Aside from forgetting that February 14th was Samith’s birthday, we also forgot it was Cricket’s. (She’s 13 now.) When she was a baby and we took her to the vet, he estimated her age and said, “She’s a Valentine cat.” When we got Pfennig a year later and took her in, he said, “She was probably born on April 1st.” I thought, “Wow! What are the odds that both our cats have holiday birthdays?!” About two weeks later I thought, “Wait a minute.” EVERY month has a holiday, Lauren. You idiot.
Anyway, a few days ago I saw a video of Nora, the Piano Playing Cat on You Tube. It reminded me that when we first got our piano, Cricket would play it like she was Mozart! (Actually, she would attack the keyboard like a mouse was trapped under it.) But not anymore. Now she just sits on my lap the few times I play. (I think she likes how the notes feel.)