Way back when Tulip first got here, she had a little accident at the bottom of the stairs. All of our living space is upstairs, so the only thing at the bottom of the stairs is the front door. I never did get around to asking Janet, but I suspect that where Tulip was fostered there is a full downstairs and possibly a litterbox near the bottom of the stairs somewhere. She still occasionally seems very confused by the fact that the stairs don’t go anywhere.

In any case, a week or two ago kitty was down at the bottom of the stairs meowing at the top of her and wrestling with the rug. We didn’t think too much of it because she seems to like to play down there. As it turns out, she ended up peeing on the rug down there again. Needless to say, the rug is now gone. Every time kitty heads down the stairs, I shoo her back up.

Usually in the evenings after she eats, she’s ready to run around and play. That’s usually when she wants to head downstairs. With that in mind, kitty has been on lockdown in the bedroom/bathroom area at night. It’s usually a pretty big production. We bring the kitty bed and Mini Tiger in there for her. She goes from door to door to verify that she’s locked in. Then she usually flops herself over on her side on the stripy rug that’s between the bedroom and bathroom. By morning she is usually curled up in a ball in the crook of my legs. I swear, this cat has more routines than a 5-year-old child.