clive's been home a week. i got home last night. he's a totally different cat! he has so much energy! the scary thing is, he probably adopted us while low energy, not feeling well. THIS is probably the real clive!! (or the house sitter was pampering him so much he slept LOTS and had lots of pent up energy.) he spent last night. all night. tearing around the room. launching at the bed (and me and the dog) from all angles. goof ball! finally went to sleep around four am. today im going to keep him AWAKE til bed time in the hopes he will sleep all night!
though i wanted to ring his neck a few times last night, im THRILLED at how well he is doing, and hope it lasts.
thanks again for everyone's kind words, and wisdom.