Ludwig says hello!

As a kid, we always had pets around. It only made sense that later in life I would have a pet of my own. Like many a college student, I jumped on getting a pet as soon as I moved out of the dorm. Within a month, my roommate and I both had kitties, and were both sent taking them to our parents after being scolded by the landlord (our lease forbade us from having pets…). As you can imagine – neither of our families were impressed or excited about getting kittens at this time.

Lesson learned, I thought, until it came time to move to Baltimore. Months before I moved, I had already called my roommate and told her I wanted to get a cat. By the time I moved she had already adopted 2! I decided to live vicariously through her kitties and helped to feed and care for them. Little did I know that one of these kitties would become mine!

packing the suitcase, modeling, and pretending to not have favorites

When it came time to move I was pretty attached to one of the cats, Ludwig. I ended up taking him with me and moving him to my new apartment. It was just him and I in the new place and he completely transformed from a fairly reclusive cat to an affectionate love ball!

Ludwig would great me at the door when I came home, follow me around the house, and cuddle in the bed at night. None of which he did in the last place. For the first time in my life I had a pet that seemed to adore me as much as I adored them! To be quite honest, when my boyfriend moved to Baltimore I was more than concerned my cat would have a new favorite owner. I know this is pretty irrational, but it was a true fear of mine!

Fortunately, Ludwig stills seems to favor me a tiny bit over Dylan… 

This is Ludwig, my best pet and my little helper.

Ludwig helps me study, change the channel on the TV and even hands me the scissors!

If you would like to keep up to date with Ludwig – you can follow his Tumblr blog, or follow me on Instagram (@PhDstressrelief)