Good Stress
This morning I took an extra half hour to snuggle with Fortuny. He likes to curl up behind me and then he purrs furiously in my ear sounding like a jet plane ✈️ gearing up to take off. Gearing up is the best way to describe things at the moment. I talked to a friend yesterday and he said “I always worry about you when you go silent on social media. Are you okay?” “Mamma Mia I am ok I am just busy. Not travel. But lots of projects that require 100% of my attention - emotional plus intellectual energy. It’s not just me who is busy” I respond. “But it seems the entire world is in high gear. Everyone I talk to is super-powered. “ I have some stress. Good stress. Good things occupying my mind. But stress none the less.
As I wake in the morning Fortuny’s cat purr soothes me. Like an audio massage. In fact, I decide immediately it’s time I book a real massage. I am good at self care and as money has been tight lately I let that go. I shouldn’t. I am at my best when I am taking care of me. I remind myself to make it a priority. They say that the cat purr has magic in its vibration. Cats purr between 25 & 150 HRZ - 20-50 HRZ relaxes tense muscles. They say this same frequency can speed up healing and lessen inflammation. One night my boyfriend complained “between YOUR snoring and the cats purring it’s impossible to sleep!!!” But We are healing you!” I respond. He responds. “Heal me less.”
Fortuny wakes me in the middle of the night. Or rather, perhaps he knows I will wake at 3 am so he stands beside me in anticipation waiting for my eyes to open. When they do the purr begins. “Love me. Love me. Say that you love me, love me.” His wet nose nuzzles into my ear. And he settles into me. Happy I am awake after those long hours from 11pm when my attention was not focused on him I give him the adoration he deserves and he turns up the volume. Purr. Purr. Purr. I go back to sleep to this sound. In the morning when I wake. He is waiting for me. This time it’s less about his adoration and more about his desire for me to get out of bed and feed him. When he realizes I am not moving he settles into me. Purr purr purr. I wake listening to this music. #catstagram
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