I am...

[seanan_mcguire]

...home.
...safe.
...covered in cats.

Goodnight, moon.

Comments

[beccastareyes]

Cats! Home! Bed*!

* My mother had a trip where she stayed in four different places, then she helped me move two weeks later. She told me that the greatest joy when she got home was that when she woke up in the middle of the night, she knew what room she was in.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

I actually had trouble last night when I woke up around 1:30am (it was my first night home) remembering what room I was in!

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

welcome home

your kitties missed you.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

They genuinely did.

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

Yay for a safe trip! Yay for cats! Glad you had fun in Europe!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

Safe return home is always good.

We just went down to LA (from Modesto, so not a huge trip like yours) for three days, and when we got back, you would've thought we were responsible for the next Ice Age. The cat that is more mine than not (Feisty) wouldn't even look at me for about eight hours.

I tell you, getting the cold shoulder from a cat really puts life into perspective.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It really, truly does.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Some of both!

[runiechica.livejournal.com]

That is the best feeling ever!! Enjoy!!!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Bed is great.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

All very good things. I was only gone for a three day weekend recently and I was still overjoyed when I managed to get back and reach that state. Sleep tight!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

It all sounded like a Marvelous Trip - but there's still No Place Like Home. I join your cats in purring you home.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

The cats are SO HAPPY.

[laurenthemself]

This is an excellent state of being.

*gentle snuggles*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Glee.

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

Welcome back from your many adventures across the sea! Your kitties have welcomes their minion beloved owner home and have welcomed her with cuddles and purrs. I'm glad you arrived safely. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

As am I.

[hms42]

Glad to hear that you are home safely.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

So much cat.

[dulcimeoww.livejournal.com]

Being covered in purring cats is pretty much the true measure of home, isn't it?

I was gone for a week this last week, and by two days in I went into such cat withdrawal that I began acting out annoying cat behaviors using a stuffed animal like a puppet. Evidently these were quite apt, as my husband recognized them immediately. He was very tolerant, and even used The Cat Voice in response. This is a soothing, sarcastic voice of bemused acceptance which he uses with cats and small children to explain in charmingly blunt ways everything that is wrong with the universe. For an example, my five year old niece wanted to know why there was a vegetable turtle mascot on her juice box, and he explained, "It's because they know that by the time you're an adult there won't be any real turtles left to compare it to." When Jack jumped up on his desk to demand snuggles after we got home I could tell even from a different room in the house because I overheard Poe saying, "Hello. Yes, that's your face. It is very close to my eyeball." Someday I shall get some of these conversations on tape, because text does not properly convey how awesome they are.

Anyhow, four days into our week long trip, the cat withdrawal was so bad that I apparently psychically summoned a neighborhood stray to our doorstep, where she was enthusiastically affectionate until it became clear we were not going to allow her in the house, at which point she disappeared, we think to nurse kittens. She was underweight and quite young, which means that somewhere in the proximity of our place in Alabama is a litter of undernourished kittens. We're gonna see if we can find them when we go back this weekend, though what we'll do about it if we succeed remains to be seen.

We just got home on Monday, and the difference it makes to be covered in determined purring felines is just immeasurable. Despite the interruptions for snuggles and sneezes in the face and everything, it was still the first decent night of sleep in a week. I'm so glad you're getting the full course of homecoming joy, too!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

D'awww.

[lunalelle.livejournal.com]

As life should be. :D Enjoy some well-needed sleep with fluffy creatures beside you.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

They make everything better.

[nurseiris.livejournal.com]

Yay for kitties and sleeping in your own bed!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

YES.

[calico-reaction.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Happiness is mine.

[imogen-blue.livejournal.com]

my eyes are playing tricks, i read that as ANTS!!!!
i'm so glad you're not actually covered in ants. cats is much nicer.
enjoy your night!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I would be less thrilled about that, I think.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness for all three.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yessss.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

That's a problem with travel -- one is so seldom covered in cats.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[-dante-sparda-.livejournal.com]

Hurray to all these things! Welcome home, mistress of the corn!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

Thank you for sharing your travel stories online, it's been a fun trip from the sidelines :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am very glad.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

All good things.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[arcaneblades.livejournal.com]

Glad you're home and getting the chance to enjoy "covered in cats" again. I got home from a week-long trip myself last night and have indeed been covered in cat ever since.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Cats are best.