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Y'all, meet Roger Traynor

My dearly departed contracts professor named her cat Roger Traynor, after the renowned California Judge Roger Traynor.

My professor's sister had warned that Roger was a very shy cat. He liked to hide under the bed and was slow to get comfortable with people. Well, I guess good ole Rodge sensed that I was a Texan pretty quickly, because within 5 minutes of being dropped off at my house two weeks ago, he was in my lap, instant friends.

So far, me and Mr. T (sorry, but I'm trying on numerous nicknames for my hairy friend) are getting to know each other. He only likes soft food, which has really stunk up my tiny apartment, but we're trying to find a happy medium. He's decided that my favorite turquoise chair makes a good substitute for his scratching post, a habit I'm trying to break.

He loves crawling up in front of the air conditioning units in my apartment. He loves sleeping in suitcases. He likes watching me shower, which is something that will take some getting used to as well.

If he's not attempting to sleep directly on my face, he likes to climb on top of my trunk to sleep.

I'm officially a cat lady now, but so far, so good. Turns out, Roger's a pretty cool beast. Check him out.

Posted by Lara Richards at 8:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)