There’s nothing like fighting with your cat in a Zoom meeting because he wants to swing from the curtains and bite your hand while you prefer that he did not do those things.

I hope everyone enjoyed seeing just two black ears in the frame while I restrained Scout in my lap and regrouped because I had dared to tell him no. A couple of times he sat up straighter so you could see eyes and nose as well but he was mainly ears.

He went on to climb from my lap onto the desk and shove his tail in front of the camera while he knocked over the lamp.

This activity is so strange because he hardly acknowledges my presence at all when I’m just sitting there working. In fact, he typically sits in the window to watch the birds or sleeps in another room. I guess cats aren’t that different than kids who mainly want their parents’ attention when there’s a phone call in progress.

Either that or maybe he’s ticked that I failed to acknowledge Black Cat Appreciation Day Tuesday. So Happy Belated Black Cat Appreciation Day!