Why Me?

It's an old farm house and old farm houses require repairs.  We actually farm on this farm, so repairs on the farm house sometimes occur in an ad hoc fashion.  We both have jobs off the farm, which means repairs on the farm weigh on us until all of sudden, there is either no choice or... well, there is no choice.

Ok.  It's not that bad.  But, if you ask Bree, one of our two Indoor Farm Supervisors, she'll tell you it's worse than that!

I was looking through some of the digital pictures we had and I was struck by the story this particular photo tells.  Can you piece it together?

The Genuine Faux Farm grows vegetables and raises poultry.  We have a couple dozen red and blue coolers of the type you see in the picture.  You could say they are ubiquitous around here.  Well, you COULD!  Hey, just because you think ubiquitous is a silly word that doesn't mean we can't try to use it once in a while.  How do you think it feels?  Let's just take it seriously just this once.

So - back to the picture.

There is a cooler, probably one that has just been used or will soon be used for an egg delivery.  There is a tool box, a drill, and an electrical box.  In the background, there is a shoe tray with some outdoor shoes.

And, on the cooler, there is a cat.  A cat that wants everyone to know that SHE DOES NOT APPROVE.  It doesn't really matter what she does not approve of.  She simply DOES NOT APPROVE!  And that should be good enough for all of us.

Why?  Why must she be subjected to the whims of these humans and the trials they subject her to?  Why must they cause so much upheaval?  Why are there so many coolers in this house?  Why does the farmer think "ubiquitous" is a fun word?  Why won't these people just sit down so she can sit on them and proceed to turn on her "cat gravity" so they can move no more?

But, above all, she asks.  Why me?  

And then she answers.  Because I am cat and I am what matters.  Why can't you see that?