about the mimikitty - the cat in the mirror who copies everything that Earnie does here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

There's a new cat in the house. Sorta of. It lives in the lowest window in the house and copies everything that Earnie does, managing to predict each and every one of his moves and blocking his passage into the other bedroom.

Meowmoirs: there's a name for cats that copy everything. It's... mimikitty. Yes.

Read about Earnie's discovery of the mirror cat and the codependent and complicated relationship between the two of them. Earnie is highly confused but also very persistent.

Read last week's entry that's all about the 'light squares' (i.e. tv, computer, phone) here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

Studying his new environment, Earnie begins noticing that, even though they pay a lot of attention to him, they don't always pay attention to him when he wants them to. Why? Light squares - i.e. the TV, the computer and the phones. He both hates and loves them. 

Meowmoirs: laptops are heaters, and phones are haters. 

Read about Earnie's love/hate relationship with the strange squares of light that the humans spend hours staring at. He's been trying to figure out their uses and only managed to figure out some. 

Read last week's entry that's all about 'the chamber of water' (the bathroom) here!

You can hop back to the first entry about the day of adoption right here as well. 

Having conquered the house, Earnie talks about the strangest room he's found - the bathroom. 'The chamber of water' as he calls it, or, even more accurately, 'the torture chamber', where there are three terrifying watery devices, including the toiler, the sink, and the worst one of course, the bathtub. 

Meowmoirs: the fifth entry of Earnie's diary, and with power, comes the responsibility of protecting the humans from accidentally drowning in all the watery devices. 

Read about his experiences with the chamber and his decision to watch the humans in the bathroom whenever they go in there - every single time. He must protect them. After all, how would they survive without him? 

Last week's entry about the quest to the wet food cabinet is right here!

Officially relaxed, Earnie takes to exploring and makes a huge, life changing discovery. The existence of wet food. Now, he must find a way to get it, and he will do so at any cost. So, he sets out on a quest.

Meowmoirs: the fourth entry of Earnie's diary, and with confidence comes mischievousness and shenanigans.

Read about Earnie's quest to the treasure that is wet food.

Read last week's entry about Earnie getting snuggles and purring for the first time.

Having gotten used to the human's home, Earnie learns what it's like to be petted by people who care about it and ends up... accidentally purring, shocking himself by doing it. Maybe it's not too bad though. 

Meowmoirs: the third entry of Earnie's diary, and things are starting to get much more wholesome. 

Read about Earnie's struggle to accept the love and care of his owners and his reaction to not hating being petted by them.

Read last week's entry about Earnie learning to communicate with his humans. 

Officially starting his new life in his home, Earnie writes about his first week at home. He discusses his attempts of communicating with the humans, the difficulties, and how a might powerful boy like him perseveres. 

Meowmoirs: the second entry of Earnie's diary.

The humans are having trouble understanding him, but he's not concerned. Being a genius cat, he figures out how to get what he needs from them. 

Read last week's entry about the day of the adoption!

Every adopted pet has a start to their journey. The adjustment to a new home, a new family, a new life - it all takes a lot of effort. We, as owners who adopt with the best of intentions, never really know what that adjustment feels like to our pets. 

Well, allow this adopted cat to explain to you exactly what it feels like. 

Welcome to Meowmoirs - the diary of a cat.

His name is Earnie, he's an older cat, and he's been up for adoption for a little while now. But the day has finally come, and he's found a new forever home. Except, does it feel like a forever home to him?