Today, I am the poster child (woman?) for the Crazy Cat Lady
stereotype. I came home from the gym
this evening, and proceeded to sit in front of the TV watching a Law and Order:
SVU marathon while consuming a dinner consisting entirely of snack food, rather
than a meal (God bless you, Trader Joe’s).
That was shortly followed by almost two hours spent watching 30 Rock and
working on crossword puzzles, which was immediately followed by some minutes in
which I entertained myself greatly by shining a red light around the floor (and
walls, and door) of my apartment and watching my cats try to catch it. And this was all done while wearing
unbelievably comfortable yoga pants and a tank top with a hole in it. So yeah, this whole evening was a Crazy Cat
Lady evening.
And I have no regrets about it. This is the life I love with every little bit
of my soul. Do I dislike going out? Not at all: last weekend I spent two nights
on the town with friends, and loved it.
Do I take no pride in my appearance?
Hell no: did I not mention this all started after coming home from the gym? Am
I accepting a lazy life of singleness?
Not in the slightest: do you have any idea how much more fun playing
with the laser cat toy would be if I had a boyfriend or girlfriend here with
me? (I’m only slightly kidding.) My point, though, is not that I’m settling
for some inferior lifestyle; it’s that this lifestyle is in no way inferior,
and I have every right in the world to enjoy it.
I have the right to enjoy it because it’s my summer
vacation. I have the right to enjoy it
because I have a Master’s degree. (Yes,
I did spend those six months I’ve
been absent from the blog doing something productive.) I have the right to enjoy it because why have
cats if you’re not going to savor at least some moments of Crazy Cat
Lady-dom? But mostly, I have the right
to enjoy it because this lifestyle – this Crazy Cat Lady who also happens to
look pretty good (and almost entirely cat-hair free!) when she hits the town
lifestyle – is what I want. No regrets.
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