Poll question: If you had to leave your pet with someone else, would you still go on vacation? ... I voted no. I've left Cassie a few times with someone in my family cat-sitting. But neither she nor I are getting any younger, and we have recently developed this goofy feeding routine - first half of breakfast between 3 and 4 AM, second half with me at 7:30, and then supper when I get home from work. But she doesn't abide left-overs, which is the reason for the 3-4 AM pre-breakfast. We just started doing this a month ago - maybe less - and I want to see how long it keeps up before I try to go away again. When I leave and she's giving me the look, I remind myself that she's so easy to come home to! I also say aloud (often) that I have to leave for work because I'm the one with the opposable thumbs.