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so I got home around 10:15ish last night after working 4 full hours of overtime and immediately fed the cats (they're used to getting fed between 6:30 and 7:30)...
And things were weird all evening. Graham was more aggressive toward me than usual. Then when I climbed into bed to go to sleep, the cats started fighting over the bed. I wasn't able to fall asleep until they took the fight elsewhere.
This morning, as I was walking around the apartment, when I turned to walk to the bedroom for something, I happened to be turning away from Graham, and he took a swipe at the back of my ankles (fortunately he missed). This is behavior I haven't seen in him in many months. I always associated it with his fear of abandonment... and I can see how last night could've brought that fear back to the front of his mind.
If I ever need to stay away from the apartment that long again, I think I need to call someone to go check in on the cats and give them a little loving attention (especially Graham) so that they don't feel forgotten/abandoned...
sigh.
And things were weird all evening. Graham was more aggressive toward me than usual. Then when I climbed into bed to go to sleep, the cats started fighting over the bed. I wasn't able to fall asleep until they took the fight elsewhere.
This morning, as I was walking around the apartment, when I turned to walk to the bedroom for something, I happened to be turning away from Graham, and he took a swipe at the back of my ankles (fortunately he missed). This is behavior I haven't seen in him in many months. I always associated it with his fear of abandonment... and I can see how last night could've brought that fear back to the front of his mind.
If I ever need to stay away from the apartment that long again, I think I need to call someone to go check in on the cats and give them a little loving attention (especially Graham) so that they don't feel forgotten/abandoned...
sigh.