As a long time cat person(don't tell the dog) the best I can tell you is to stop thinking about and accept that you are owned by a cat. Just enjoy the lap warmer.

George, maybe Heinlein's "The cat who walks through walls" retired to Nebraska. They can move fast. My cat is upstairs and looks out of the window and I am downstairs. I go and open the door and the cat is out before I have opened the door completely. All I have to do is think about it and she runs.

There are times that I think any one cat is a multiple cat, if s/he chooses to be and can be in more than one place at once. Don't laugh, with cats everything is possible.

I totally agree, Lilo. A cat is an incredible creature, and our cat Maggie has both my husband and me under her paws. Fortunately, as long as we do what she wants, she's a benevolent dictator, but when 14 pounds of cat lands on your chest at five in the morning, it's a real wake up call!

When I am sitting, my cat is in my lap or on the back of the chair.When I'm not sitting she cries for no apparent reason. I think she is telling me to sit down.

They are soo manipulative.