So a different kind of post today to change things up and give y’all a break from the wordiness of yesterday’s post! My first request for a doodle (and probably the last one after she sees this) was to draw our chat group hanging out. And since they are my four loyal readers, very well then.
Hope you’re happy, dundundun. The rest of you, back to the regularly scheduled program shortly.
So you met Prada a couple of posts ago. Yes, Prada, like the bag. In fact, my sister specifically made a pose while asking the question, referring to the pose as THE Prada bag pose. As I know many of you love my terrible art skills, I thought I’d give you something to laugh at:
I also just wanted a chance to test out my Surface Pro’s sketching capabilities. Holler if you want me to draw more things.
ANYWAYS what were we talking about…oh yes, Prada the cat. Cook kept the name at the shelter for those wondering (I wondered myself), but it’s been great for making jokes like “Cook got a Prada!”). She was already a senior cat when Cook adopted her many years ago, so no, she won’t be catching squirrels for us anytime soon. She’s also down to like, two teeth or something?
So Prada comes to bed at bedtime maybe half the time. The other half she bums elsewhere till a few hours later when she wakes up in the dark feeling lost, starts meowing till she finds out where we are, then snuggles up to Cook and continues to sleep. However, the other night, she started meowing like crazy, popped into bed between us and proceeded to purr super loudly for a good 15 minutes till Cook finally got her to calm down so we could sleep.
I was quite baffled. Cook’s two theories are that either she saw something outside that spooked her or she had a nightmare. I guess it never occurred to me that that could be a thing, so of course I did some googling.
They say cats sleep 16-18 hours a day, though I have my suspicions of whether Prada is actually even awake for 6 hours a day, lol. But they do in fact have REM sleep as humans do, and can dream about experiences that have occurred in the near or distant past. As the cats get older, they’re also more likely to twitch or have more dramatic physical movements while they’re dreaming. Cook has seen Prada “run” in her sleep, which is another similarity to me, as I undoubtedly run more in my sleep than in real life. xD
What I found fascinating is that a cat’s sense of hearing and smell still remains fairly active while they’re sleeping. After they wake up, they tend to do a lot of grooming. So given that along with her purring that night she was vigorously grooming, I’d say the nightmare theory is pretty likely!
Prada’s “but it was soooo scarryyyy” look. Or it’s her saying “GTFO, idiot.” Which is accurate? I will never know.
Now, back to waiting for her to wake up from one of those 18 hour sleeps so I can throw the sheets into the wash…
Squirrels Ate The Car! 