Loosing a four legged friend, literally

Many of you know I have two cats, Oreo and Mindy. Both missions of mercy. Oreo peeing all over his owners apartment after she got married and Mindy the casualty of her owner moving to a place that wouldn't take pets.

Oreo the first cat I took in. I always liked him when I came to visit his owner and he seemed to like me as well. I think he's beautiful, with his black fur and little white mustache. Hence the name his original owner gave him. He's also a big cat weighing in at around 12 lbs or so. When I first brought him home and he hid behind the furnace and wouldn't come out for 3 days I started to wonder if I had made a mistake. The evening of the 3rd day I went downstairs and sat on the basement floor for about 15 minutes and he finally came out. I carried him upstairs and we've gotten along great ever since.

About a year later another friend quite desperate to find a new home for his girl cat Mindy. The only thing in his life remaining from a very bitter divorce. Oreo didn't take well to Mindy's arrival, they pretty much fought every day, especially over who would get to hop up on the bed with me at night. Over time I came to like Mindy a lot as well. She a very affectionate cat, purred if you just looked at her and much more impulsive than Oreo who thinks everything through almost to a fault.

So every day for the past year or so when I came home from work both cats waiting by the door at the top of the steps for me, that is until about two months ago. On this day only Oreo waiting. After an hour or so went by and no sign of Mindy I searched the house. No sign of her anywhere. To this day I have no idea what happened. I didn't see her run out, and she never showed any signs of wanting to go out, yet no trace of her inside and no smell to date.

Oreo seems very happy with the new order of things and has gone back to his relaxed self. He always seemed on edge when I had the two of them. Still, I miss Mindy and cried when I came across a picture of her while going through some pictures I had taken with my new camera ... oh ya, note to self, you never did a post about the camera, gotta work on that.

So if you're out there somewhere Mindy I hope you found yourself a good home and you enjoyed your time with me and Oreo while it lasted. I miss you and I think on some level Oreo misses you too.