Okay, thanks for the advice....reading your experiences really helped me to relax a lot!! I let the very un-happy kitty out of his cage earlier today, and he promptly peed in our girl's playroom. Grrr! Now it was my turn to be very un-happy!!!

He bombed around here like he was pent up for weeks, and eventually climbed into my lap. He was very snippy and trying to bite me, but eventually mellowed out and even gave me a few purrs. Now he's chilled out, and sleeping in a drawer of blankets. I do hope my sweet Patches is back tomorrow! :P