I have been sick for days but Office Kitty is close by my side. It is an indoors day for her because of the rain that Melbourne had this morning, breaking a prolonged warm, dry spell.

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Office Kitty is having a lazy Sunday morning hugging my leg.
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Gorgeous day today! I am loving having a Saturday morning that I can relax at home and waste some time on here. Not being on a timetable on Saturday is an unusual state in my life atm.

Office Kitty sat on my lap. She left some mementos of a nice sit when she left.
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I am feeling good this morning. My brother is here from interstate for a couple of weeks to assess and manage Mum to give my daughter and I respite. We are going to have to work out what extra assistance she needs as neither she nor us have been managing too well.

This means I have a couple of weeks where I don't have to be visiting her or thinking of her needs every day. This morning I booked an initial consult with a physio to get some assessment and treatment for my wibbly wobbly and painful knee. I had been so absorbed in Mum's care, my care has slipped. I have a couple of weeks now to look after myself a bit more.

I am sitting on the couch doing life admin with a cat that was sitting in a sunbeam. However, as soon as I pointed the camera her direction she changed from her languid pose into action Kitty, then walked away. So cat of her.
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"I want to sit right here!"

Office Kitty has caused a standstill to my Lego sorting as she decided to sit in the tiny spare space between me and the Lego. I now can't properly see what I am doing.

Moments later...

Woohoo! I won! The cat moved away of its own volition - a rare victory indeed!

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Mmm. Office Kitty has taken to using Lego left lying by children on the wooden floor outside our bedroom to wake my other half at ridiculous o'clock. Apparently at about 4am she walked on Lego, picked it up with her teeth and dropped it and made lots of Lego sounds.

It worked. My partner got up, fed her, and let her outside.

So we have evidence that our Office Kitty has evolved to using tools. Will this excite scientists as much as Veronikia the Cow using a broom to scratch herself? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence

Office Kitty is the office manager so perhaps it is not surprising that she needs a set of professional tools.

My weekend job is to go around the house and pick up all the bits of Lego lying around. Five year old boy has been breaking my models to make 'rubbish' for his garbage truck. There is a lot of 'rubbish' lying around.
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

The Guardian

"I'm cute - love me," says Office Kitty.

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The cricket is too exciting for Office Kitty. We yelled in excitement during that Neser over and the cat scrammed off the couch.

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Office Kitty wishes all who celebrate 'sweet Caturday dreams'.

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Today is 'do nothing Caturday' for Office Kitty and me.

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