Is your cat a micro-manager?

When W's brother was here, I knew Merlyn would have a fit about an human in the "off limits" room. He can't accept that it's off-limits to cats and not humans. So -- J shuts the door to do some work. He'd also shut the bathroom door, thus depriving the cats of the "dualing" box, where all three mark busily during a 24 hour period. The caterwauling begins!

I knock on the bathroom door to make sure J is not in there -- then open it for Merlyn. (J opens his door to check that I didn't knock on the bedroom door.) I head back for the addition.

Merlyn starts screaming. I go back to the hall, and he leads me to the box. THAT cat has been in it again! (Maisie never vocally comments on the boys using it -- she just hops in and stakes her own claim.) So I shovel the box and even add fresh litter. He's on top of the sink cabinet, supervising.

And he doesn't start yelling at night unless I'm still working, thus rousing W. If I go to bed? Then he yells that I'm not up to sit on.

I will try once adding him to the bed. Then he gets tossed into the addition for the night -- there's now a fancy litter box in the addition bathroom. (The golden dome. Who knew the cats were big Notre Dame football fans?)

Glad he settled for sleeping with us -- it's pretty cold in the addition in winter for him (60s -- nice for me, cold for skinny seal-coated cat, unless oil heater or mattress pad is on.)

He also goes to the restroom with us. We just can't convince him we know what we're doing in there....