Infestation of the cutest kind

Don't think for a second that the kittens, otherwise known as the GLOBS of love have gone away. Far from it! They have taken to the FLOOR! They now have ears ON TOP of their heads, instead of on either side. They now MEW incessantly upon seeing you and sidewind their way towards you. All to the absolute chagrin of our mama kitty, who has become a NEUROTIC MESS. Poor thing--she used to be able to get a break from the pack, to give her red milk duds a break, but alas, NO. The box has become a mosh pit, and she leaps out, only to see them spill after her and then SCATTER. One particular kitten, we have named Muffin Top, she has a particular thing for. We woke up at 5:30 am to her leaping into our bed with him, as if to say HERE. I can't do anything with him, maybe YOU can DEAL with him.

They are adorable, but like so many cute things you let in, they are becoming TROUBLE. They swarm your feet and you can't have a second to yourself. You'd go crazy, only they are SO FRIGGN' CUTE it's HARD to feel bad thoughts when you are staring into the CUTE ABYSS:



It hurts, doesn't it? Looking at this picture makes me want to get a couple of slices of wonderbread and some ketchup and HAVE AT IT. Can you imagine what it's like to be sitting there, innocently reading a riveting book by a riveting author about riveting times, when you suddenly feel the scratchy sensation of a TEENY TINY MOUTH making jabs at your TOES? You look down and see this face staring back at you? Then when you pick one up, they are so SOFT and weightless, you might as well be holding a warm bundle of NOTHING.

When Sleater-Mama looks up at us with this look like, where have my quiet spazzy days gone, we reassure her that they will return in another month's time. Until then, we will have to WITHSTAND this cute infestation. It's a lot better than cockraoches and mice--the OTHER infestations we have had to withstand. Plus, what infestation ever slept and stole your heart all at the same time?