I started on a jigsaw puzzle for the first time in a long while.

Realized, then, that the last time must have been before we got Nysse. Because cats and jigsaw puzzles clearly don’t mix. And that’s not a surprise, I was all prepared – laying the puzzle on a felt puzzle mat so that I can cover it up when I take a break.

Except Nysse didn’t even wait for me to take a break, he jumped right up on it and started attacking my hands when I tried to assert some ownership over the puzzle pieces.

Fine – I’ll just work on it when he’s not there. It’s spring and he’ll be spending more time outdoors. I’ll cover it up in the meantime. He’ll probably sleep on it.

Except Nysse for once did not just want to sleep on the new thing, but for some reason took it as a toy, which he never does. Is the felt surface so intriguing? Does he feel the puzzle pieces through it? Who knows. In any case, I now cover the cover whenever Nysse is around (with a sturdy rubber cutting mat).

Progress on the puzzle will be slow like this.