I said I'd do it, and I'm doing it (So far, so good)

 

This is the new cat I got for my birthday last August. We thought he might never acclimate, but he is becoming progressively closer to us and our other cat, Dr. Crush, the orange ginger who adopted us when we moved here. I posted three art works on my Wordpress, and am writing a short post here, so the momentum will hopefully continue. 

My work from home job is going well still, but I need to learn GIMP photo editing and last night I started watching a tutorial on YouTube that someone shared from their Udemy course they taught. I think it will help a lot, I just need to focus and do it, step-by-step. It's easier to learn things that you are already interested in, so I think it should be okay!

This black cat came from the SpokAnimal shelter, and his name was Pepperjack. They said he started out as just "Pepper" and his sister was "Salt," if I recall correctly, but they had to be split up, so they added Jack to his name. I thought getting a friend for Dr. Crush would be a good idea, and it hasn't quite worked out that way yet. When he first came home with us, he soon escaped out of a window by knocking out the screen. 

Then we caught him with the help of a neighbor's borrowed cat trap cage. Then he got out again through Dr. Crush's in/out window insert cat flap door, so we removed that (and tried to catch him again with the trap), but he ended up running back inside miraculously. He has not escaped since. He likes to play with cat toys, and now eats near Dr. Crush pretty successfully (meaning not as much hissing and swatting as before). Sometimes they seem compatible, and highly tolerant of one another, and other times not so much. 

Pepper (now "Dr. Pepper") definitely attempts to initiate playtime more, and they chase each other down the hall with loud galloping steps at night, but Crush still seems to prefer his alone outside time to settling down with him. It's only been two months, and I think they have come a long way. Dr.Pepper will allow himself to be petted now, but *never* picked up, or held around the middle. 

Crush and Pepper in a few moments of peaceful coexistence, before the inevitable hiss and swat.