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What should have been simple ...

In preparation of winter, I had someone replace the filter on my heater. A simple matter that took the heater man less than 20 minutes to do.

Having this done before, I knew he would be in and out of my apartment numerous times. So this time around, I figured I would lock up the cats to keep them safe and out of the heater man's way. And thinking that I'm even smarter, I decided to split them all up.

I know Abbey and Libby don't, well, they really don't like each other. So I put Abbey and Apple together. Libby I put in the TV room, which has a lot of Bruce's things. She is his cat, so all of it would be familiar to her. Then I just kept Julian with me, knowing he wouldn't move fast enough or even care about the heater man to leave the couch. Plus he hates the other cats, and being locked in a room even more.

So the heater man arrives, does his thing, and leaves, and it's time to release the cats. And chaos ensues.

It's as if they've never seen the house before. Libby, Abbey and Apple spend the rest of the afternoon sniffing the entire home, each other and me, trying to figure out what is going on. Of course, Abbey and Libby hiss at each even more now.

So much for me being smart.