Lucy

This evening I went out for after work drinks with a few colleagues. It's been kind of a stressful week at work so it was great to get the email invite. We ended up going to the Dubliner Pub which is just outside my temporary apartment. Very cold Tiger beer and yummy pub food. That coupled with good conversation was a great way to end the week.

On my way up to the apartment, I made a new and unexpected friend. I've seen her hanging around on various mornings and sometimes in the evenings but we've never talked or even acknowledged each other before. This evening, this very cute little black and white kitty with a broken tail decided to befriend me. She was sitting on the steps outside the pub and the look on her face said - please come up and say hello. So, being a total cat person...I did just that. It took two scratches to the head, a verbal hello, and full scratch down her spine for her to decide I was "okay enough" to roll on her back and expose her tummy. I spent the next 10 minutes or so petting my new friend (I've taken the liberty to call her Lucy) while she snaked in and out between my legs.

So, as I've mentioned, I've seen her hanging around the pub before. In the mornings I'll see a plastic bowl with food or sometimes completely empty. I wasn't sure who she belonged to or who she was feeding but was just happy to see a cat in the area.

Tonight, after our great introduction and pet session I decided it was time to leave. Lucy wasn't quite done with me yet so she followed me down the steps of the pub and halfway up the steps to my building. Of course, I had to reward her for such loyalty so I sat down and started petting her again. Just then, a nice woman walked down behind me and said "it's time for her dinner - I'm about to feed her." Lucy looked up, realized who had the food, and the loyalties justifiably changed to this nice Asian lady. I left happily knowing I had a new friend and there was fellow cat person taking care of Lucy.