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For those of you out there who haven't had a cat, or are convinced that all cats are prissy snobs, I thought you might benefit from a recounting of part of my morning get-ready-for-work routine, and how our Siberians fit into it as major stress relievers! Like many of you, I'm sure, I haul my butt out of bed at what seems like an ungodly hour (for those of you in the military, it's about the same time you'd be roused out in boot camp for morning PT!). Then I stagger into the shower to make a token attempt to wake up and get cleaned off for the day ahead. Sleeping beauty I'm not! But unlike most of you, the instant I turn the water off, there's a little colorpoint kitty face staring in at me from outside the shower. Nina appears as soon as she hears the water go off and just sits there patiently while I get dried off,. Then I get out and sit down on the floor, draping the towel across my lap. She just starts purring up a storm, walking around me, periodically flopping down and rolling over to get a tummy rub. And then she crawls up in my lap and curls up for a marathon petting and purring session. Sometimes she even falls asleep, still purring! Okay, that probably seems like a pretty wimpy thing for a guy to be doing (particularly if he's a big lug who's over two hundred pounds and stands a bit over six feet tall), but that just totally makes my day! I work in a job that can be pretty high stress sometimes, but morning kitty therapy really takes the edge off. The only downside is that I can count on being at least ten to fifteen minutes late to work! So, do your own body a favor: get a couple Siberians and sign up for morning and afternoon kitty therapy stress-reduction sessions! Discuss this article on the forums. (5 posts)
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