Henry's Horror

It seems like Henry (the cat) should be comfortable in his own home; it's been his home for some time. But, he is not. He cowers behind the couch, appearing only when Sedwick is home or when there are two other people on the couch since his safety zone is in the middle of the couch between those two people. The other cat perches his kingly self on top of the loveseat, effectively ruling the roost. This grates on my nerves. Meanwhile, the dog gets upset every time any of the cats walk anywhere near her. If she could, I think she would crawl right up in someone's lap - but that would be difficult for a 50 lb dog to do.

Someone (and I'm not saying who because I don't know) decided to use the loveseat or perhaps the blanket on top of the couch for a liter box. And by that, I do not mean the type of problems we've been having recently. No, I mean little pellets. Bigger than little, but not huge. This has not been a happy morning thus far, though happily it was not a big mess, and the loveseat has been sprayed and the blanket is in the wash.

NoL had a very bad day the other day; I thought she was going to take off and never come back. This is more my immediate reaction to things than hers, although she's also had the reaction before. But, I was concerned enough to stay and talk with her, and I therefore ended up missing my class. Happily, I am not taking said class for credit, so it wasn't that much of a tragedy.

The situation here is incredibly tense. At this point, there is no talking between two people in the house. I don't see how that's going to change, either, so I don't know for how long any of us will be able to stand it without someone blowing up (or someone leaving, really). As is typical, money is probably at the root of the problem, though there are many other possibilities. On Monday night, there were all kinds of discussions between various people, although many of those discussions were via IM. Happily, I was not here - and not part of the major problems, I think.

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