Silly Habit

  Recently I have noticed a silly habit that I can’t seem to break.  When I am in my office every once and a while I look to the right as if someone is coming around the corner.  I expect to see a person or a cat but there isn’t ever anyone there.  My late spouse would trek down here once and a great while but as his mobility issues became greater I think it was easy two to three years prior to his death that he last came down here.  Momma [my late cat] would follow me down or if she didn’t do that after enough time lapsed and she had enough, she would come looking for me and either check in or demand that I come upstairs.  Her kids were all born here in the basement so they would all wonder in from time to time.  As they grew up the only one that would be in the basement regularly was Ruth.  She usually would hiss at me as I walked by to get to my office.  I would casually say hello back to her.  She just didn’t like anyone touching her, unless of course it was on her terms and those terms were severely limited. 

You would think since my spouse has been gone for 6 years and Momma has been gone for 6 months that I would have gotten used to it and stop the silly habit but it still persists.  I don’t know that it will ever go away.

The other day I was starting my day and Gator decided to come looking for me.  I heard a faint meow and walked around the corner, there she was.  I was also on the phone and my co-worker found it rather amusing.  She was having a rough day and even though I am only in the basement she felt that I should be next to her.  Her and her brother get separation anxiety and bellow out from time to time.  I check on them each time I go up.  I like the times where they are sleeping and don’t even know I am there, but those times are rare.  They hear my footsteps and perk up long before I am there. 

I’m sure there are other silly habits that I have but this was the one that came to mind.  Am I alone or do you have silly habits?