List Day: 10 Post-Booty Changes

1. Naps on the couch are 100% less snuggly without Booty to perform chest compressions throughout the nap.


2. We can leave food out on the counter unprotected for many minutes and no one jumps on the counter to eat it. The same goes for bills and other important pieces of paper left unsheltered around feeding time.


3. I still think I see Booty when I spot a dark shape (like the base of a floor lamp) in my peripheral vision.


4. I only have to scoop the litter box every other day.


5. Amber has moved from the beta position at the foot of the bed to the alpha position at the head of Rebecca.


6. Amber is softer because she hangs out more and gets more brushing and pets.


7. There is no rigorously scheduled food time on the agenda -- we just eventually realize that Amber hasn't eaten in a while and she begrudgingly agrees to eat a bit.


8. No one serenades us from the living room during the first 15 minutes we go to bed.


9. I can no longer see both cats in the same room and refer to them as "Booty and the Ho-fish".


10. I no longer have to place or clean up puppy pads outside of the litter box from Booty's ingrained habits of peeing elsewhere. I also have a full box of puppy pads (unused!) left over if anyone needs any.