Day 9 - In Which Gromit Redeems Himself and Fidget Gets Sniffly

Won't be writing much today...just more of the same.  Floors still look great.  The shoe molding goes on today, then one more coat of finish and they're done.  I've only left the hotel for about one hour a day for five days.  Today I'm actually venturing out to Bed, Bath and Beyond to buy a whole bunch of furniture casters and felt guards, so the furniture doesn't scratch the floors when we put it back.  

Last night, my friend Michele from the neighborhood came for a visit.  Fidget, unlike other cats who live in the house, is both friendly and appendage safe.  She was all over Michele.  As the evening went on, I noticed Fidget began getting more sniffly and by the end of the evening, she had snorted on both my shirt and pants.  And she stopped eating.  Interesting.  I sincerely doubt she was allergic to Michele, but Michele both has, and is in a work environment with, dogs.  Could Fidget be allergic to dogs?  Our floor guy said the stain in the living room was urine and it's way too big to be made by a cat.  Could there be residual dog DNA in our house, triggering Fidget's sinus problems?  It will be interesting to see what happens when she's back home.  Joe suggested perhaps Fidget was allergic to Gromit, a theory that makes no sense and was clearly posited in the nefarious hopes of fooling me into making our return to the house a Gromit-less one.

Speaking of, Gromit was better behaved last night.  He didn't start yowling until 2:30.  I got up and carried him around the room like a baby, scratching his head.  I then laid down on the couch instead of the bed.  He hopped up next to me and went to sleep.  He got up a couple hours later and tried to chase Fidget, but I put him in front of the window and he was distracted by a shiny truck.  Another night down, two more to go.