Token cat pictures

I woke up this morning to the unmistakable sound: "Oh sh*t -- somewhere in the house a cat is getting ready to puke -- where is it? Follow the sound!!" Anyone who has ever had a cat will know what I'm talking about -- the sound will wake you from the deepest sleep. It's probably similar to a mother waking to the sound of her baby crying, only the thing that's making you bolt upright at 5am isn't concern for your baby, it's concern for your carpet, or your clothes, or worse: your comforter. 95% of our house is hardwood floors, but the puke always winds up on the carpets.

So, my morning began by cleaning up cat puke containing a whole dead grasshopper -- SO glad we're letting them outside now.... The puke wasn't on the bed (thank god) or on the floor -- it was under the bed on top of a plastic zipper bag containing winter coats. But it can't be ALL on the bag -- it's got to be half off the bag, and all over the zipper.

Here are some pictures to remind us of why we love our cats despite the puking.

(for those wondering "Where was Iain when all this was happening? ", he was on a 6am conference call -- I think that rivals the cat puke for grossness)