The Dax girls

Ever since my divorce about a year ago I have been living at my son's apartment, getting a house here is a real drag, especially if you're still job hunting like I am... My son went to live with his dad in the beautiful apartment over the restaurant. 

But I am not living here all on my own, I share the house with 'the Dax girls', Ezri and Jadzia. Two cats, totally different in appearance and character, but loads of fun (most of the time :p). Here, I'll show a pic of both, Ezri in her signature 'facepalm' sleeping position and Jadzia...well camouflaged ;) :

I think this already gives away a lot of their character, Ezri a bit messy but sleeping soundly on my bed (always on the blankie like I taught her!) and Jadzia camouflaged, one eye open, ready to jump anything that moves ;)

Their names come from the Star Trek Deep Space 9 series. Jadzia and Ezri were the 8th and 9th hosts of the Trill symbiont Dax. These symbionts can live for hundreds of years inside humanoid Trill bodies, but when the host dies, the symbiont has to be 'implanted' in another body. The hosts share their memories with the symbiont. My son is, like me, a Trekkie...So it figured he gave his cats Star Trek names ;)

Strangely enough (?) the kitties share some of their character feats with their 'name givers', like Ezri is the more insecure cat and Jadzia is wiser and more 'fun-loving'.

Ezri was the first to come live at my son's house. She was born in a loving home and she grew out to be the big black-and-white bunch of cuddles she is today. She does have issues though, for some weird reason she thinks she has to pee in the hallway. At first we thought it was because the girls shared a litter box, so I bought a second one. That helped for a bit. Then we thought it was because the boxes were dirty, so I clean them every day instead of every 2-3 days. But she still keeps on doing it, now my guess is she doesn't like to be bossed around by little Jadzia. Nothing I can do about that though....

She's the more social cat. Likes to sleep on the foot end of my bed on the blanket I put there and loves it when the pillows are put there too. And she really likes company, and loads of cuddles. She'll jump anyone that visits here, begging for hugs...Ezri is also a bit of a scaredycat though. When the girls were still allowed to go outside, Ezri would just walk around in the garden and maybe pay a little visit to the neighbours. And she was always the first to be inside again :)

Jadzia...ooooh Jadzia ;) She's our little street slut. Her color here is called tortoise. And it's perfect camouflage! As we heard from the people my son got her from, she was found in the streets when she was 3 weeks old. Her behavior was immediately sooooo different from Ezri's! Even though she came in a few weeks after Ezri, she tried to establish her dominance and believe me, she won! Jadzia is the inquisitive type. When people come to visit, she'll try to jump into their bags or coats, to see if there's anything in there she fancies. And just try to take it from her if she found something! She likes cuddles too, but on her time. She'll never come to beg, if she wants attention, she'll just jump on your lap and will make sure you'll do whatever she wants!

When I was in Chicago this year, my son took the kitties to the vet and they told him Jadzia wasn't too healthy. She has a heart murmur. Which she can grow VERY old with, since she's active enough! It does have some less nice sides though. Like, my son wanted both cats to be sterilized, but Jadzia may not survive the operation. So they're not allowed out anymore. Ezri doesn't mind much, homely girl as she is, but Jadzia is really really pissed. She'll be mewing really loud in front of the doors or the open window (which has a kitty proof grating :p) and when in heat she'll try anything to escape. That is quite easy since she's really small and super fast! Once outside she'll roam the streets...Luckily, when she's close enough to hear me, she'll come when I call her name ;). Inside it's hard to find her sometimes. I found out she likes to sleep on top of the coatrack for example, and on the digital decoder for the telly, or just well camouflaged on my son's old desk inbetween the magazines and DVDs.

So, now you know the ladies I live with a bit better and you won't be surprised to find their names in my blog. And yeah, they do make my life a living hell at times, but they have also kept me company in one of the harder times in my life...I will sure miss them once I find a place of my own! 

Have a great day and permit me to quit for today, the Dax girls are having a fight and I need to intervene!