Herding Cats

The two newest additions to the household are slowly adjusting to their new surroundings. We cleaned out the second bedroom for them with the exception of a few things, one of them being my footlocker full of vinyl LPs. That stayed because I didn’t want to store it in the basement for fear of water damage since we do get a little bit of moisture in the basement now and again when the rains are particularly heavy. To protect the records from cat damage we covered them with blankets and naturally that became one of their favorite resting places. Hopefully no long term damage will occur.The two newbies seem to have a little more of that cat aloofness than previous felines that shared our household. They have had a tough life so far: they came to our vet's office as 4-5 month old strays and lived for about 10 months in a large cage in the back of the office until we adopted them. The vet would only allow people to adopt them as a pair because they're very attached to one another. Our other cat is adjusting to the presence of the newcomers slowly as well. She lets them know their place by walking up to them, growling and hissing. They usually just look at her and she runs. No blood has been drawn yet and we keep them separated when we’re not home.

New routines are being developed to deal with the increased population of our house. We're getting up a little earlier to try to spend a little time with everyone. Losing sleep over these animals isn't a bad thing; a little quality time in the morning helps me start the day in a calmer state of mind than I have been lately.
Did I mention that we're dog-sitting in November? That will make things really interesting.