I Don't Feel Like Dancing

No sir, no dancin' today.

 Older sneak capture by hubby of me kipping with a kitty back when we had a couch

A least I am not the only one curling up undercover these days. Our grey old lady Mudgie cat is good company and keeps up with the play. She's a lovely muesels who has lots to say. She is the most diverse communicative cat we've known. Her vocal range is quite big considering wild house cats barely meow and even our previous pets did not have such a range.

When we first got her she needed a home free of other cats, an especially calm environment and few people. Her two owners were leaving, one to LA, USA and one to a retirement home. She was petrified of builders or guys who looked like builders, or people with ladders. Every time someone new would come near the driveway she would run and hide and so I needed to help her with her fear. I would pat and calm her just before she bolted or afterwards, although it took over a year before she stopped being as afraid of new people. She would have the worse nightmares as well. Kitty dreams that would have her wake up petrified and angry. Sometimes jumping a foot into the air from sleep.  

Mudgie and her swanndri (NZ classic farming & bush shirt in plaid) 

She still likes to occasionally hide from builders & tradies when they come too close, but otherwise she will calmly sit where I am or sleep by me. Meows plaintively when I am gone looking around for me in a way hubby asserts sounds like him calling me too. Seems like she has adopted me as her primary human and in helping her with her fear I helped myself to adapt. I too had a fear of certain people coming to the house after an assault. I couldn't run and hide in a wardrobe or hole in the ground. So helping her face her very distinct fear I helped recover in part from my own. We were both a calm touchstone for each other. Now her in her heyday with kidney issues & weight loss and me with my illness we are helping each other again. She is keeping me company while I have a bad migraine. Even with the cat like yoga and cuddles.

I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters

Wake up in the morning with a head like 'What ya done?'

This used to be the life but I don't need another one

Good luck cuttin' nothin', carryin' on, you wear them gowns

So how come I feel so lonely when you're up gettin' down?

So I play along when I hear that favorite song

I'm gonna be the one who gets it right

You better know when you're swingin' 'round the room

Looks like magic's solely yours tonight

But I don't feel like dancin' when the old Joanna plays

My heart could take a chance, but my two feet can't find a way

You think that I could muster up a little soft-shoe gentle sway

But I don't feel like dancin', no sir, no dancin' today

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Even if I find nothin' better to do

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Why'd you break it down when I'm not in the mood?

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Rather be home with no one if I can't get down with you...

Cities come and cities go just like the old empires

When all you do is change your clothes and call that versatile

You got so many colors make a blind man so confused

Then why can't I keep up when you're the only thing I lose?

So I'll just pretend that I know which way to bend

And I'm gonna tell the whole world that you're mine

Just please understand when I see you clap your hands

If you stick around I'm sure that you'll be fine

But I don't feel like dancin' when the old Joanna plays

My heart could take a chance, but my two feet can't find a way

You think that I could muster up a little soft-shoe gentle sway

But I don't feel like dancin', no sir, no dancin' today

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Even if I find nothin' better to do

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Why'd you break it down when I'm not in the mood?

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Rather be home with no one if I can't get down with you...

You can't make me dance around

But your two-step makes my chest pound

Just lay me down

As you float away into the shimmer light...

But I don't feel like dancin' when the old Joanna plays

My heart could take a chance, but my two feet can't find a way

You think that I could muster up a little soft-shoe gentle sway

But I don't feel like dancin', no sir, no dancin' today

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Even if I find nothin' better to do

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Why'd you break it down when I'm not in the mood?

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Rather be home with no one if I can't get down with you...

I don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Even if I find nothin' better to do

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Why'd you break it down when I'm not in the mood?

Don't feel like dancin', dancin'

Rather be home with no one if I can't get down with you...