Meet Mr. Bilbo!

Recently The Battle of the Five Armies came out in theaters.  It's the finale to a franchise millions of people love and some love to hate.  The key character in this last trilogy is a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.  So as you might guess, Hobbits, Elves, and Dwarves were all kind of on my mind when I was introduced to this stray kitten outside church.  Being the vet tech that I am, I decided to try and give him a home.  So I took him to the clinic since I didn't have anything at home to take care of him with.  I got him fixed, vaccinated, tested, dewormed, all that good stuff.  He checked out and came to live with me right after Christmas.  He's been an absolute sweetheart, with the exceptions of the times he gets a little wild and likes to play attack everything in sight.  He likes to snuggle with me sometimes but only on his terms.

Bilbo was the name suggested by my boss, though I was torn between two names for him: Obi-Wan and Boba (not ashamed of this nerdy fact!).  Bilbo seemed to fit him, though he still doesn't really respond when I call his name.  Here's a photo of him the weekend I brought him home.  He's grown just a little since then. :)

He's also not too fond of his collar, so his nice little blue collar has stayed off.  He somehow keeps figuring out how to remove it. But I love him and he has a good personality, even though he's still learning what's right and what's wrong!  As I type this he's lying in my lap in the middle of it all.

And yes, I liked Battle of the Five Armies.  It may  have lacked some of the character development of Lord of the Rings (an unfortunate characteristic of the entire trilogy), but it was a good film.  Worth seeing if you are familiar with LotR or you have seen all the others.