freda

sometime in september i dreamt i went into a house where this 8 year-old kid lived. this boy had somehow misbehaved and his parents had punished him by drowning his pets in the bathtub. i went into the bathroom and saw the drowned gerbil and the drowned kitten, which was black and white. when i woke up the dream was still very vivid, and i remembered feeling particularly bad about the little drowned cat.
a few days later my friend antonio called me and invited me to go to dinner. when i went to his apartment to pick him up, he said, "i want you to meet someone." he went into the other room and came back out holding a little black and white kitten.
i said, "i just dreamt about that cat!"
it was weird.
about a week later, antonio called me to ask if i would like to take freda, the little black and white kitten. freda hadn't been getting along with gandalf, antonio's other cat, so antonio needed to find another home for her. seeing as freda and i had already met on the astral plane (albeit under sad circumstances), i felt like my taking her was a foregone conclusion. i checked with my brother (who owns the apartment where i live) and made sure it would be okay, and got freda a little while later.
her actual birthdate is sketchy, but we think it's sometime in april, so i'm just giving her my birthday, which means she's around nine months old now. she's quite petite and fluffy. both the vets commented on her sweetness when i took her in. i guess she's more comfortable being held than most cats...?