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While You Were Sleeping

It’s not that I’m that good, that obsessive, that I would get up every morning to photograph the sunrise. No, AdventureMan has to get to work, I have projects I am working on – AND there is the Qatteri Cat.

His little pea-brain doesn’t know it’s Friday morning. All he knows is that his food dish is empty. He goes around the house, pulling over the trash bins (they are small, they don’t make a lot of noise) and then he scratches at boxes and closets, thinking somewhere there might be food. I am guessing it goes back to some deep instinct, looking for food, from his street days.

I had forgotten to fill his dish last night.

I was so tired, I kept falling asleep over my latest Donna Leon book. Finally, around nine, I turned out my light. When the Qatteri can started sniffing around, pulling over trash cans, opening cupboards (what you hear is thump. thump. thumpthumpthump as he tries to paw it open) and scratching at boxes, I was mostly ready to get up, even though it wasn’t quite six.

Good thing! Cold, clear morning, no sand, not a cloud in the sky and just look at that sunrise:

It is 46°F/8°C this morning. There is a wind, and it feels colder.

February 22, 2008 - Posted by intlxpatr | Blogging, ExPat Life, Family Issues, Kuwait, Living Conditions, Weather