I had to go down to San Antonio this week to water the grass.  Due to the severe drought we’re experiencing in Texas, watering restrictions have been in place.  We can water using conventional sprinklers or sprinkler systems one day per week between the hours of 3-8 am and 8-10 pm.  Our watering day is Wednesday (based upon our house number).  We can use soaker hoses during those hours on any day of the week.  So we use the sprinkler during the allotted hours on Wednesday, and I drag soaker hoses around the yard to ensure coverage the rest of the week.  I position the hoses where I want them at 10 pm, so when I get up at 3 am, all I have to do is turn the water on.  This still disrupts my sleep.  This only pertains to cats in the sense that we discussed it, and I took four of the eight cats with me.  How did we choose these cats?

Rossie was to stay in Central TX with Mr. L to see if he could draw her out more from her reclusiveness up here.  She’s been more confident in San Antonio, and we’d like her to be a little more confident here.  To help her, we kept the cats most conducive to her being out and about here — Ajax, Tarzan, and Delta.

Natasha is most comfortable with me, so she came with me to San Antonio.  Lady beats up the kittens and is probably one reason Rossie isn’t out as much, so she had to go to San Antonio with me.  Ruby tends to be more reclusive in Central Texas, but she’s friendly and cuddly with both me and Natasha in San Antonio, so she came with me for more socialization.  Floyd could go either way, so, since I needed four, I brought him with me.

Rossie was out and about more without Lady around to bully her.  Ruby was approachable and spent a lot of time sleeping with Natasha.  Everyone else did their thing.  This division of personalities seemed to work well. We’ll keep it in mind for future reference.