People often worry that their animals won’t remember them if they go on vacation. We were recently out of town (notice the lack of posts), and my husband worried that Chester wouldn’t remember us.

Well, he sure remembered the person we board him with, and he only sees her every few months. His tail was producing a windstorm and he tried to jump right out of my arms and into hers. Makes you feel kind of superfluous.

The boys make it quite clear that they miss us when we’re gone, too. I can always guarantee that they’ll sleep with us the first night we get back, even if they haven’t slept with us in weeks.

Sure enough, Simba spent the night curled around my head. My husband swears that Gizmo slept with him at some point, but as far as I know, he spent the night in “his” carrier in our bedroom.

In fact, I had to kick Simba out around 4 am, since he started to claw at the blanket. I couldn’t get Gizmo out. I’d look in the carrier and he’d just lay there, purring at me.

Simba started crying almost as soon as I put him out, and he never does that. He’s always content to just find himself a nice cozy bed to curl up on. Lord knows there’s enough of them here.

Some cats will give you the cold shoulder if you have the temerity to leave them, but they’ll come around eventually. I’ve always been lucky enough to be blessed with cats that don’t hold a grudge.

I worry a bit that Chester is relunctant to come back home! He’s boarded at an in-home facility, which caters specifically to small dogs. Apparently he has a great time there. I feel guilty he doesn’t have a doggy buddy to play with here, but I’m just not ready for another dog.

He seems happy here, but it must seem so boring after getting to play with other dogs all the time.

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