She's skittish to begin with, but today worked her every nerve.
First, she's always traumatized when we have guests. She stares at the door the guest lives behind and growls. We have a guest.
Second, she doesn't deal well with J's early morning shifts. If he leaves before it's fully daylight (which he often does when he opens the cafe), she wanders around the apartment searching for him, howling, until I convince her to lay down and go back to sleep. (Yes, it's cute, but it's also obnoxious.) He worked early this morning.
Third, there was a pretty nasty car accident right under our balcony today. It involved two trucks, a van, and a telephone pole. It produced a great deal of noise. I thought something had exploded, at first. My cat had been on my lap. After digging every single claw deep into my thighs, she launched onto the floor, darted into the bedroom, and disappeared under the bed for half an hour.
Fourth, the first peal of thunder I've heard since fall just cracked over our heads, followed by several of its friends. Kitty disappeared under the futon.
Finally, kitty had bravely ventured back into the living room and was again curled up in my lap (greatly interfering with my ability to type cover letters for jobs I don't want).
Hail hitting the windows grabbed her attention. Hail coming down the chimney into the living room sent her galloping for the bedroom again.
Poor, poor kitty.
But that hailstorm? RAD. Pictures later.
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