pet the pet cat

start the day, a rythmic coughing noise from the kitchen.
It is dark, the noise is clearly audible in the quiet of the early morning.
It stops with loud gurgle and then another cough.


The cat has just regurgigated something somewhere in the kitchen.
It is dark, the bed is warm, the aches and pains in the legs and the back are being cared for.

and the day is starting badly.
Close the eyes and try to sleep on a bit. There is the thought of feline vomit on the floor, then the wife starts to snore.

Then there is the sound of the cat, complaining at the closed door, she wants to be let out. Consider this a threat, get up and let the cat out into the corridor, into the cold grey light of the beginning dawn.
The cat makes a short noise, much like a sort of "thank you".

Get up, and there it is in the kitchen, on the floor, the mess who's creation was reported on earlier.
Get a paper towel wipe it up.
Then wash that bit of floor.
job done.
ugh.

Go for a shower, the warm water loosens the stiffness in the back, this is good.
Think about the Portuguese lessons, a computer is a poor partner for a language made for humans.
Still it is better than nothing.

The cat is on the covered chair by the telephone.
Stretches, she holds out her head to be petted.