Bath Time

I treated myself to a bath last night. It has been a long time since I've done this and I didn't really think about how long it has been. Turns out, it is the first bath I have taken since we got Mattie in September 2006. I used my Sweet on You mineral bath soak by Yardley for an extra treat. It has brown sugar, oatmeal, and Epsom salt in it, so I thought it would be extra luxurious. I got my bath all ready, swished around the minerals, and got in.

Then a funny thing happened... Mattie came in with an interest unmatched by any cat we've had. Apparently he smelled the minerals and thought the bathtub was full of flavored kitty water. He hung over the edge of the bath tub, his little arms over the edge, and began scooping his paw into the water and licking off the yummy water. This became quite a game since the water was nearly out of his reach. Being the smart guy he is, any time I moved near him he wiped his paw on me so he didn't have to reach so far.

I found the whole thing hilarious. It is really hard to keep a straight face when you are naked in the bath tub with a cat 6" from you watching your every move. I thought he would jump in to rescue me when I dunked my head to get my hair wet. When I finished and began draining the tub, he was so upset to see his treat going down the drain that he jumped on the edge of the bathtub, then finally into the tub itself when it emptied out.

The little things in life really do make me smile :)