{"id":5082,"date":"2021-07-09T02:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2021-07-09T02:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T10:44:14","slug":"frivolous-friday-national-take-your-cat-to-work-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5082","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 National Take Your Cat to Work Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I don\u2019t know why I have so many dates on my calendar wrong this year. Is it a pandemic thing? I\u2019m usually careful to transfer dates from one calendar to the other at the beginning of each year. When I become aware of a special date I note it. But I\u2019ve missed the mark with several cat-related holiday dates this year and I can\u2019t figure out how that happened.<\/p>\n

My calendar says that Send Your Cat to Work Day is \"\"celebrated on July 10. In actuality it was celebrated on June 21. I\u2019m mentioning it today anyway because it\u2019s an interesting concept, it fills space, and because it relates to many of us who work at home. We have cats in our workspace 24\/7 (whether we want them there or not).<\/p>\n

\"\"It used to be just writers and artist-type people who worked from home. The world has discovered, however, that there are many jobs that can be conducted at home and more and more workers are choosing to continue working from home. \"\"And business owners are on board with this. One of my grandsons, for example, has proven to himself and his boss that he is as productive working at home as he was driving the 40-60 minutes to work in order to do business in a cubical each day. It looks like working at home will be a permanent situation for him. He doesn\u2019t have a cat, but he has a dog and three small children. Yeah, I think I\u2019d opt to go back to the corporate office.<\/p>\n

Many household cats had a rude (or pleasant) awakening when their house parents came home to work last year. As we discussed earlier in the week, \"\"some of them adjusted nicely and others not so much. Like most writers with cats, I wouldn\u2019t know how to work without cats in the room or at least roaming in and out, leaving fluffs of fur and paw prints here and there, reminding me to get up and stretch (and play with them). Having cats in my office is sort of like having a window overlooking the beach. There\u2019s always something interesting to watch or a sweet moment on the horizon.<\/p>\n

How about you? Are you yay or nay for cats in the workplace?<\/p>\n

You may not know that Sunday, July 11 is All American\"\" Pet Photo Day. Here\u2019s what the originators of this holiday suggest:<\/p>\n