Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Adventures in bathtime.

I don't take many baths. Oh, I take a lot of showers, but let's get real, here: baths take a lot of time, and I don't usually have a lot of time to spend on just sitting around in hot water, waiting to become clean. I strip, I scrub, I dry, I get on with it.

Tonight, for various reasons (most of them having to do with my inability to get an appointment at the place where I get my legs waxed, and aren't you glad you asked?), I needed to take a bath. So I did what I always do when it's time for a bath: I dumped a crapload of pumpkin pie bubble bath into the water, got out my pumpkin pie sugar scrub, found my pumpkin-scented loofah, and prepared to become a pretty pretty Halloween princess of the bathroom. I am a simple soul. I enjoy simple things.

Enter Alice.

Alice is a Maine Coon, which really means that she's a magical cross between a cat, an otter, and the Great Pumpkin. The sound of Mommy splashing around in the big white water bowl was too much for her to resist, and she very quickly came to see what I was doing. And then she started batting at the bubbles. And then she started attacking the spray when I splashed at her.

And then she got into the bathtub.

I probably should have seen that coming, all things considered.

Now, I've had cats join me in the bathtub before. This is normally followed by the cat in question learning to levitate as it realizes that HOLY CRAP THAT'S WATER YOU'RE SITTING IN WATER. Not Alice. Nope. Once waterlogged, Princess Puffy-Pants decided it was just as well if she hang out a bit. Help me with whatever it was I was doing. You know. Be a good cat. Help the human.

Things that do not help me shave my legs: blue Maine Coon cats with coats containing approximately a gallon and a half of bathwater. Just in case you were wondering about that. I do, however, now have a pleasantly pumpkin-scented cat, which goes quite well with her overall autumnal glory. Lilly is still looking at her like she's lost her tiny puffy mind, for which I really can't blame her.

Cats. They're awesome. And insane.
Tags: alice, lilly, so the marilyn, wild adventures
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madtom_o_bedlam

July 22 2009, 05:33:56 UTC 7 years ago

I laughed so hard reading this I had to stop, finish laughing, and start again. I love your life. Or at least my perceptions of your life based upon your writings.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 05:42:34 UTC 7 years ago

My life is often characterized by my friends laughing at me and saying "only you, sweetie, only you." Luckily, they're witnesses frequently enough that I don't need to worry about questions of my veracity.

madtom_o_bedlam

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 05:42:44 UTC 7 years ago

Alice is so winning this war.

sweetmusic_27

July 22 2009, 05:42:23 UTC 7 years ago

Pumpkin-scented Maine Coons! XD
*gigglesnort*

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 05:49:02 UTC 7 years ago

She's puffy AND perfumed!

azurelunatic

July 22 2009, 05:47:10 UTC 7 years ago

Out of possibly morbid curiosity, what exactly does it take to dry a blue Maine Coon cat with a coat that contains approximately a gallon and a half of pumpkin-scented bathwater?

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 05:49:17 UTC 7 years ago

A towel, a blow dryer, and apparently, most of my clean laundry.

drakemonger

July 22 2009, 05:48:40 UTC 7 years ago

> Things that do not help me shave my legs: blue Maine Coon cats with coats containing approximately a gallon and a half of bathwater.

Hell. There goes my only idea for a Christmas present.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 05:49:25 UTC 7 years ago

Well, crap.

drakemonger

7 years ago

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griffen

July 22 2009, 06:11:31 UTC 7 years ago

I almost fell out of my chair laughing, reading this. Mimi has been in our bathtub - when it's dry. She likes to sleep on the cool porcelain, apparently. But! There was exactly one time she has come into the bathroom when I was showering. I stepped out of the shower and she was sitting in the doorway of the bathroom, looking at me like "Papa, you are NUTS."

Alice sounds like a treasure.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 15:09:32 UTC 7 years ago

She is. Thankfully, this means she may be stolen by pirates.

djonn

7 years ago

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lisa_marli

July 22 2009, 06:30:21 UTC 7 years ago

Didn't anyone tell you Maine Coons LIKE water. Yeah, they're weird. But that is why Alice and you are a good match.
If you don't mind drying her, try running the bath more often. Especially cooler water on a hot day. Doesn't need to be real deep. Alice will probably thank you.
Your towels and clean clothes not so much.

qnofhrt

July 22 2009, 10:57:09 UTC 7 years ago

Didn't anyone tell you Maine Coons LIKE water.

Not mine. He likes to LOOK at water - bathing, not so much.

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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bardling

7 years ago

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7 years ago

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cleothyla

July 22 2009, 06:52:24 UTC 7 years ago

I've had cats join me in baths before, though I've never had a Maine Coon. In fact, one of my current Himilayans(Pookie)doesn't mind being bathed a little. But she looks extremely like a drowned rat afterward. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:20:27 UTC 7 years ago

Alice looked like an angry Muppet mop.

baka_kit

July 22 2009, 06:58:10 UTC 7 years ago

*sporfle*

I remember the day that one of my mom's cats (then a kitten) discovered the Terrible Truth about human baths. She was playing with the bubbles, went on the attack and SPLASH!

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:20:37 UTC 7 years ago

Oh noes!

ladyqkat

July 22 2009, 07:02:47 UTC 7 years ago Edited:  July 22 2009, 07:03:28 UTC

Because of what just happened to me, this was a much welcome and delightful giggle-snort. The second laugh I have had today. The first one was an e-mail with an mp3 about Nanaimo Bungee Jumping by Jeanne Robertson.

My friends keep me entertained and sane.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:25:08 UTC 7 years ago

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww worms.

I am glad to have helped.

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the_s_guy

July 22 2009, 09:32:49 UTC 7 years ago

Maine Coons with thumbs. The world trembles.

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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mariadkins

July 22 2009, 07:56:13 UTC 7 years ago

ROFLMAO

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:25:41 UTC 7 years ago

Hee.

snowcoma

July 22 2009, 09:51:05 UTC 7 years ago

*cracks up*

Oh, Seanan, I love you, and I love your cats.

*is now going to be giggling insanely at the gym at three in the morning, which, hey, will at least ensure she has the equipment to herself*

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:26:24 UTC 7 years ago

That is possibly the smartest use of gym time I've heard in a long time.

notalwaysweak

July 22 2009, 11:26:13 UTC 7 years ago

That is fricking adorable.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:26:48 UTC 7 years ago

She is cute. Also damp.

jacylrin

July 22 2009, 11:49:09 UTC 7 years ago

That made me laugh so hard my asthma is acting up (just a little). I am SO glad I'm still the only one in the office so far...

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:27:06 UTC 7 years ago

Please don't die because my cat is insane. :(

jacylrin

7 years ago

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keristor

July 22 2009, 13:16:12 UTC 7 years ago

Did she get herself out of the bath afterwards, or did you have to lift half the bathwater as well as the cat out? Wet Maine Coons are heavy!

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:27:30 UTC 7 years ago

Sadly, there was Maine Coon hoisting. She didn't want to get out.

dimloep_suum

July 22 2009, 13:22:04 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, Alice. :D

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:28:08 UTC 7 years ago

She wants her little red wagon.

bkwrrm_tx

July 22 2009, 13:27:13 UTC 7 years ago

Floofy pumpkin scented cats.

The newest MUST HAVE present for Christmas. :-)

::still giggling::

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:28:33 UTC 7 years ago

She pulls that again, I may ship her to you.

bkwrrm_tx

7 years ago

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7 years ago

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judifilksign

July 22 2009, 13:29:29 UTC 7 years ago

Not being afraid of water was one of the reasons these kitties were favourites for being shipboard ratters at the turn of the last century, along with their super-sweet personalities and being big enough to handle the mongo-sized wharf rats.

seanan_mcguire

July 22 2009, 20:28:56 UTC 7 years ago

Yeah, they have definitely been bred for AWESOME.

tollers

July 22 2009, 13:29:58 UTC 7 years ago

Naturally, nobody walks past my office 'til I start cackling madly at the laptop, then a half-dozen people wander past, look at me like I've lost my mind, and move carefully to the far side of the hallway...

I adore Alice stories.

keristor

July 22 2009, 15:01:08 UTC 7 years ago

"Naturally, nobody walks past my office 'til I start cackling madly at the laptop, then a half-dozen people wander past, look at me like I've lost my mind, and move carefully to the far side of the hallway..."

So what's the downside? *g*

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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smoooom

July 22 2009, 13:33:17 UTC 7 years ago

I have several stories I could share. Yours however tops a;; of them, I want a Maine coon cat.

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2009, 14:49:43 UTC 7 years ago

They rule. The gift that keeps on giving!

k_crow

July 22 2009, 15:30:00 UTC 7 years ago

I ended up giggling at this so hard I have tears in my eyes. Bravo, Alice!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2009, 14:49:55 UTC 7 years ago

Evil kitty is evil. And wet.

popfiend

July 22 2009, 15:36:17 UTC 7 years ago

This made me smile big and grand.

Danke.

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2009, 14:50:03 UTC 7 years ago

Welcome!

archangelsmom

July 22 2009, 15:37:38 UTC 7 years ago

WHAT, no pictures????? WAHHH!

archangelbeth

July 22 2009, 17:24:30 UTC 7 years ago

(...MOM? What are you doing on this journal as well?? O_O )

I'm giggling hugely, and pondering whether I should run a bath to see if Ivan the Elegant might want to imitate a giant black and white sponge...

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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tollers

7 years ago

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7 years ago

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dornbeast

July 22 2009, 15:57:07 UTC 7 years ago

Once waterlogged, Princess Puffy-Pants decided it was just as well if she hang out a bit.

The Toilet Shark's secret identity has been discovered!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2009, 14:50:59 UTC 7 years ago

Dun-dun-DUNNNNNNN!!!!
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