Cat-Lady

Let me explain the story behind the photo I posted on instagram on Monday.

I was stopped, patiently, at a stop light. I was definitely not breaking the law by being on my phone and I was most definitely not texting Rich to let him know that I was on my way to pick him up. As I was switching from the notepad on my phone to the text messaging function - oh wait, that's not what I was doing.... - I looked up because the woman who was crossing the street caught my eye. I looked away, registered what I had seen and gawked looked up not a second later to see a woman who had, what looked like, all of her worldly possessions tied to her back.

What was I gawking at, you ask? Well, on top of the big pile of stuff on this woman's back was a cat. Yes, you read that right, a cat. And not only was said cat on top of her pack, said cat was standing on top of her pack like it owned everything beneath its furry paws. 

I couldn't think fast enough to snap a photo of this scene right in front of my eyes and thought to myself: man, I am going to have to try to explain this and no one will believe me.

Fortunately enough, the cat-lady crossed the street again, to my left. I was able to pull up the camera on my phone and snapped a few shots while all of the passing cars slowed to point out to their passengers that a cat was being perfectly still and behaved on top of a woman's pack.

I mean seriously?! Have you met a cat? Cats don't do that! They aren't that tame! Only in Berkeley would you find a cat that is this tame...no, I will not state the reason, but I am sure you all can guess it... I have decided that I have now seen everything and can live the rest of my life in peace :-)