Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: chipper
  • Music: Mixes from Jeff for the new album.

In which Lilly attempts to be a public menace.

Lilly has managed to get out -- accidentally, but out is still out -- twice in the past few months. Being blazingly intelligent and essentially fearless, she really doesn't understand that the world outside the house would be happy to cause her extreme bodily harm. Sadly, I understand this all too well, and basically age five years every time she gets out.

Since I'd like to live long enough to finish all the books I'm writing, I decided it was time to Take Certain Steps towards securing Lilly's safety. Step one was a collar (tragically with bell). She tolerated the collar with astonishingly good grace, and so tonight, while I was out running errands, I instigated step two.

I bought her a tag.

The front of it says 'Lilly'* and gives my phone number; the back says, in large, friendly letters, 'INDOOR CAT.' Hopefully, this means that if she gets out, anyone who finds her will realize that she doesn't belong there, and contact me. My address isn't on the tag, simply because that would require it either be very large (which she wouldn't tolerate), or that the text be very small (which makes it less likely that people will actually read it).

She has her tag and her cursed bell now, and has discovered that the two of them together can be used to make a hideous cacophony as she trots around the house. On the plus side, this means I always know where my cat is. And that's...soothing.

(*Her full name is Lillian Kane Moskowitz Munster Cavanaugh-Sawyer McGuire. That definitely wasn't going to fit on a tag.)
Tags: cats, lilly
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palmer_kun

December 11 2008, 03:29:02 UTC 8 years ago

Much like our house, with our outdoor cat. We belled her anyways because she likes to come in at night so we need to be able to find her.

We now call her Jingle Cat.

Look on the bright side... Lilly is now both seasonal, and good at scaring off spooks for you! (I realize the latter is both a positive and negative)

seanan_mcguire

December 11 2008, 04:04:09 UTC 8 years ago

I'm gonna miss my spooks...

palmer_kun

December 11 2008, 04:14:05 UTC 8 years ago

You're really going to miss those pesky spying CIA operatives?

I doubt anything could keep ghosts away from you...

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2008, 04:44:53 UTC 8 years ago

Excellent point!