I tried to not to talk too much about Mimi in this blog, as I don’t want myself look like a sudden fulfilled cat owner with a pet obsession but nothing else. I saw lots of pet owners keep talking about their pet here or there, or whenever they’ve got a chance. Some of them, do this on a daily base and have the difficulties to tell that their pet is just a pet, an animal not their human baby. In the past I did laugh at these kinds of silly behaviours of those pet owners, but now, with Mimi’s coming, I sort of understand why. I do worry him everyday, two times a day phoning back home to check with my husband how Mimi is doing, if he had a sleep, had eaten something or acted up.

When I am at home, I know Mimi is somewhere, but I still can’t help checking where he is, worrying about him falling off from a distinctive height, being stuck in somewhere, got injured, had eaten a fly or a bug, had a diarrheal or just got lonely. So what happened was I can only stand 5 minutes’ peaceful time without his presence besides me. 5 minutes later, I started to look for him, like a mother worrying about her baby going on his/her first trip without her supporting him/her by the side.

Sometimes I was just curious about where he is, not really wanted him to stay with me. To not to disturb him, I often hold a torch and sneakily come down from stairs and look underneath the furniture in the dark. I felt that I am getting close to those pet owners that I used to laugh at. If I am not as mad as them, at least I am not doing better than they do.

I wonder whether this is what pet ownership is about…..suddenly realising your side of being a mother, a crazy, anxious, paranoid and over-reacting mother But on the other hand, you find yourself begin to experience something you have never thought you would devote yourself to, and that pet you are caring for, actually has become your teacher and teasing you to learn more knowledge about being a responsible person, both as a pet owner and a mother.