Do you miss your cats at work?

**Sonia59** · 05-18-2006, 11:48 AM

Oh yes, especially because I don't see them for five days (I am working abroad and I go back home only on week-ends

). I think about them very often, I have prints of them and when I look at them, a big smile appears on my face

And sometimes collegues ask "are they all your cats?" I say "er, yes, but if you look carefully you will see that there are only two, actually!

"

And now, I am also thinking more and more about my cat friends at the shelter (not a public shelter but a home-rescue) where I volunteer. Some of them stay there permanently (due to FIV or heart diseases or because they are not socialised) and I am attached to them. And now the "baby season" has started. I go there only once a week and I find very hard to wait a whole week to see them again

**kuhio98** · 05-18-2006, 11:57 AM

I sure do! I work hundreds of miles away and am gone for 2 weeks at a time. Bobcat keeps me updated on the kitties and I talk to them on the phone (I do all the talking, and they do all the purring). When I get home, I just can't wait to get some cuddling in. Being cats, they look at me with apparent disinterest as if to say, "Oh, were you gone?"

**Kirsten** · 05-18-2006, 12:12 PM

Sonia and Kuhio, that must be soooo hard to be away for several days or even weeks! I remember how terrible it was when I was seperated from Luna and Lily when I was in hospital two years ago!

Lizzie and Donna, I totally understand!!

Kim, you're really lucky to work from home!

Kirsten

**aki** · 05-18-2006, 12:17 PM

I have noticed when I spend the weekend at my bf's house, I get really homesick for Chuck.

**lvpets2002** · 05-18-2006, 12:27 PM

Oh yes for sure & I work 10 - 11 hrs a day at work & cant wait to go home & then I pick up each one & cuddle & whisker kiss && then all end up in bed with me all night.. I will admitt it helps to have pictures of all the babies with me here at work.. Oh I could not stand it if I had no pictures with me at work..

**Sonia59** · 05-18-2006, 12:28 PM

Lisa, I do the same on the phone! I talk to them and I hear them purring (well, mainly Jasmine because Peppito does not purr so much).

Kirsten, I receive by e-mail every morning some pictures that my partner takes with the webcam before going to work. For example, this morning I received this cute picture of Jasmine:

Isn't it cutie?

Of course the pictures are not always so good, sometimes I see just an ear or a butt

**Kirsten** · 05-18-2006, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Sonia59

Kirsten, I receive by e-mail every morning some pictures that my partner takes with the webcam before going to work. For example, this morning I received this cute picture of Jasmine:

Isn't it cutie?

Of course the pictures are not always so good, sometimes I see just an ear or a butt

Oh, this is so sweet of him!

Unfortunately, I don't have anyone at home to take pictures for me, and I'm not allowed to use the internet at work anyway (only for job related things).

Aki, I understand what you mean: When I was in hospital, I was REALLY homesick because I missed my girls!

Kirsten

**moosmom** · 05-18-2006, 01:13 PM

I really do miss my cats when I'm at work. Especially when I have a rather "aggravating" day. At night when I'm watching tv, they are all around me, purring away. I love them SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!!!!!

**Laura's Babies** · 05-18-2006, 01:50 PM

WELL.... The first week back at work, the missing of them is so bad that it is a outright physical pain. I find myself reaching down from my chair (like I do at home) to pet them forgetting where I am... OOooooo, that hurts. I have a ton of their pictures printed out as well as a ton of them on my laptop that I take with me and I talk to their pictures every day, telling them how much I miss them and that I WILL be back to them as soon as I can... There are times I just sit in my room and cry because I miss them so much..

I am hoping that by leaving them at home this time, they will not miss me TO bad..