Stray to Stay Cat Diaries

How I Became an Involuntary Cat Owner.

After some brief encounters with a stray kitten in the summer of 2025, I found it sheltering in the garage during cold, rainy weather in the autumn, and that’s when the reality hit me: this stray kitten had chosen my half‑renovated house as its safe place. And apparently, it had chosen me too.

So I moved into the house on a semi‑permanent basis — purely to look after the kitten.

Since then, the kitten has become a full‑time resident and has very clearly appointed me as its human. I didn’t choose cat ownership — it chose me.

Now I’m documenting this unexpected journey: the daily antics, the chaos, the comedy, and the strangely symbiotic relationship between a man renovating a house and the stray kitten who moved in without asking.

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