{"id":3828,"date":"2019-02-28T22:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2019-03-03T23:11:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T07:11:16","slug":"the-neighborhood-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/the-neighborhood-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"the neighborhood cat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I found a cat outside my apartment door. I don&#8217;t know whose it is, or if it has a home. No name tag either. I held my hand out and it started purring and rubbing its head against my knuckles. And when I opened the door it walked inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?fit=840%2C630\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8070-1.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it went over to my neighbor&#8217;s door. They have a straw doormat &#8212; great for scratching the hard-to-reach places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wesleyschan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8066.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I can&#8217;t stop thinking about cats. Each time I return to the apartment I wish it were back to greet me. I even stocked up on canned fish from Trader Joe&#8217;s. Herring for me, tuna for the cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a cat outside my apartment door. I don&#8217;t know whose it is, or if it has a home. No name tag either. I held my hand out and it started purring and rubbing its head against my knuckles. And when I opened the door it walked inside. 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