Exhausted!

We're all pretty tired around here - between work, school, and keeping ourselves fed/clothed/etc, Jeremy and I don't get much sleep.  Of course, that is nothing compared to how exhausting it is to be a cat around here.  Between crying for attention, begging for people-food, and the non-stop work of shedding the cats keep a pretty packed schedule. 

To add to the kitty excitement, we bought some new cat toys over the weekend.  Rocky loves the dangle-toys on elastic thread that you hang over a door - he goes absolutely nuts every time we get him one.  Of course, Lucy tires of these toys easily and when she has had enough she methodically chews through the string, leaving the little toy on the ground and ending everybody's fun.  Needless to say, the lifespan of one of these toys at our house is about a week, but every once in a while we buy one as a special treat for Rocky.  He leaps and jumps and bats the toy around until he is exhausted, and then ...

... he needs a nap.  That's Rocky, passed out underneath his toy.  He plays until he can't play anymore.  Then he lays under the toy and bats up at it until even the effort to bat at the toy becomes too much, then he falls asleep.  His little paws continue to twitch while he sleeps which is pretty adorable.  When he wakes up, the cycle starts all over again.  It is so tiring being the kitty!