Introducing Alexander the Great

Over the summer, Isaac and I, along with a friend of mine, and her son, went to visit the local animal shelter. It was a rainy afternoon, and we thought it would be a fun place to visit. We met a cat on that day who appeared to be winking at us, which I thought was cute. I had no idea that he had something seriously wrong with it.

As it turns out, he had something wrong, and infection I think, in his inner eyelid. It was causing him allot of pain, and the vetinary clinic which is next door to the shelter fixed it. He is now doing fantastic!

Isaac and I have gone back to that shelter many times since then, and every time, there is this same cat. I had told Michael about him, and told him that I really wanted to adopt him, but we agreed that we probably shouldn't.

We went back for another visit last week, and there was the cat, lounging on this cat climber. He looked like the king of the lion pride! Isaac went right up to him and kissed him on the head. A little bit later, the enormous, king lion sauntered off the climber and came to investigate us a little bit.

Isaac is used to being a little rough around the edges with our Fluffen at home, so I was a little more aware of how close he was getting to these cats. As this giant one walked slowly past, he swished his tail twards Isaac's face. Isaac swatted it away, and the cat immediately brought his paw up, as if to swat at Isaac.

I put my hand on Isaac's chest, and told him to take a step back and give the kitty a little space. So he did. But the cat just sat there, paw in the air. We waited, and then Isaac went back to the cat and gave him a high 5! Hahaha, I almost fell over.

The cat put his paw down, and rubbed figure eights through and around Isaac's legs, practically knocking him down in the process.

Well, that was it, I knew we had to have him! It took a little bit of convincing, but Michael finally said we could add him to our family! He was already named Alexander the Great, and it really suits him well!

They told us when we adopted him, that he would pick his human. If he didn't like us, we would know right away. As it turns out, within a half hour after coming home, it was decided that Isaac was in fact his human. He doesn't let that boy out of his sight. They nap together, play together, eat together. If and when Isaac cries, watch out, Alexander will plow you down to get to him. Once he's seen for himself that everything is okay, then and only then can you investigate for yourself.