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for people who have been around for a
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while you might be seeing the title and
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thinking Jaden aren't you allergic to
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cats and to that I'd say yes kind of I'm
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actually not sure anymore and for the
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people who know anything about me you
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might see the title and think Jaden cats
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are literally the number one natural
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predator to birds and to that I also say
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yes that one's 100% proven fact so let
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me back up a bit and explain how we got
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here because all the cards in the world
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were stacked against the idea of me
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getting a cat growing up I was
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irrefutably and absolutely allergic to
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cats my best friend had like three of
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the things and every time I would hang
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out or sleep over at her house I would
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be a Sneezy watery eyed snotty
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mess can I have some water given the
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fact my brother was also allergic to
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cats it was set that we were a dog
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family my whole life I went around not
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giving cats a second thought I never had
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anything actually against them but since
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I was forced to stay 20 ft away from
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them or suffer the consequences I just
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couldn't get to know them plus as a kid
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dogs were always more appealing they're
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more likely to be bigger fans of playing
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and running around be more approachable
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with their genetically bred
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unconditional love and can overall be
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more forgiving cut to like two catless
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decades for me later and I'm meeting
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Jacob for the first time at his place as
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we're hanging out in his living room his
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cat Frasier comes over and greets me
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Frasier is extremely social and vain so
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he's always expecting nothing less than
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a NeverEnding stream of attention from
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the people even though he's very cute
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and distinguished I deployed my typical
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foolproof plan of don't touch the cat
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Fraser realizes he's not getting any
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attention out of me and sits down nearby
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on the couch but a bit later Jacob's
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other cat ends up making an appearance
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this one's Taylor She's normally really
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shy and hides but does really like women
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which I am Taylor ended up crawling on
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to me and making herself really comfy in
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my womanly lap Jacob knowing I'm
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allergic offered to take her away but
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this was actually the first time a cat
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has ever done something like this to me
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I've always been a bit of a cat magnet
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if you want to call it that because I
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act like they don't exist which they
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interpret as me not pushing their
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boundaries and creating a comfortable
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environment for them to come up to me on
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their own terms but never have I felt
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like a cat has chosen me like this
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before I told Jacob I'm happy to let her
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stay comfortable on me and I'll just
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reap the consequences of my sewing later
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on this was my first extremely positive
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experience with the cat and I honestly
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felt really happy and special and wanted
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to enjoy it a few hours later I'm saying
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my goodbyes and during the drive back
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home I realized I was completely fine no
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sneezing no itchy eyes straight up
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nothing I was so confused
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and curious thus the start of my little
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cat experiment began every time I went
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over to Jacob's Place I would let the
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cats be as social as they wanted with me
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if Taylor wanted to sit by me I'd let
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her if Frasier wanted attention I would
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pet him at one point while we were
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watching a movie Taylor literally
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decided to lay down on my neck filling
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every one of my breaths with cat dander
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and hair and you know what happened no
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reaction not even a little drip of mucus
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somehow sometime I'd grown out of my cat
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allergy and never noticed apparently
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every seven years people's Allergies
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have the chance to change maybe being
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surrounded by my friends cats all
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throughout my childhood could have
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helped my body get more familiar with
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them either way I've now unlocked the
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skill to survive cats oh guys it was
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incredible now that I'd been freed from
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my shackles I immediately started taking
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time to get to know cats more instantly
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they felt so much more cute and cool and
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approachable and
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all I was really starting to like them
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more especially since every time I would
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hang out at Jacob's Place Taylor would
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walk over and be around me and purr and
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oh it was amazing to be loved by a cat
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so I really like cats now and after some
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time I decided I wanted one too Jacob
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and I decided to peruse a local cat
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rescues website just to see what cats
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were available I don't want to get one
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right away there's a lot I have going on
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but it doesn't hurt to oh my God that
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one I want that one so bad it's so cute
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what's it name tost toana toana my
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beloved we have to send in an
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application we have to hi my name is
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Jaden I love this cat please let me
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adopt it please
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please what you guys know me I'm weak
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wheeled and impulsive my first mistake
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was liking cats to begin with the rescue
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reached out a few days later for a cat
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screening interview to make sure we
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would be a good fit to be cat parents
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after being approved they told us we
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could pick any cat we wanted that was in
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their hair of course I asked about
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tostada but we were given the
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unfortunate news that she had already
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been
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adopted
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no we looked at the other cats available
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on their website but unfortunately none
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of them really stood out to me the
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rescue ended up inviting us to a little
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meet the cats event they were hosting
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where we could see all the cats they had
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up for adoption in person which was
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awesome because that was actually the
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first time I'd ever actually seen and
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held a kitten before it was amazing but
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as cute and tiny as they all were there
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still wasn't one that called to me I
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pried Jacob away from the kittens headed
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home and we started waiting every day I
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would check the rescue's cat list to see
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if any new ones caught my eye I didn't
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even know what I was looking for but
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waited for the universe to send me my
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perfect cat nonetheless one morning I
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refreshed the page and saw one new
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kitten added a Tori they found in some
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dumpster named Scrabble with the the
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biggest eyes and forehead I'd seen in my
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life something about this bizarre little
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creature called to me I messaged the
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rescue about Scrabble and they told me
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she's available putting me in touch with
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scrabble's foster parents every day they
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sent me new little pictures of kitten
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Scrabble and every photo I fell more and
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more in love with her she seemed so
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silly and playful and those eyes we got
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on a video call and they told me all
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about how big of a personality she has
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out of the five other kittens they were
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fostering she was by far their favorite
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the whole time we were talking Scrabble
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was flipping around in their arms and
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looking at the camera with her giant
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orbs I left that call knowing I found my
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cat I needed to have little kitten
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Scrabble meeting her in person only
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cemented it she was shy at first but
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after flinging around her worm toy she
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immediately started hopping around and
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being the life of the party I talked a
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lot to her foster parents and they just
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gushed about how they wish they could
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keeper since they all loved her so much
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even though the rescue called her
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Scrabble obviously that was more of a
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placeholder name the foster parents
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called her Camy but neither of those
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really fit to me however I knew one name
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that I
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liked
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toast yeah I stole another kitten's name
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and pasted on mine so what big deal
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tosta is a great name my tosta is way
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more of a tostada than the other tostada
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anyway look at her I would have left
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with little tostada in my arms that
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moment if I could but unfortunately
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Jacob and I were going out of town for 3
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million weeks and had to wait to take
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her home until after we came back she
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was all I could think about the entire
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time I was shoving tostada photos in
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everyone's face every chance I got the
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foster parents were sending tostada
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updates every day I was overflowing with
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yearning for this cat she was growing
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and learning about the world without me
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take me home to my child literally the
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moment Jacob and I landed we drove
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straight from the airport to the foster
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home to pick her up I could not wait we
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arrived home with plus one tostada I
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couldn't believe it I have a mammal now
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and sorry other mammal owners but it's
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the best mammal in the whole wide
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universe Jacob and I spent the entire
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day playing with her letting her get
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used to her new surroundings she was so
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cute and so tiny here's a video of her
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eating wet food with a big old Chomp as
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someone who's owned birds for 7 years at
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that point it felt so strange to have a
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pet that was significantly less fragile
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and also draws significantly less blood
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you mean this thing can't fly up and get
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hit by the ceiling fan insane I've had
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toada for a while now she's 2 years old
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at the time of me posting this and let
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me tell you this thing has become a
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creature first of all eyes still Giant
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and she never blinks look at this she
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was sitting on my desk looking like that
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long enough for me to notice get my
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phone out of my pocket pull up the
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camera app put the camera in her face
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and take a photo and here's like four
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more she is also not that smart I'm sure
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you could deduce that by how she looks
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but this thing has a single brain cell
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and it's just another version of herself
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up there with a joystick Jacob and I are
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fully convinced she can only form a few
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thoughts a day and only in single word
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nouns evidently tostada is also very
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scared of everything always has been
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loud noises quiet noises no noises
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movement of any kind even Jacob a person
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she's been around all her little life
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post dumpster there's been times where
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he'll be at his desk moves his chair
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just a smidge and she's darting out of
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the room one time we were trying to
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explain to some friends how skittish she
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genuinely can be and demonstrated it by
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grabbing a toy literally in front of her
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raising it up a bit lightly dropping it
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on the floor still in front of her and
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she bolted you know how cats are
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genetically built to be good at
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balancing well tostada can't even do
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that she trips and falls and misplaces
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her feet all the time on multiple
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occasions she has tried to walk across
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my L-shaped desk and just missed and
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fell down that's like the one thing that
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makes a cat a cat and nope doesn't hit
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the mark there either she's gotten
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better but as a kitten tostada couldn't
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even jump after I built her her first
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cat tower I watched as she attempted to
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jump up to the second level not quite
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make it and had to slam her arms down on
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the thing to hoist herself up like she
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was mountain climbing but oh is she the
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sweetest little thing when I got a cat I
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was expecting it to want its own space
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come around when it wants you know
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General cat things but this creature
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follows me from room to room with those
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high beams of hers she sits on my lap
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while I'm at my computer lays on my
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giant Pokémon plushes mostly just looks
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up at me from the floor and just stares
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when I'm sleeping she'll just crawl into
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bed and Tuck herself up right next to me
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look at all these photos of her straight
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up on me when I'm sleeping don't look
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too close so I don't have makeup on
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bedtime is sacred to her she loves
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bedtime if I'm working late toada will
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come into my office around 9 or 10 p.m.
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AKA past tosta bedtime and just start
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crying scratching on my chair rolling
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around on the floor it it's pitiful and
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if I still don't move after that she'll
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go into the bedroom and drag over her
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string toy she always plays with it it's
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just so sad and pathetic I always play
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string with her when she brings it over
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though don't worry but lately she's
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picked up another routine habit which is
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Pats not all cats like the Pats but
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tostada lives off them it's when you
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just slap a cat's butt and it looks like
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you're hurting them but they actually
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love it however tostada is really
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particular about pets first of all I'm
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the only one allowed to give her pets
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Jacob has tried and she runs away scared
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and offended every single time second
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she has to receive pats on a specific
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spot on the floor of the closet if I try
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to give her pets in like my office she
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bolts to her floor spot staring at me to
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continue them over there also she begs
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to be Pat every single night like
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clockwork she'll sit like a gargoyle in
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front of the closet and cry pitifully
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until I come over there now when I
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finally come over for pets she'll flop
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on the floor and start horizontally rock
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climbing her way across the floor with
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her claws and Tangle herself up in the
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ethernet cables while I keep up the pad
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you think I'm joking but I'm very much
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not this is the only way she accepts
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pets and I have to give them to her
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every night or else she's miserable to's
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world is so small she's really just
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around me Jacob Taylor and Frasier but
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she loves her simple family so much when
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kitten tostada first met Frasier she was
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terrified of him she'd been around other
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adult cats before but she'd never seen a
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flat cat in her life and she was
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mortified of course she's since warmed
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up to and they play together and hang
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out all the time they're best friends
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but tostada loves Taylor always has she
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looks up to Taylor like a little baby
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sister admiring her cool awesome older
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sibling
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unfortunately Taylor hates it they
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literally have a SpongeBob Squidward
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type of sibling relationship and tostada
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is so oblivious to it Taylor has
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annoyingly swatted at tostada so many
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times just for existing around her that
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tostada now thinks it's a fun little
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game they play and will start chasing
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and swatting back at Taylor happily not
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understanding cat social cues of course
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never in a way that's too far but just
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enough to get on Taylor's nerves even
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more between the three of them they all
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have such different little personalities
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and relationships to each other it's
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made our lives so much more entertaining
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and to anyone concerned about the birds
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don't worry I've got Ari and tofu very
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separated from the cats they're safe in
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their own blocked off room connected by
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a double door system that ensures no
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possible interaction between bird and
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Cat if anyone is thinking about getting
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cats and birds as pets it is possible
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but just make sure the two are very
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separate especially if you have smaller
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birds like coners or budgies I'm sure
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there's people out there that have
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trained their cats to be fine around a
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pet bird but to me all it takes is one
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accident or attack for you to just not
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have a bird anymore plus having the two
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of them takes a huge huge amount of time
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and commitment I've said it before and
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I'll say it forever I love my birds to
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death but they do not make good pets for
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the very large majority of people in
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terms of allergies I do think I was
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originally still a little bit allergic
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to tostada ironically when I first got
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her I was Sneezy and sniffling nothing
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allergy pills couldn't fix and it never
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was as bad as my original cat allergy
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but I think I've been growing out of
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that one too because nowadays I don't
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have any reaction to her at all bodies
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are a mystery I am building my immunity
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to everything next up is rat poison I
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didn't think I would make a video
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talking about this thing but tost has
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just got such a funny little personality
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and has become such a big part of my
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life she may be the description of
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autism but I love her more than the
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world itself and I know I'm the center
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of her little life too I don't even see
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her as a cat she's just a little
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creature that follows me around looking
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weird but I love it and I'm so glad I
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grew out out of my cat allergy just so I
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can have her it really has been so
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different owning a cat mainly because I
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know toata won't just Bight me at any
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given chance unlike some Aven creatures
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thanks for watching the video heads up
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I'm going to be announcing new merch
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again soon so be on the lookout for that
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the last drop went so well and I'm
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really glad that so many of you guys
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enjoyed it I'm so excited to finally be
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getting back into making fun merch uh
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and it really helps me out a lot all
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right so sorry thanks uh anyway I'll
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talk to you later bye-bye
