In Memoriam, Benny, 1994 (?) - 2008

For the second time this summer, Team J lost a cat. Benny had some pretty serious problems in her stomach and intestines. She stopped eating consistently about a week before she died, spent some time in the kitty emergency room, and finally passed away on Wednesday, July 3oth in the late evening.

She was, as you can see, an aggressive sleeper. Rarely a day went by without finding her curled in a perfectly circular fashion on whichever piece of furniture/floor/box/clothing she fancied at the moment.



Benny was best known for:

• Hiding in the Garden
• Loudly demanding food
• Sleeping
• Snaggletoothing
• Licking ZPJ's left nostril and beard (but never the right nostril)
• Jumping onto the piece of furniture you were most likely to walk past so she could lean into you.
• Rolling around in catnip bags that were mistakenly left too close to the edge of the table
• Sleeping
• Hunting moths in the backyard, which she was good at because she was black like the night.
• Spooning
• Sleeping
• When you held her and she wanted to lick you, she would claw the nearest part of your body to make sure you weren't going anywhere. LJ says it was more like a caress, but ZPJ stands by his clawing description.

She and her sister are already so greatly missed, and have left an empty home in their wake. They were the sweetest pets we ever could have hoped for, and while surely other cats may come and go, they will live long with us and will never be replaced.