I’ve been trying to explain to the cat that her mum comes back tomorrow, but I wonder whether she has any concept of the days passing. Certainly not the months and years racking up, maybe a notion of seasons.

So I told her just one more sleep until her mum comes back, but then I don’t actually know what she considers a sleep, she has so many of them a day. Is her main one of the day even at the same time as mine? I can’t be sure, mainly because I’m asleep, so I’ve no real idea what’s going on. She’s coming back in five sleeps then.

Or is it one more night sleep before she gets back? Perhaps she is able to comprehend the notion of night and day separating each other, even if today’s night belongs to tomorrow’s day. I’m not even sure if she actually starts her day at the same time point I do.

Given that the cat is diurnal – mainly active at dawn and dusk – maybe her day starts as the sun goes down. Or when it comes up. Bit bonkers that we split all our nights up come to think of it. Why even is part of the night today but the rest of the night is tomorrow. Unless it was this morning.

No wonder the cat is confused. Actually, she’s sleeping.