I think I wanted peace and quiet, so I adopted them. (just kidding).
I was tired of the peace and quiet. It had been a year since Zoe passed on and 2 since Theo her brother. Originally we were bequethed 2 older tabby girls by a friend undergoing serious surgery with a poor prognosis. Miracle of miracles she made it !! Then I just couldn't bring myself to go into the Humane Society's building. Last time I did that it broke my heart and it took forever to stop thinking about all those animals and how could I choose one over another. That last time my friend took 2, I already had 3 (who did not get along very well) but took an older Siamese. As we were doing the paper-work an older man said he'd love a Siamese . I handed him right over as I didn't come for a cat in the first place.
We checked out many different breeds and cats but always ended up thinking about what if we got abys again. Well.... sure enough we realized we are addicted to abys...and now Maya and Bodhi rarely give us a moment's peace.