cats still rated as "very good"

thing 1 and thing 2 are resting and feeding comfortably-if-fussily, showing no signs of whatever respiratory thing i was fretting over yesterday

mama sugarfoot is bored to the point of undignified displays of affection but otherwise seems well

dragon is also bored to the point of undignified displays of affection but otherwise seems well. dragon has been sitting on back porch among too many cats and too many overripe papayas. she seemed to enjoy this considerably. she says rawr.

sadly shemp* however is still a big cute idiot, no progress on that front

*peg insists i correct this to his full name of Shempuel Shempington Shempy-Shomp. i fail to see how this really would help his situation though.