okay FINE it’s too early for a real Christmas miracle & I don’t know if Yule comes with miracles but probably the cold had something to do with it so
YES that is MAJOR TOM & in that picture he is LAYING ON MY LAP
for the VERY FIRST TIME
I basically froze when he hopped up there. He’s been willing to use me as a highway for a while, & to lay near my feet on the couch for a couple weeks, but this? TOTALLY NEW.
![It's basically the same picture except this time I'm petting him.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P_20191122_174546_BF.jpg)
They’re terrible pictures & I don’t even care, I’m just glad I had my phone within reach so I could record the moment.
He stayed there for a while, too, even after Loiosh decided he needed some of Momma’s lap too.
It was … fraught.
![No selfie this time. Both boys are laying on my lap, about eight inches apart. Their ears are ELOQUENT of crankiness.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P_20191122_180145_vHDR_On.jpg)
I mean. The EARS.
But nobody punched anybody, & eventually they settled down.
![Both boys, curled up, peacefully asleep.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P_20191122_181643_vHDR_On.jpg)
Eventually Loiosh buggered off, but even when Tom got up all he did was rearrange himself.
![Tom's curled up in a small ball between my leg & the back of the couch. A relatively small ball, anyway.](https://www.thevagabondtabby.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P_20191122_194130_vHDR_On.jpg)
He’s done it a time or two since then, too. & let me tell you have an entire MASSIVE tomcat on your lap will keep you NICELY warm … but better hope you don’t hafta pee anytime soon.