Working from home: Telstar v Nanila

[nanila]

I'm working from home today. This is what I have done so far.

• Seen off the bloke on his weekly commute to Brum at an early hour.
  
• Sent e-mails and cleaned out my inbox of all urgent matters.
  
• Done two loads of washing.
  
• Done the daily ops checks for the Cassini magnetometer.
  
• Done the weekly housekeeping checks for the Cassini magnetometer.
  
• Updated an archiving spreadsheet for Cassini magnetometer data.
  
• Calibrated Cluster magnetometer data.

Here is what Telstar has done today.

• Gone outside for two minutes to ascertain that it is, indeed, grey and wet there.
  
• Begged for and obtained gooshy food.
  
• Lain down in the exact centre of the bed.
  
• Changed positions approximately twice in the ensuing four hours.

Someone remind me which of us is the intelligent one, here?

Comments

[weaverbird]

Heh. Cats do know how to live right, don't they?

[nanila]

Oh yes. I just held him up for a Skype conversation so he could say hello - for which he didn't even open his eyes. When I put him back down, he snuck into the space where I'd been sitting (still warm) and curled up. Hm.

[foxfinial]

Ahh, the difficult life of a cat.

[nanila]

"What about my naps? I'm a cat; I have to nap. If I don't nap eight or nine times a day, I don't have enough energy for my main snooze!" -- Cat, Red Dwarf

[foxfinial]

Best character.

[liseuse]

Flyte did basically the same thing. I am currently sat next to her, typing away, and she is snoring.

[nanila]

My cat Molly was super-helpful when I was writing my thesis. She took marathon naps on my feet.

[liseuse]

Oh yeah, foot-napping is a thing Flyte also enjoys! I like it too! Because when I get frustrated I can just lean forward and have a cat snuggle.

[ironed_orchid]

Yes, but only one of you is paying for the cat food.

[nanila]

True, and I may be wasting my money this summer. He seems to have found an incredibly rich seam of mice somewhere - he's even been turning up his nose at gooshy food.

[lark_ascends]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[nanila]

I'm at work today. I shut the bedroom door before I left, otherwise I bet he'd be there right now.

He's probably in his second-favourite spot, the smaller sofa. (He considers this his and sometimes deigns to shuffle to one side when visitors come over and try to sit on it.)