Our bed is too small.

We have a queen sized bed we bought several years ago. It is still pretty comfy, but we bought it when our household consisted of two cats and us.

Our household now consists of 4 cats, us, and Marceline. That’s three more occupants than when we bought our bed. And even though we now have two more cat beds, two additional large cat trees, one more full size bed, and a crib that didn’t exist when we bought our bed, everyone seems to want to join us now.

Last night Marceline went to bed at a normal time, and didn’t even fight as much to fall asleep, but come 11pm she decided she didn’t want to sleep in her crib anymore. She would fall asleep on me in the rocking chair (Ikea chair), but when I tried to put her down in the crib she would wake up and start crying.

After 30 tired minutes of that, I just brought her to bed with us. Where she tossed and turned and spun 360’s and kicked all night long while happily asleep.

Combine that with Sam and a one point three cats in bed with us, and our bed is too damn small.

We actually acknowledged this issue months ago, about the same time we realized our refrigerator was going to need replacing. We decided the fridge was the priority – the freezer section wasn’t keeping ice cream hard, it was like soft serve.

And I shouldn’t say was in the past tense, because like the adults we are, we haven’t bought a new fridge yet either.

I accomplished most things on my list yesterday. Didn’t buy cat litter nor vacuum in the basement. They go on today’s list. I did start a new book – Find Me.

It is the first fiction book I’ve read in a while. I forget how much faster they are to read than non-fiction books. It is good so far, although I’m only a few chapters in (Chapter 5 I think?). It is a suspense book – the lead character’s father was a serial killer who used the lead character to lure his victims when she was a child. Years later and the serial killer dad says he will only lead police to his victim’s bodies if his daughter goes with them. Kept me reading so far.

Today’s list:

• Keep living room and kitchen clean.
• Bathroom Laundry (towels, washcloths, mats)
• Vacuum Basement
• Buy cat litter and change litter boxes
• Clip Marceline’s nails
• Clean Marceline’s room?
• Run