Missy Tee, Teetee or Titi....sometimes just plain Missy....was the first one in the door and the first to have the run of the house.
Although she started with some digestive problems, now that she is mature and has been inside for a year and a half, her health issues have resolved and, in fact, she has gained quite a bit of weight. She now weighs 12 pounds (5.4 kg).
She is a gorgeous tortoise shell and sometimes I refer to her as the "marble loaf."
Tee is rather aggressive, though, when it comes to her food. Since she was first, she still actually demands to be the first one fed. So, when I am attempting to juggle as many food bowls as possible at one time and march them into the back room, she wants to be the first one in the room and no one had better get in way! She will smack and bop and go into her Ninja mode if anyone tries to get ahead. Poor Calzini was always the one getting his head smacked until Percy came along. Even though Percy is bigger she beats the daylights out of him, too, if he dares to sneak to the front. They are learning to stay out of her way and a step or two behind.
Tee, along with Percy, loves the cat tunnels and I think they both feel invisible when they are inside them.
There is one other place Titi thinks she is invisible.
I have what are very traditional white lace panels in our front window that looks out on our little piazzetta. The clowns like to watch the birds swoop by, the street cats outside and even the people as they come and go. But only Titi often sits behind the curtain and peers out through the lace. Even if she starts out in full view through the glass or screen (in summer) she will still decide at times to take a step to the side and peek through the curtain. Yes, I'm pretty sure she thinks she has donned the cloak of invisibility.
She was doing it again this morning when Lupo came along and jumped up to the sill. He looked out the window and then did a s-l-o-w head turn and just stared at her with such an expression!!! "What do you think you're doing? I can see you. Are you crazy?"
"Shhhhh. I'm invisibles!"

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