So I posted the names I might be calling the new kitty, but I never actually posed what I actually ended up calling her.
Maggie. Or Miss Maggie or Maggie Mae or a whole bunch of other silly things. Garren actually named her....although he denies it. He says he only suggested the name, but he named her. Don't let him fool you.
Miss Maggie is still very skittish, probably from her time on the mean streets of Santa Barbara, but she's getting better. We tried her out in a small space when she first came into the house and then moved her into our room. She was terrified of the hallway and lets not even talk about the big bad kitchen, but the last few days she and Willoughby have been playing extensively and I have left the bedroom door open so that she can venture out. She even made it to the living room one night while I was watching TV. She did however turn tail and run as soon as she noticed me though. Maggie has even taken to sleeping on the bed with us at night. When she first started out in our room the bed was to be under not on top of. She has since discovered the plushness of the top of the bed though....
She and Willoughby however are the funniest things ever. They are wrestling and chasing each other, grooming each other and napping together. It's the cutest thing EVER. Exhibit A. I was a little nervous that Willoughby would be jealous of a new kitty, but since she came home all he wants is to be where she is. If I can't find her I just look for Willoughby and he's usually staring at where ever she is hiding. He's so happy and it makes me so happy.
It's pathetic. I basically have furry children and I talk about them as such. I feel like the old cat lady....oh well.
I have a new kitty! Enter picture:
I'm picking her up in an hour after I get off work. I still have no name, but here are the names I am considering in no particular order. Feel free to mock them, vote for them or submit your own ideas:
Rosmerta
Aurora
Dinah
Desi
Chicklets*
Ali
Ember
Jinx
Mopsy
Goober
Gidget
Penny
Sadie
Bubble Yum*
*The gum brand names are because she had to have surgery at a local emergency room to have the gum she ate removed from her stomach. (She was starving!)
I know it's horrible but I secretly love the name goober.