In 2023, I came back from a vacation to a wonderful new housemate; a cat who had been found in a parking lot by a friend who discovered that his owners were unable to keep him. My friend had called him Mimir after the figure from Norse mythology because he had responded well to them making “mimimimi” sounds.
He’s still rather skittish, often startling himself when he accidentally knocks something over. Though he is remarkably well-behaved for a cat; he’s never stolen any of our food, he’s very good about not going onto surfaces he’s not allowed on, he doesn’t try to bolt out when we open doors, and he’s generally very careful about not knocking over items on surfaces he’s allowed on.
When he’s not taking one of his many naps, he can pretty reliably be found either next to one of his humans or staring out a window. If somebody’s moving around, he’ll often follow along, tail happily raised with a curved tip. And he’ll generally find a nice spot to lounge wherever he can hang out with one of us, whether that’s on my printer, on the arm of a couch, or on a spare chair.
He’s surprisingly easy to train, polite, and considerate. The one difficulty has been trimming his claws, but I’ve been working on getting him more accustomed to having his paws handled, so I’m hoping the claw trimmings will be less of an ordeal over time.
Overall, he’s been an absolute delight, and I don’t think I could have hoped for a better cat.
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