When my first cat Muffins was put to sleep (a few years ago) I was so depressed. Finally my father gave in and we looked for a new cat. One night I was watching (a now extinct) tv channel and saw a tv show on about different breeds of cats. One of them was called an "Egyptian Mau" and I was like Oh goodness they are pretty. Ironically the next day in the paper was an ad (I still have the ad, btw) for a three year old neutered Egyptian Mau. Dad was like "what's that, a snake?" and I was like "no! It's a really pretty cat - they are spotted..." and my dad got interested and said "oh, Carol, why don't you call them and talk to them for a minute?" so Mom called and found out more about Maui (then 'Brickey').

The lady on the phone said he was a major lapcat, loveable, huggable and just plain cutiful. So I begged Dad to let us go see him and we went and saw him.

Turns out she was selling the female too - but the second I saw Maui huddled in the back of his crate, it was then that I fell in love. Mom wanted the Silver Female but I wanted Maui. And that's how we got my best friend! (who never lets me out of his sight - unless I go into the spooooookkkkkkyyy bathroom).

Maui and I are so bonded that when I had my first seizure back in July, he even detected it an hour and a half before! Now I listen to him when he sits on my chest and plays with my buttons - it mean's that I'm going to get sick! LOL.