Hangry

Hangry:  Adjective

The irrational irritation one gets when he or she is hungry.

I get hangry sometimes.  When I'm hangry things that shouldn't be a big deal or at all challenging become impossible.  The world becomes a vicious place bent on torturing me very particularly.  The dog, the husband, gravity itself throw every impediment in my way on purpose.  Despite my human mind that is capable of logic when hangry I lose all sense of perspective.

This predisposition to hanger is combined with an inability to eat much of the food that is handy and easy to find out in the world.  (Turns out I can't digest dairy plus a few other issues I won't sidetrack into.)  To preserve our marriage we keep snacks I can eat in my purse, bike bag, car, desk at work, etc. and always try to have something quick and easy to feed me when I'm melting down.  

Nenya Kitty does not fare so well.  In the spectrum of fitness that is our household we have Samson and Christopher off to the right as shimmering specimens of prowess.  I'm somewhere in the middle with nimbleness and perseverance but far less strength and quite the penchant for cake.  Nenya is pretty far off to the left.  She is a gorgeous little thing, but more in the way of voluptuous Marilyn Monroe than a modern supermodel.  She also isn't very nimble or athletic.  She literally runs into walls.

Pretty kitty posing for Aunt Chelsea
who works the camera to hid the fat!

So fatso catso is on a diet.  Which means she gets hangry a lot.  She doesn't generally have that mean, bad or vindictive kitty streak that so many cats can have.  She just gets... hangry.  She attacks our feet (with claws in), rolls around clawing things, shoots back and forth across the house like a psycho kitty. 

I took pity on her today and gave her some extra food, but when she lays out on the carpet she is reminiscent of a miniature fat juicy seal.  I guess it is better to be fat and happy than skinny and hangry.