Hello??????

I swear, I think our cat is part human.

I don't think he has any Siamese in him, but Padme has such a peculiar yowl sometimes it seems like he's actually talking.
especially when he wants to go out.

Example.....
A few days ago my Grandson, Devon-age 5, was over here at the house visiting. The cat was in the kitchen yowling. Dev kept going in the hallway and coming back. Finally he told his Dad, "Dad, some body's playing tricks on us- I keep hearing somebody saying 'Hello.' in the other room but I went in there every time and nobody's there."

We all rolled on the floor laughing, because that's exactly what it sounds like when LKFN-(Padme)-is yowling. It drives us absolutely nuts!!

We can talk about him and he will stop and glare at us. If he's mad at us for ignoring him- or worse, for telling him "NO" he will walk to the other side of the room and turn his back to us. Then he will glance back every few minutes to make sure we NOTICE he is ignoring us. If we appear to not be noticing it- he will move closer- directly in out line-of-sight and do the same thing.

He tries to curl up UNDER the cover with his head on one of our pillows in bed to sleep with us. We have an electric blanket- why should he waste his body heat when there's a perfectly good warm soft spot-a quite large one- that is not being utilized by us stupid humans?

He has a jealous streak a mile long too. He absolutely adores my son, Frank, who is staying with us while he and his wife find a house. Frank is like GOD to him because Frank will play with him for hours on end and will let him sleep on his pillow or on his chest at night. Paulius and I discourage this at all costs. the bottom of the bed is fine- but not under the covers or on our pillows(I have respiratory problems that worsen when he does those things). Marie, Frank's wife is staying with her Dad-(they're not separated, just staying with their respective parents as a matter of logistics)-and if Marie and Dev come over to spend time with Frank, the cat sits and glares at Marie and he will pointedly ignore Frank for half a day after they come over. I swear, it's true. I have never seen anything like this cat.

There is a pecking order in our house:

HUMANS
cat

In the cats mind the order is quite different tho:
CAT

The humans aren't even given consideration in his life.....unless the litter box is in need of cleaning.....or his food bowl has a bare spot he can see.
then we are just the servants.

I have to go now. Someone just came in and said "Hell-oooooo".