HONEY-WATCH

Here's some of the latest about Honey.

She is still a sweetie, and being very brave in overcoming her timidity. It is all still very very slow, but I see the small improvements.

While I'm at home or out of bed Honey stays under my bed. Otherwise she enjoys coming out to a cat bed in the living room; she plays a bit with cat toys I leave there so I think she's basically comfortable with the apartment, but not with me moving around in it.

Sunday. It's getting colder and my bedroom does not have heat. I'm concerned that she might not be comfortable under the bed with only the little mat so I bring her cat bed from the living room in and put it on the floor. She is immediately and suddenly sad and depressed; once again I've goofed. I translate my gesture through kitty-mind and understand too late that she thought I was restricting her to the bedroom, taking away her living room freedom. Ack! She is really hurt by this! I put the cat bed back into the living room and we eventually make up.

This morning. I get up at 7 AM and Honey is still in her living room cat bed. I move about the kitchen and when the time is right she shoots through the kitchen back under the bed. She always needs reassurance and I spent time on the floor petting her under the bed. After a time she moves to the other side of the bed and then moves out the other side; she pretends to check out invisible things on the floor but looks over to see my reaction. I'm cool. She comes back under the bed, but then a short time later she does the same thing, but this time trotting out of the room and then trotting back under the bed. Bold Honey! Yay! I'm so happy with this little adventure.