I've found another friend, one who doesn't pounce on me all the time. It's a Seal apparently and lives on Meomwie's bedhead. I've just discovered him though he tells me he's been there a while. I especially like the taste of his plastic whiskers but Meowmie stops me from sucking them for some reason.

Xena and I have been getting along better. I'm learning to swipe back at her when she swipes at me. That usually puts her in her place and leaves her wondering why her swipes aren't working anymore. I'm not running and hiding as much now which confuses her a bit I think.

This morning, much to Meowmie's delight, I even let Xena sniff my butt and then we touched noses a couple of times and I didn't say a word about it. Maybe I'm just getting a bit more tolerant.

Xena is on heat again. She was on heat for about 3 days a week ago and Meowmie thought that would be the one and only time before her op next Thursday but last Thursday she started yeowling again and sure enough, she is on heat again. Hopefully, it will only last another day or so. As I said, her op is next Thursday and she's going in the night before because Meowmie won't be able to get her there that morning so I should, at least, have 24 hours of peace before she gets home again. Then, hopefully, for a while, she'll be too doped up to cause much grief anyway. We will see!