Trauma Healing

I brought home some catnip and a toy for my buddy, Bobber. Now, we are almost best friends. After I shot the video he came out from under the bed to give me the once over.

That cat has a unique, mystical personality. There is something about him I find very intriguing. He reminds me of ….well… a little of myself I guess! Very shy, slow to warm up, observant from a distance. I form my opinions from simply observing. And so does Bobber. I know he’s not afraid of me. He never runs away. He just looks at me and goes about his business. If I move too fast, he’s alert. But not kiddish. Just watching from a distance.

A friend gave me some treats for him and I throw some on the floor every now and then. He likes to chase them, catch them and eat them just like real mice. He treats them like a game. He’ll run up to one piece, bat at it then eat it. I’m truly trying hard to get this cat to let me touch him, but so far I have not been successful. He’s not as shy as he was before. He comes out and hangs around the house. Wandering and looking things over. It also appears he’s using my spare bed for his new sleep quarters. He must’ve got bored hiding under my bed. I mean there’s not much to intrigue his mind. 🤔it’s only a studio apartment. Anyway, He’ll get used to me and closed areas just fine. I wonder about the piano 😄😂🥴if I could teach him how to play the piano. 😄 I’ve got a good sized keyboard under my bed. I originally got it for the two grandsons, but I guess they’ve outgrown it and mom was going to throw it away.! I said “Oh no. If they don’t want it anymore I will find someone that does “. Lo and behold it was me 🥴.

Now what? One thing at a time.

Onto a totally different subject, I did something pretty dang weird in the middle of the night. Sleep walking.

I woke up at some point in the middle of the night and fixed myself a plate to eat, which must’ve been done in my sleep! I Found an uneaten peeled avocado on a plate with a bar of soap on the plate as well! I did wake from my slumber when I took a bite of soap! Ugh! Yuck 🤢! It woke me no doubt! I woke up to chewing on a piece of the soap. I almost puked and couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth for the rest of the night! I ate a lot of toast, crackers and drank a whole bunch of milk to try and rid the burning and taste in my mouth from that soap. And yes, it was giving me a belly ache and citrus essential oil in my mouth! I was up most of the night trying to rid my mouth of the grossest picture. I do not recommend people EATING it. I got a chemical burn on the entire inside of my mouth I had to go to the dang doctor, EMBARRASSING.

I don’t recommend this kind of punishment on children at all!

Has a parent ever eaten as much soap as they’ve made their child eat?? I bet not. All I am going to say about soap is: It’s only good for the things it’s supposed to be good for and that does not include putting soap in the mouth, because somebody is acting bad. There are millions of ways, thoughts, ideas to get a child to do/or don’t do what you want. care what bad words they says, or whatever. There is absolutely no reason for soap in the mouth.

Oh! Boy the way, Bobber did come lay on my bed with me today. He slept at the foot but that’s great progress! I’m so happy we are coming along.