mom cat

On Wednesday after work, I rushed off to the Animal Rescue League of Iowa with Lucy to find myself a new little buddy. On the way there we saw a SUV with a license plate that said "MOMCAT"! We saw it as a good omen, and also wished we had that on our license plates. There are so many cute kittens and older cats at ARL Main! I wanted to play with them all, but alas, I only had 30 minutes to pick out my new friend and start the paperwork (and of course I had to do it then, I couldn't wait until the next day), so I picked one and then waited not so patiently for a "hug room" to open up. I played with Brooke for about 5 minutes before I knew she was the one! Of course, by then it was too late to process adoptions, but I got the paper work started and then headed to the store to get supplies. Yesterday was my day off, so I got up bright and early and went as soon as they opened. We were bffs as soon as I got her home and out of the crate. She follows me around and tries to sleep on my face and watches Netflix with me! So far she's been the greatest little 8 month old ever (besides a few annoyances when I was trying to sleep). I spent all of yesterday trying out different names on her ('Brooke' just wasn't doing it for me), and finally, around 9pm or so, landed on Rooney. Rooney Bellatrix. I don't know why exactly, because Rooney the band is not my favorite band, and Rooney Mara is not my favorite actress....but I just think it fits her. I'm afraid she might have the kitty cold that the doctor at the ARL told me about, which means I'm going to have to go back and get medicine for her. A few seconds ago she sneezed multiple times, and snot flew out of her nose and landed on her leg (kind of like a real baby). I felt like a real mom, when I was wiping it off of her, trying not to be grossed out.

So now I'm a mom cat, and you should expect more posts containing pictures of my kitteh. In fact, here are some meow! See what I did there?

our first photo booth session together