Happy 78th Birthday Hermia! (my cat)

April 15, 2008

O. M. G.

I totally forgot it was Hermia’s Birthday today.

Two days of celebrations!She was born on April 15, 1991– which makes her 17 years old. But, according

to this website , she’s really 78 years old (in the human equivalent).

Here’s their chart:

Here’s a look at Hermia through the years:

1. (first picture) she’s just about a year old here.

2.  here, she’s about two.

3. this is hermia in the sink, from about 1997 or 98, when we lived in Arizona. She loves taking a bath.

4. in NYC, (hence the hard-wood floor) around 2000, so when she was about eight or nine. The lack of exercise took its toll on her once youthful, svelte figure.

5. this is around 2002 or 2003, b.c. (before the other cats), and shows a little of her cotton crotch

6. this is pretty much how she looked when we told her she was getting a little sister and brother.

7. this is the said –evil– step sister and step brother (jack and betsy).

8. she even asked us to send her back to Crate & Barrel, but they wouldn’t exchange her for a dish set no matter how hard we tried.

9. but now she’s learning to get along, sorta, with the other kids.

10. well, except jack. She’ll probably never accept jack (at least she’d never admit to it).

11. Did you know that last year Hermia had her portrait done? In oils. (by wonnnerful artist, Rachel Rifat).

12. for now, Hermia’s happy and content, if a little flabby and cranky, though she’s often quite lovable and never leaves my side at night.

13. except when she climbs down the ramp to eat or use the ladies room.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HERMIA!!