Kitties Join the CARTay

Last week, we had some temporary additions to the CART family.  They were my super cute kitties, Butterskotch and Karamel.  Butterskotch is a girl and Karamel is a boy and they are siblings.  We got them from a box outside of Walmart when they were only four weeks old and looked like this.................................
Now they are over 6 years old, but they're still adorable!


When they first arrived at the CART house, they were very shy and hid under the bed all day.  But as the week went on, they befriended all the members of CART.  Christine didn't really like them though because they made her feel itchy....even though she's not allergic, so I think she was lying.  Taylor and Butterskotch became best friends!  They always cuddled up together in the living room while Taylor studied and fought the mono disease.  She didn't really like Karamel though and that made him sad...she wouldn't even say goodbye to him on our parting day.  Rachael was mostly indifferent to both cats.  However, she did have an exceptional moment when Butterskotch leaped on top of her in the middle of the night and made her scream.  (It was the night I had to get up early for clinical, so I should have kicked Rachael out of the house for waking me up...but I'm a good roommate so I didn't).


Both felines were very helpful in the CART house throughout the week.  Butterskotch's good deed was being my friend at 5am on Friday when none of my housemates were inclined to keep me company.  She meow-ed a lot, mostly because she wanted me to feed her, but also to make sure I stayed awake until I had to leave for the hospital.  She also sat in my lap and kept me nice and warm in the midst of the freezing CART household.

Karamel didn't want to be left out either, so over the weekend he studied with me for pathophysiology.  He did this by walking back and forth in front of me several times before finally settling down right on top of my note binder.  I was on the microorganisms section when he did this, so he must have mistaken himself for a lower life form.  While it was cute, his actions were not very instrumental in helping me study, so I unfortunately had to send him off in a different direction.

Yesterday, it was time for the babies to say goodbye.  Mama Ring came to AA, and we loaded them into the car.  As she drove off, both kitties stood by the front window, staring longingly at the home they had cherished so much.  They are probably happy to be back in their real residence, but maybe one day they will decide to come purring at our doorstep again :)