If all goes to plan we're finally tearing out the old shag carpeting in the den, today!!!!!

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12. Mikey is a cat.

He was at the last place I rented, adopted me before I even moved in. It was a converted portion of an older house and he hadn't quite figured out the separation thing.

His human, my former landlady and now friend, sold the place lest year (long story) upending both our worlds, she had horses, a dog and Mikey. She ended up homeless for a few months so I took Mikey to my new place, not rural like we were. Once in her newly built home, Mikey went to live there since he's not an indoor cat full time and I have little space with no yard to speak of and close to streets. The kicker was when Mikey, who has to go outside and watch over the home place, discovered the storm drain out at the street and would spend much of his time there and not come when called. It's freezing and with a foot+ of snow it was a very dangerous place for him so he had to go to his other home where the house is bigger, he has 8 acres to rule and can be in the house at night. He was regularly inside at night during winter but I had to convince his other mom that he needs to be in at night year round because it's pretty wild out there and he's prey for too many critters, not like our old place at all. And she has to feed him better. So that's why he's there for now. We agreed that he has two homes and he can come back in a few months when it's safe for him to be outside here.

Until then, I have to focus on other stuff that I had in the works before I brought him home last August.