Ah, another Feline Friday, and I can report that the cats are making progress in adjusting to their new surroundings.

Mr. Romeo is Exhibit #1. He’s come out of the closet, so to speak, and can now be often be found lounging on one of the living room chairs (although he does still sneak under a chair from time to time for a good quiet nap). He’s curious about the door to the garage, and is trying to sneak a peek into that unknown territory. And he’s been manning the observation posts in several different rooms, sitting on window ledges and taking in the view of the world, day and night. So he’s been a very busy cat!

Unfortunately, he’s been busy between 2 and 6 a.m., which winds up getting him evicted from our bedroom at the first overnight wakeup call. He now seems to understand the drill and doesn’t fuss about being closed out of the room, but it also hasn’t discouraged him from waking up and trying to wake us up. He makes up for it by disappearing most of the afternoon, finally emerging to see what’s going on around 4 or 4:30 every day.

But we did get the good news that Romeo and Annie aced all of their medical tests. The results back from the lab shows they are both doing very well, thank you!

And as you can see in this week’s photos (and last week, for that matter), Annie is emerging much more often from her hiding places and just sleeping around normally. However, she did spend most of another day in our kitchen pantry, a closet with roll-out drawers for various foods and supplies. She watches, and when I open the door to get the toaster out in the morning, and carry it over to the counter, she slips inside and lays down behind a box of Fancy Feast cat food. If I don’t do a special Annie check, she’ll happily stay in the dark cave for hours and hours. Go figure.

—Anyway, click here to see all of this week’s Friday Felines!