That was it exactly! Zingo is twice her weight but she just had enough for some reason this morning. My mother keeps telling me I should get a video camera and set it up just to see what goes on when we aren't there...I really wish I had one this morning when all this happened....what made it even better was a little after the fact when Zingo finally came down to the living room, he got to the bottom of the steps and just kind of peaked around the post to see where she was...and about 10 minutes later, Oatmeal decided to smack him once or twice too! Poor Zing! It just was not his day! I told my boss I almost had to stay home to comfort my cat...fortunately she is an animal person and understood once I told her the story...