It's Diego's Sweet Sixteen!

Guess who's birthday it is today?

No, no... mine's tomorrow. *Cough cough*

Today, it's Diego's birthday!!

Slightly Maniacal Diego Doesn't Like Hats

And not any birthday, but his Sweet Sixteen!

I know, right? Who knew cats lived this long? Listen, I'll tell you the secret... Diego's secretly made of magic and donuts. And the forgotten feels of teenage girls. He lives a happy little existence being attached at my hip.

And can I say? As annoying as it can be to have a cat crying pitifully outside the bathroom door, it's actually kinda sweet knowing some little bugger loves you enough to feel sad when you lock him away from you for two minutes.

(He's also learned if he darts really fast, he can come into the bathroom with me before I close the door.)

So, seeing as it's his Sweet Sixteen! Mom and I were joking around a few weeks ago, saying we should throw him a Sweet Sixteen! party. Now, it's universally known that Diego flips for donuts, especially the prepackaged Hostessy type donuts. They are, truly, his favorite thing. I've been bitten multiple times, and nearly lost an eye once to his greedy donut need. So, for his birthday, I wanted to lock him up in the bathroom, and then take a bunch of donuts and hide them all over the house, and the let him out and go crazy! Poor thing would have a heart attack from the smells alone :)

We had a good laugh imagining his joy.

So, we didn't do the Donut Scavenger Hunt Extravaganza! but... I did go to Circle K and get a little thing of mini Hostess, and let him have one. Because I'm uber nice like that.

Just don't tell the vet, okay? Cause she'd get so mad at me...

So, happy birthday, you little beast. You're a good little companion, sweet boy.