My Cat

My cat's name is Grayce, or Graycie.
I like her a lot, even though she is pushy and neurotic.
I suppose I like her because she likes me, and thinks that I am worth being pushy and neurotic with.
She hates everyone.
Even now, if I move too fast, she runs. I think she has had a tough life. Unfortunately, this is partly my fault...
We had 9 cats and they all picked on her, she hid all day until meal times, and then I had to make sure she ate because the others pushed her away. It was awful for her but frankly, I didn't care. She wasn't the cutest, bravest, sweetest or smartest. She didn't really count at all. I am sorry I treated her that way.
Then a lot of the other cats either died or ran away. The 3 left were my cat Grayce, my sister's cat Simba and dad's cat Toby.
I moved into a flat and took Graycie with me. Her personality blossomed almost immediately. She is still insanely neurotic, but now she sits on my lap and acts affectionate whenever I watch tv. I have to sit up and put my arms on my knees to keep her off, or say 'No!' sternly, or she insists. If she feels stubborn, she will deliberately climb under or over my arms to sit on me anyway, and meow at me warningly if I try to stop her.
She hates strangers most of the time. Anyway I am sorry I mistreated her by ignoring her. I am just glad she still likes me. She was definitely meant to be an 'only cat'.
I guess I feel guilty because I love cats and I love it when they are no trouble and love you right back. Graycie doesn't fit that mold. But she still loves me, or she would have taken off to find someone else by now.
She follows me around the house and when I am in the shower, she gets agitated because she thinks that water is bad, so she tries to get me to come out.
When I hang out the washing, she insists on accompanying me to the garden and she waits until I am done, then she escorts me back inside.
She occasionally licks my cheek or nose or hand, but mostly she snudges me. You know, rubs her face on me.
If I have the tv volume up too loud, she complains. If I have the radio or computer music volume up too loud, she will also complain.
Oh, I better tell you what she looks like.
She is small but a bit shaggy, because she is a grey long-haired cat, with a small pointy face and deep set green eyes. She looks like she's glaring at you all the time, but she isn't, her eyes are just a bit hidden in her fur. She has a tiny white smudge on her chest.
She has a loud, complaining kind of voice which she often uses. I can never tell if she is scared, sad, angry or insistent. I meow back a lot, mostly mocking her because she never shuts up.
Anyway.... thats enough of her for now. I will try to take a pic to post of her.

God Bless!