Kittens

I had the best weekend ever. My mom, brother, and boyfriend all came up on Saturday evening and I got to give them a short "tour" of campus. The best part, however, was that fact that I got to leave with them! I was super excited to go home; I was getting pretty homesick this past week. I also got to eat at my favorite restaurant, Olive Garden. I never realized how much I missed "good" food (no offense to the Mensa of course), but in all honesty I took my mom's cooking for granted way more than I should have! I also got to see my mom's boyfriend, Sam's, baby kittens (hence the title of my blog). A few weeks ago my mom's boyfriend got a cat, Pepper, that was literally the skinniest cat I had ever seen; however, Sam swore that after it arrived at his house it had kittens. My mom and I did not believe him until one morning I got a picture message from Sam. In the picture were two baby kittens sleeping in the bottom of a horses' empty watering tank! Sam of course, being the witty, humorous, know-it-all he is, captioned the photo as, "Two kittens, I have named them both 'Grits'. You can come kiss my grits anytime you want to." All in all though, I was so glad that he was right because they are the cutest kittens ever, so of course I am going to post some pictures of them.

They are the sweetest things ever! I am a huge animal lover, and I think they are so cute. There are two, as shown above, and Brett and I went to visit them a few weeks ago when these pictures were taken. I was super sad though, because this weekend Sam had to break the news to me that Pepper, the mom, died. I am still pretty upset about it, and am even more upset the little fluff balls are all alone now. It was so sad to hold them on Saturday because you can tell they feel completely abandoned. I am sure they feel kind of how I did upon moving to college. It is hard to be without your mom. My mom's mom died this past summer, and I had to watch how hard that was for her, and while it is not as extreme for these kittens I couldn't help but feel for them. Being alone is one of my biggest fears in life. I think this stems from being "left" by my dad, and I fear that I will always be being left by someone; though these feeling are starting to become repressed. I am actually happier right now in life than I ever have been before. I think one reason is because of Brett, and the second because of Wartburg. I am so happy I have been given this chance to come be a new person. I couldn't be happier, and I am just going to keep praying the kittens get a "second chance" too.