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like she's always been here
Oct. 5th, 2022 07:50 amKalika took no time at all to settle into the house, never looking at all uncomfortable with being here. She spent her first evening sniffing and looking at everything, and since then she just behaves like she owns the place.
When we do our evening yoga Kalika is content to walk under and around us inquisitively, but for this morning's zoom yoga and training session she felt that it was time to run randomly up, wrap her paws around whatever limb was in reach, and then gently bite it and give it a quick lick before running away again. This is slightly distracting.
However, she is really helping my fitness goals. I have long had a "rule" at work at the Archives: whenever I go through the library (which is on the way to the lunch room) I stop and stand on my hands. Likewise if I need to print something I stand on my hands while I wait, so I am typically doing at least 10 handstands a day when at work. However, now I am in the "try to finish my degree" phase, and only going up to Luleå to work now and then (4 weeks over six months), so I really needed to start doing handstands at home more often.
Monday it occured to me: When the cat comes in while I am working and tries to bite my drawing pen it is time to pick her up, cuddle her, take her to the living room and sit myself on the couch. She is one of those cats who enjoys being held when the human is standing, but as soon as we sit she walks off of us. When she does that I get up, do my handstand, and then hop up onto the chin-up bar and slowly lower myself back down. Once that later becomes easy I will start trying to actually do a proper chin-up.
She is fond of coming in to say hello while I work, so I think this new training regime will work wonders for my strength and ability to hold the handstand.
When we do our evening yoga Kalika is content to walk under and around us inquisitively, but for this morning's zoom yoga and training session she felt that it was time to run randomly up, wrap her paws around whatever limb was in reach, and then gently bite it and give it a quick lick before running away again. This is slightly distracting.
However, she is really helping my fitness goals. I have long had a "rule" at work at the Archives: whenever I go through the library (which is on the way to the lunch room) I stop and stand on my hands. Likewise if I need to print something I stand on my hands while I wait, so I am typically doing at least 10 handstands a day when at work. However, now I am in the "try to finish my degree" phase, and only going up to Luleå to work now and then (4 weeks over six months), so I really needed to start doing handstands at home more often.
Monday it occured to me: When the cat comes in while I am working and tries to bite my drawing pen it is time to pick her up, cuddle her, take her to the living room and sit myself on the couch. She is one of those cats who enjoys being held when the human is standing, but as soon as we sit she walks off of us. When she does that I get up, do my handstand, and then hop up onto the chin-up bar and slowly lower myself back down. Once that later becomes easy I will start trying to actually do a proper chin-up.
She is fond of coming in to say hello while I work, so I think this new training regime will work wonders for my strength and ability to hold the handstand.