Pets

or tosses things to the floor if she doesn't see signs that I am attending to her food and water on schedule. Which one she does depends on her mood. If I am at my desk, she hops onto it and rubs my face incessantly while blocking the laptop screen. If I don't respond soon enough, in her opinion, she hits my hand, or puts her paw on it to make it stop typing.

If I am watching a movie, reading a book, or doing anything else that I am absorbed in around feeding time, things start thumping and crashing to the floor until she has my attention.

If I am in the kitchen, she paces back and forth in front of the cupboards, with commanding glances at me.