Cali went to class today

I've mentioned before that I have a class this semester about animals and psychology. The professor had mentioned before that I could bring her and so today I did. She got a bath last night in preparation, mostly because Suki had an accident and Cali stepped in it and smelled like pee. I came home after work and picked her up from the house. She was very excited when she saw her harness, she knows what that means. She started purring and went straight to the door.

Once we got in the car she was very happy to. It's been weeks since we went anywhere, almost two months actually so she couldn't wait to look out the car windows. She was rather annoyed with her seat belt adapter because it made it hard to get in a good position to see, but she won't do a crate so I have to secure her somehow, just for her safety.

We got on campus a bit early, so I went to see Hubby who was in his class still, so I waited upstairs in the lounge. It was quiet enough that Cali wasn't overwhelmed. She got to see the head of the computer science department up there, a big cat lover as well as several professors who love cats. They all had to pet and love on her which she soaked up. Then daddy came. She's such a daddy's girl, she kept going over to him instead lol. He ended up walking with me to class because she wanted him to hold her, something she hardly lets me do.

The professor was excited to have her there and the other students seemed generally excited too. Once class settled down we closed the door and I let her off her leash so she could great everyone. She got up in a few laps, with permission, sniffed a lot of bags, she smelled other kitties according to the bags owners. Then she spent part of the time looking out the window. We were on the third floor so she liked the view. We watched a movie in there though and she didn't like that. I'm not sure why, we have a surround sound system at home and we watch movies and play video games and it doesn't phase her. The only thing I can guess was maybe the bears freaked her out since we were watching Grizzlyman.

After class we walked around the building a bit, meeting and greeting people, most of whom were surprised to see a cat walking around on a leash. She wanted to go in and explore every classroom, especially if there were people! The professor encouraged me to bring her back again which is wonderful because it would help in getting her ready to be a therapy animal, which is something that I would love to do!