Being a crazy cat lady has two requirements: owning a cat and obsessing over said cat. It is totally fine though, you have to have some sort of obsession in life. Mine just happens to be cats and the fluffier, the better. As a child, I used to dress my cats up in doll clothes and giggle at them uncontrollably as they uncomfortably stumbled around the house.

The craziness continued into my teenage years and my boyfriend adopted a kitten for me, which only fueled my insanity more. My Snapchat stories and camera roll are filled with pictures of them and people constantly ask if I ever do anything else. I cannot wait to come home every day and squeeze their cute little bodies but fear not.. they are never hurt.

My high fashion sense includes a couple pairs of cat socks and every single pair of black leggings cannot escape the cat fur trap. My Facebook newsfeed is entirely full of cat videos that my friends tag me in, which is a great pick-me-up after a long day of class. Not a day goes by without sending someone a picture of my cat, doing something incredibly cute, and I am not ashamed.

My dad once was talking about things he would pass down to my kids but then retracted the statement realizing I was destined to be a cat mom. I was the girl on the plane with a kitten sitting on the seat next to her as if he was my child. Getting a kitten of my own was definitely a good idea. The second my boyfriend sees this I know he will say “I told you so!" I was nervous at first wondering how I was going to afford another mouth to feed and because I am not always home but it has all worked out. Since I go to school far from home, he is purrrfect company when I am lonely ( as he is currently asleep on my back while I write) and I love him to death.

Even though doing homework has become more of a challenge thanks to my cat sitting on my laptop at inconvenient times, I am confident and proud of my cat lady status.