Deanna Russo Instagram – I know death doesn’t give warnings but, boy, does it have a sense of humor. The last words I said to my cat were, “Just go and die already.” Maybe the full moon last night did have as much power as all the astrologers said it would because my words came true. My orange bastard of a cat went and died already.
He was old and had just pissed on the rug. I was mad so I shoved his nose in his mess and then put him outside, which wasn’t really a punishment. He loved going outside. He had cultivated several names in the many homes he frequented, but in my house, he was The Dude.
The Dude would abide, but he also had strong opinions about the company I kept. He never warmed up to the kids. I think he considered himself my primary partner and didn’t like sharing my attention. He’d piss in your shoes or shit on your head while you slept if he didn’t want you around. He stood at the helm of my romantic life, the bastard.
One day while shopping for protection dogs, this determined orange kitten crawled up my pant leg and didn’t leave me alone for the next 15 years. He earned the name because that’s what I shouted every time he charged at his reflection in a floor mirror, cracking his skull against the silver glass, “Dude!” It just stuck.
The Dude and I were so closely connected before I became a human-mom that I would hold him and sob at the thought of him dying one day. And now that day is today. It was very un-dude of him to piss on my rug because yes, it really did tie the room together, but he did take his own exit, which is something he knew I wanted. | Posted on 10/Dec/2022 04:59:57
