MY NEW CAT

This is a long overdue blog. I've had my new cat for at least a month now since my cat died and I may have mentioned this before but I'll write about it again. I have a new all black cat. She has these black stripes down the side of her that are invisible except in bright light, so if you put her under a bed you won't be able to see her unless she turns her eyes towards you. She's awfully nice. She's a very energetic kit; we'll throw a ball covered with feathers and she'll dash after it and rip all the feathers off. She's done this to 5 of 6 feather balls. Only 5 because we won't let her play with the last one completely.

She also is a fighter. She will attack our fingers when we scratch her belly, but she knows that it's a play fight so she scratches and bites really soft so that it tickles. I had trouble at first letting her put my finger in her mouth. It's just a really awkward feeling. And she is still learning about where she can scratch. She'll claw up the carpet and couches, yet she doesn't pull any strings out of the couches.

Just a little off topic, the honors English books. We have to read either Unexpected Help, or A Tale of Two Cities. I'm reading the latter, and man o man is it boring. When I try to read something like that, it just fries my brain. It will kill my eyes reading the small text to not even understand what it means! It's the absolute worst.

I've also figured out that if you write just a big 1 paragraph write, nobody will read it. Yet if you have a multiple short paragraph piece of work, then everyone will want to read. It is a general concept that has come true many times. I don't know why this is, but maybe because it seems easier to read. And my cat just jumped on the chair I'm sitting on, and accidentally clawed my back. It scared me but she just wanted some attention.

My parents were also gone all of last week and just got back today. This was fine by me. We got to stay up later, and sit and play video games with a little break to play with friends or do some homework. It was a very fun week and I've managed to also keep my grades up.

Since the new term just started, we all start with 100% in all of our classes. So far, I've managed to keep the grades in A's last week, and I hope to get all A's by the end of the term. I really want a 4.0 bad, and I can't wait to see that grade in the mail. That will be such a sweet moment when I can show my family and finally be completely at ease with the grades that I have received.