another one bites the dust

remember sweet asia from posts of yore?
today she went home with somebody else.

i was so sad to see her go.
she was my favorite of the litter, and i always said i wanted to keep her. today she went home with one of my high schoolers.
but it's a good thing, really!
just sad at the same time.

i feel like i haven't been a very loyal cat owner lately. i wish i could just have a kitten, raise it, keep it for years and years, tend to it when its fur is falling out in old-age-clumps, then give it a quiet resting place under an oak tree when its time for it to go to the happy stalking grounds in the sky.
right now i feel more like a stopping-off point myself, like a bus stop or something. maybe the cats in my life are a reflection of the relationships in my life. the last 4 years of owning this house has seen me with at least 6 different roomates, all passing through on their way to somewhere else.

hmm.
interesting.

anyhow, i took asia to school with me this morning. it was a 1/2 day for the kids, so she hung out with my classes for a few hours, then went on her merry way with kylie. having her in the classroom made me so much more attached to her -- she was so cozy and lovey and cuddly! i know she'll make a good cat for them though. it's just not the right time for me to be having cat attachments.
it's possible that fantasia's pregnant again (that tramp!) so maybe i can keep one of her next kittens.

in the meantime, i still have malcolm & milo. although probably not for long! having asia at school made all 109 of my other students want to keep her and when i told them she has brothers i think i got a couple of takers. it's funny to me that fantasia's so not attractive, as far as cats go, but that she has such beautiful babies!

maybe it's god's way of consoling her vanity by giving her pretty progeny.