Meet Izzy: a three-month old white fluffy kitten joining us in our house. The benefits of a new kitten are wonderful: kitten cuteness to liven things up and make me smile when schoolwork was getting to be overwhelming, endless entertainment by silly kitten adventures, and a purring furball to stay up late with me when I am writing papers or studying.
Izzy. This picture is not posed; she thinks the laptop is hers.
She likes the pink flamingo computer.
Izzy enjoys walking across the keyboard, peeking over the back of the laptop, attacking my fingers as I type, and sitting under the laptop if it’s on my lap. As you can see, Izzy helped to write my preservation planning paper and then during finals week she hung out with me at night to study for architectural history. Here is the tale of Izzy studying with me (it does not necessarily reflect my study habits):
Days before studying, acknowledging and avoiding the book at the same time.
Here we go - studying class lectures.
Switching to notes and index cards.
Thinking she could possibly ingest the knowledge if she eats my notebook.
Izzy begins to wonder just how much more there is to study and how much time it will take...
Izzy needing something to stay awake!
Izzy getting tired of this studying thing.
And she's passed out in my arms.
And there you have it – that’s how tiring final exams can be. So Izzy the kitten may not be the best study partner ever, but she wasn’t the worst. But the cuteness, preservation friends, is why having a kitten by my side this last month of school was awesome.
Preservation in Pink 