Ninja Kitty's New Roomie

The other night, I was sitting on the couch, under my zebra Snuggie (don't judge, Snuggies are amazing), eating a bowl of Breyer's ice cream, when I heard Ninja Kitty in the garage. He was making unhappy, growly cat noises … the kind he only makes when another animal has invaded his territory.

A brief argument broke out between my husband and myself over who had to go out to the garage to investigate what upset Ninja Kitty. We settled the argument the way we settle a lot of things in our house: rock, paper, scissors.

My rock smashed his scissors, so I remained happily under my Snuggie eating my ice cream while the husband peeked in the garage. An irritated Ninja Kitty met him at the door. Apparently another cat had invaded Ninja Kitty's garage. More importantly, the cat had helped him/herself to Ninja Kitty's food.

This did not bode well for Ninja Kitty or my husband.

As soon as he announced that the source of the unhappy, growly cat noises in the garage were because of the presence of another cat, my girls and I started thinking of names for our new pet.

Oldest Child: The cat has a lot of gray on it … I like either Smoky or Misty.

Husband: We are not keeping the cat.

Youngest Child: Ooooo, I like Smoky or Misty, too.

Me: Stand back girls, I have the winner ... Chaka Khan!

Husband: Hello? Is anyone listening to me? We are not keeping the cat.

Oldest Child: What's a Chaka Khan?

Me: Not a what. A who. She's only one of the three greatest girl drummers from the 80s.

Husband: We. Are. Not Keeping. The. Cat.

Oldest Child: I don't like Chaka Khan. I vote for Misty.

Youngest Child: Me too.

Husband makes unintelligible grumpy noises, mostly about how we are not keeping the cat.

Me: You two are overruled. Chaka Khan it is!

Youngest Child: Seriously, mom? Chaka Khan?

Me: Yep.

Oldest Child: Dad, you are the deciding vote. Smoky, Misty, or Chaka Khan?

Husband: WE ARE NOT KEEPING THE CAT!

The new cat has been living in our garage for the past week. Ninja Kitty has begrudgingly accepted this news. My husband has not. Pin It Now!