After many years of trying--battling rejection, indifference, incompetence, and outright maliciousness from nearly every side--we FINALLY managed to secure a home of our own and move out of our families' houses for the last time. There's still a lot left to do, but now that we're here and things are starting to come together, we decided we were ready to adopt. We inquired about a cat we saw in the local PetSmart, but he was already spoken for. Then the foster lady contacted us again to tell us about a pair of nine-month-old kitty siblings she had, and they seemed pretty sweet so we agreed to go meet them. Admittedly I was envisioning that we'd get an older cat, but I'm a sucker for pretty much any and all cats, and these guys were very loving and didn't seem at all bothered by new people or other animals, which felt like a pretty good match for us. So we agreed to pick them up this weekend, which means I've got some shopping to do in the meantime.

I'm open to naming suggestions. One is male, other one is female, though I don't think it matters that much. The rescue was just calling them "Hook and Sis" because the male had a kink in his tail (making it kinda hooked) and the other one is, well, his sister. Lame. I'm sure we can do better than that!

But anyway, this will be the first time we've had pets that are truly ours, and not family pets (excluding a fish or two in the past). So that's pretty exciting.

;v; spent all morning cleaning up the mess they made of their litter. this is why i didn't want babies... but they're sweet, and i guess it'll get easier as they get older. can't be mad at em when they do that "mrrp" thing and rub their face all over you.