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Pet Insanity at the water bowls

James Moffitt
3 min readAug 27, 2024
Jolene sitting on a cereal box on the dining room table

Jolene sits on just about anything. Her favorite place to sit is on a box of any kind. Jolene finds a box anywhere in the house and she immediately sits on it for HOURS on end. I nicknamed Jolene “jumper” because she jumps all over the house. On and off furniture or appliances or the kitchen table. She sits on the microwave. If I am reclining in my favorite chair trying to nap she will run across my chest on her way to my recliner table and usually knocks shit off onto the floor as she zooms to the other side of the house.

Misty is the black cat on the right sleeping on Katy’s bag. If there is no bag to sleep on she will find any article of clothes laying around the house and lay on that. Both cats love it when Katy pulls clothes out of the dryer and lets them sit in the container by the back door. You will find one of them on top of the warm clothes.

We have three water bowls. Two of the three water bowls are designed for cats to drink out of. One of the water bowls in the master bedroom is red and has a handle on it. I think that bowl used to be used for something else in the kitchen.

I bought a special cat fountain that has water coming out of a spout on the top and…

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James Moffitt
James Moffitt

Written by James Moffitt

Happily married for last 34 years to Katy Moffitt, living in Goose Creek South Carolina. I am a writer, photographer and podcast host. I am a critical thinker.

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