trudy
Trudy lives with my parents in their home in a small East Texas town. She is fat and lazy and extremely good-natured. She doesn't pay much attention to people unless she wants something, but she doesn't mind sharing space with people either. In fact most of the time she doesn't let the presence of visitors disturb her sleep at all, unless grandkids start to get too noisy and then she just finds herself a quieter room or slips outside for some fresh air. She's very self-confidant and knows just where her place is in the world.
Trudy is short for "intruder." I've forgotten the details of the story actually, but the name has something to do with the way she introduced herself into the household. My parents weren't looking for a pet. In fact they had lost a pet and seemed emphatic that they didn't want another one. But apparently Trudy didn't take no for an answer.
