Couch Time

Many people have a favorite place to be. We have heard that some people who have children like to go to "Disneyworld", which is not close to us, over and over and over again. Others enjoy visiting "Europe" a lot, which is also far away. And, still others prefer to go to "Walmart" every day to buy cheap crap, and which is also not near where we live.

But, we get it: if a place makes you happy and gives you a good feeling, you like to go there.

For us, that's our couch.

"Couch Time!!!!"

We both really enjoy "couch time" because after a long day where we have thrown our bodies into unusual positions on our floor, and on our rug, and on our blue blanket, it's nice to be able to throw our bodies into an usual position on something soft and cushiony. The couch has pillows that we can sit on or that Rozi can lean up against while she puts one leg in the air above it while smushing her belly into the space between pillow and couch. There's a blanket that's white (so we can tell it apart from our blue blanket) that's great fun to dig our claws into and plump into the exact softness that we need.

There's also a television that we can watch when we want to. But, we don't really like much of the TV shows that other people in our house like to watch (some shows are scary, some are loud, and some have cats in them). Still, the noise from the TV is calming (even when the TV makes big bangs when something scary happens) and we can just drift off while letting the sound of the television float over use (except when it's a cat's meow, which we find both disturbing and oddly fascinating).

But, our favorite thing is how high off the ground we are when we have couch time. Rozi can sometimes jump up by herself (not often; it's not like she qualified for the upcoming Summer Olympics in the high jump... she forgot to send her application in!) but mostly we get lifted up and gently place on the couch. The lift up is like we are flying and sometimes we play "Lion King" at its apogee, followed by the gentle feel of the couch on our paws as we touch down and begin to mold the pillows and blanket the way we like them.

From up on the couch, we can see more of our home, which is cool. Also, we can see outside from a little higher than our normal view, which is even cooler. Mostly, though, we just like the feeling of our bodies on the couch and of the couch on our bodies.

Still, when we hear our mama come home, we know that couch time is over! Rozi jumps down with her legs already moving forward, propelling her to the door, while less adventuresome Izzi starts to articulate her happiness through a series of squeaks and grunts. And, when our mama walks through our front door, Rozi usually runs in and around her feet while Izzi rapturously gets up on her back paws and does a little happy dance, a dance that would hurt her paws if she tried it on our floor.

While we don't get to have couch time every day, we do get to do it a few times every week, which helps keep special.

We love couch time!

Yip, Yip, Yip, Arf,

Izzi & Rozi