They Didn't Miss Us, They Missed The Bed

This is what the boys have been doing since we returned:

Joe

Beans

Beans dry nurses on our clothes whenever he is in need of comfort, which is what endeared him to me in the first place. Since this was the first time we've left him, and they didn't have access to the indoors while we were gone, we were fully expecting to find a freaked out Beaner Kitty when we got home, leaving us with wet shirts for days. The Boy was especially worried about him. Beans is by far the neediest cat we've ever owned. We were expecting to be ignored by Joe for a few days, that's been his standard response to our previous vacations.

What we didn't expect was for them to both come running as soon as we called them from the back door. Beans was only mildly neurotic, he didn't even suck on anybody's shirt right away. Joe acted like nothing had happened. They said Hi, checked things out around the house, and then settled onto the bed for a good long nap. Beans has been napping inside all day every day ever since. It's all I can do to make sure he gets outside enough to potty.