Cats life

I have been living with cats for the past two months.  I have not lived with them in years, for an extended period of time.  I always liked cats over dogs.  They are a lot of work, but not more than dogs, just different kinds of work.  They are more self sufficient than dogs, but no less affectionate if you let them get to know you.  That last bit is the key.  Dogs are out going animals and cats are more introverted; they need time to get used to you and then they need more time to figure out how you fit into their life.  Then if they like you you are in the zone.  

The cats I was sitting with got to know me, and then I got to spend a lot of time with them by myself and then I got owned.  Cats own people, they decide where they are going to go and sit with who they want and cannot be forced.  If you force them they will just run when they can.  In that way they are like people.  A dog wants to be in your lap because you are in its pack, but a cat wants to be in your lap because it wants to be there.  Fae, one of the cats I am with has been sitting on my lap, but when I lean back she has been sitting on my chest head orientated towards my face, purring and drooling.  Fae is not a lap cat, she does not seek out laps, so when she sat in mine I was shocked.  When she crawled up on my chest I was truly weirded out.  

I am going to miss her.  I am going to move soon and be out of this house, away from the cats.  Cats are expensive.  My friend babies her cats.  They get the best food and a variety of food, the expensive food.  And then they have vet bills and they have medicine.  Each cat cost her between $1500 and $2000 a year, and she has three of them.  And they are stray cats.  They are also outdoor cats except in the winter and at night.  

I would want a cat, when I stop moving around so much, or rather I hope at some cat wants me.