ANECDOTE | HUMOR

The Joy of Long-Haired Cats

The realities no one talks about

This is Max / Photo by author

I awaken to a strange noise in the darkness. As I become more fully conscious, the sound is unmistakable…“blagumph, blagumph, blagumph” (gag, retch, splatter)….Max is throwing up a hairball.

“Crap,” I mumble, weighing my options. Do I get up and clean it now, thus reducing the chance…