I was never a large time cat person! I wasn’t an animal lover at all to begin with. I never owned a cat though. I didn’t know if I would like one or not, but when I moved to Tampa, FL I was surprised by the amount of stray cats, then there was a gray tabby cat that just hung around my house all the time. It got where I thought he looked thin and began feeding him. Then I started sitting out water since it was so stinking tepid in Tampa. Then I began playing with him since he seemed bored, however during the heat of Summer Tampa can get into the triple digits. That is how it all started. I felt exhausting for the cat dealing with the heat and humidity in a fur coat… So I invited him into my home. I let him enjoy the freezing A/C and sleep on my bed. I put his bowls inside so that I didn’t attract other cats and pests, but he then started acquiring tosy, treats, scratching posts, and flea medicine. I then realized that this cat just decided that he lived with me. The Summer season is long in Tampa; A/C is on for the majority of the year, then by the time it cooled off and I could let the cat go outside, it had been months, then my associate and I were now roommates for life. I have since moved my feline neighbor with me to a more rural location further north so it isn’t so hot. He enjoys residing the owned cat life a lot.