Josie and the water glass
Ahhh! The joys of cat ownership!
I really don't want to write this post because it is only going to give Peter the wrong impression about cute, cuddly, adorable, purring, meowing, playing, wonderful, amazing, furry, soft, loving kitty cats!
But, I can't not write about it! Because, while yes, this does suck, it sort of makes me love our cat more. How about that for confusing?
So, my fiancé and I have a cat named Josie. And Josie is basically one of the cutest cats OF ALL TIME. We just love her and love her. However, Josie has...what shall we call it? One little flaw...
Josie loves to knock over glasses. Full ones. If a glass isn't full she isn't interested. But if the glass has liquid in it, man! Watch out. She'll get up from a nap to knock over a glass.
For the most part this isn't a big deal. Everyone that comes into contact with Josie on a day to day basis has been warned.
However, this weekend we had my Costa Rican host brother staying with us and we forgot to mention or cat's lovely little idiosyncrasies to him. And he was thirsty and wanted to check his email. And I was in the other room distracted by trying to help with Dan's computer's logicboard crapping out. And then he went to get some lunch in the kitchen leaving the glass all alone on the desk. When he went back into the bedroom I heard a worried "Josie, no!" (in a very adorable Spanish accent). I ran in to the bedroom and saw the desk and the laptop glistening next to Josie and the tipped over water glass.
It didn't take my college degree to figure out what had happened.
I immediately took the battery out and poured (to be a little dramatic) the water out from the keyboard. We're now currently drying it out with the space heater set on low. I'll let you know in 3 or 4 days when we try to turn it on again what the prognosis is.
We're hoping it's good news!
[If you want to read what Josie had to say about it, read her two tweets about it!]
10 November 2009 10:56pm UTC • 318 views • 11 comments
Tagged with josie, cats, computers, accidents, water
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11 comments
Robert
11 November 2009 03:20am UTC
This is a funny story, at least for those of us who didn't have water dumped on their computers. I can't believe I haven't seen video of this cat knocking over glasses yet.
Peon Peetie
11 November 2009 03:26am UTC
oh no! it's my nightmare come true, except on someone else's computer!!
my beloved Gordon (may he rest in peace) would never do anything like this.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
11 November 2009 04:49am UTC
That's a good idea Robert! We'll work on getting some footage (far away from all laptops of course)!
First Mate Beca
11 November 2009 07:38pm UTC
I have to say, that even just reading your title of this post put a smile on my face. I'm with Robert on this one...where is the video footage of this beloved cat?
PS-I am now officially following Josie on twitter...hehehe.
Seamonster Mom
14 November 2009 07:33pm UTC
I read this to Clarie and Tamra and they loved it! Including the tweets. And they have cute stories of Milton....:) Our grand-pets.
flychipmunk
14 November 2009 10:51pm UTC
I don't understand how this made you love Josie even more...
Dread Pirate Benjamin
16 November 2009 02:13am UTC
You've obviously never owned a cat!
Boatswain The Fool
16 November 2009 03:35am UTC
Funny. I was going to say: You've obviously never been a technophobe.
Dread Pirate Benjamin
16 November 2009 06:13pm UTC
We'll you are funnier than I am!
Sailing Master Keri
17 November 2009 02:25am UTC
It works, it works, it works! We waited a whole week before trying to turn it on, and set up a drying station next to it for the first couple of days. I'm still paranoid that it's going to start smoking at any minute, but for now it works just fine! Yay! :)
Dread Pirate Benjamin
17 November 2009 05:26am UTC
Yay!