Sorry I’ve been so quiet on this trip but we’re moochdocking at a family members house so we’ve been busy spending time with them. However, I’ve got some exciting news! If the title of this post confused you, then good that was my goal! While at the Tractor Supply buying dog food I saw the man walking around with a kitten that looked like my recently passed cat and of course me being a girl and loving all animals I immediately asked to pet her lol. We talk and I find out that he and his mom were called by someone they knew saying they found a stray kitten at Walmart (yeah we’re in the south and in a SMALL town) and asked if they could come pick it up. Turns out this is the 3rd kitten this month they’ve fostered, the guys mom told me that they’re the unofficial foster house in this area and they were just at Tractor Supply to get a crate for the kitten until they found a home for it. My boyfriend has been saying no more animals for a while now so I thought I’d mess with him for a second and walk over with the kitten telling him how I just got us a new kitten. Well when I walk over with her he reacts just how I thought he would and the guy and I laugh at him cause that was the whole point.
Well talking to the guy and his mom with my boyfriend he blurts out that he was planning on adopting a cat for my birthday to surprise me. That completely shocked me because I would never have expected that from him. He said he was going to adopt a full grown cat for me which made me get a little misty eyed because it was such a nice thing. We talk about it and I brought up that us living in a RV would be better for us to get a kitten and not a full grown cat because the cat knows living in one place but a kitten would adjust better to life on the road, in which he said I could have the kitten in my hands. I of course ask him a million times if he’s sure and won’t get mad later on and when he insists it’s a good idea I begin to cry (yeah, yeah, yeah I know but I recently lost my cat!) The guys mom tells me she likes to sleep on boobs to which I reply “I’ve got those” (I have a great skill of just saying what I think.)
The guy and his mom named her Ryder and we thought that was a perfect name for her because she’ll be riding with us all over and I said she’s gonna be my “ride or die pussy” (again, I have no filter) I’m pretty sure she’s not 8 weeks old yet so I’ve had to get her cat milk and get used to waking up throughout the night to feed her and make sure she goes to the bathroom. But it’s so worth it! After a few days she’s now coming out of her shell and super playful. Today she got a tinfoil ball and at first she had NO idea wtf to do with it and just stared at it. That didn’t last long though lol now she’s sliding all over the floor with her ball. This is kinda perfect because we installed a cat door to a outside storage that we sectioned off to fit a litterbox. Today’s job for me is to get the kitten used to going all the way to the back of the rig to go threw the door to use the litterbox. She’s only gone to the other end of the rig once and that was last night… Wish me luck!
