I got the cats one of the recirculating stainless water fountains with filters.
It took about 2 weeks before I quit panicking every time I heard water running in the kitchen
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This is a thing. Developers create shell companies when they’re constructing new development, but it’s typical that the shell company’s name will bear a striking resemblance to the originating developer. After the development is fully sold, they quickly and quietly pay the shell company’s bills and dissolve it. There’s nobody to be held accountable.
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We’ve had several enormous special assessments to replenish our reserve fund, which has always met the legal requirements. I’m one of the last “original owners” (I moved in right after kindergarten) and what has transpired re: the building infrastructure has been both jaw dropping and terrifying. And we have a pretty solid number of lawyers and doctors and captains of whatever and civic folks — and pet lovers — and foodie types in our mix of residents. They’re all pretty low key, which is good. We are an older demographic. Doggie treats are kept by our front entrance for the canine residents.
But the building horrors we’ve lived through! At least pets are allowed. A couple of condo buildings up the street are no-pets-allowed. And there aren’t that many condos in the neighborhood.
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I hear ya. 
lol. 
Boarding the cats is a good idea. Hope they get the second fix of the water system right this time and you’re all home soon!
We are now on the third fix, and it’s not done. I extended my encampment in the Residence Inn. Got a status email from the building at 1 am. Kitties have the best deal, as they should, of course.
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UGH. 
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The kitties have their own special food at the vet. I avoided the trough feeding frenzy downstairs and brought breakfast up.
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That sucks. Do you have any type of condo insurance that would at least pay for your hotel stay?
Nope. But I have a whole lot of Amex points I can use. Which is fine, because I’ve never used them in 40 years.
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I feel your pain. I lived in an older condo with a two pipe heating and cooling system that meant we had either heat or AC but it took 24 hours and a lot of man hours to switch from one to the other. So we inevitably had some hot days when the heat was on and cold days when the AC was on. And when the system failed it took days to get it up and running again.
But i still miss that old condo. Great neighbors and a very nice pool.
I hope the cats are liking the spa life! 
We have a single water line as an exchange for both heating and cooling. It’s like geothermal. One unit can run heat while another unit can run ac - their heat pumps use the water instead of air to do the exchanges.
And when that water line fails, which it has done way too many times, everyone shuts down. I’ve also lived in an older condo that functions like you described. My type offers more individual selection and control, but when the backbone is broken, pffft. Same for both.
I expect that both my kitties are being well taken care of. I heard a lot of kissing and cooing when they were taken to their “rooms”. They deserve no less! I have a cat lady who usually comes and takes care of them when I’m incapacitated but the condition of the building tells me they’re better off with the vet!
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David Sedaris’ “dog poems” published in Esquire
Pepper, Spot, and Leopold
Were sent by God, so I’ve been told,
In hopes we might all comprehend
That every dog is man’s best friend!!!
Hail hyperactive Myrtle,
Owned by folks who are infertile.
Her owners boast as she runs wild,
“She’s not a spaniel, she’s our child!”
Rags, the Shatwells’ Irish setter,
Doubles as a paper shredder.
His lunch was bills and last year’s taxes
Followed by a dozen faxes.
Kimmy, once considered ruthless,
Lies in her basket, bald and toothless.
Her youth’s long spent, so now she passes
All her time releasing gases.
Petunia May they say was struck
Chasing down a garbage truck.
A former purebred Boston terrier,
Her family’s wond’ring where to bury her.
Each Saturday at half past one,
Miss shih tzu has her toenails done.
In the chair she pouts and squirms,
Not knowing that she’s full of worms.
Most ev’ry evening Goldilocks
Snacks from Kitty’s litter box.
Then, on command, she gives her missus
Lots of little doggie kisses.
Hercules, a Pekinese,
Was taken in and dipped for fleas.
Insecticide got in his eyes,
Now he’ll be blind until he dies.
The Deavers’ errant pit bull, Cass,
Bit the postman on the ass.
Her lower teeth destroyed his sphincter,
Now his walk’s a bit distincter.
The bitches loved the pug Orestes
Until the vet snipped off his testes.
Left with only anal glands,
He’s been reduced to shaking hands.
Each night, old Bowser licks his balls,
Then falls asleep till nature calls.
He poops a stool, then, though it’s heinous,
Bends back down and licks his anus.
Dachshund Skip from Winnipeg
Loves to hump his master’s leg.
Every time he gets it up, he
Stains Bill’s calf with unborn puppy.
A naughty Saint Bernard named Don,
Finds Polly’s Kotex in the john.
He holds the blood steak in his jaws
And mourns her coming menopause.
My favorite is the Deavers and the mailman.
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This poem reminded me of a joke:
I went to a zoo today and they only had one animal, it was a dog.
It was a shih tzu.
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Love it.
As I’ve shared , my dog is a black lab. Rescue that is a black lab that couldn’t swim. Spent the whole week in a cabin in northern WI last week. Got in the water every day, several times a day. He can swim.
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When a friend passed i adopted her black lab, Soot, and found out Soot hated any form of swimming except for splashing in little kiddy pools.
Because that is how my friend played with Soot on hot days.
(Soots great uncle was named Coal, great aunt was Char, aunt was Ash and i tried to convince my friend to name her new puppy Smut. She chose Soot instead, thank God!)
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Got that frumpy lab look. I think I’d like Soot and all his kinfolks.
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My giant Comet didn’t know how to swim either, but he figured it out with daily walks to swim in the Marne.
If there was water, he would be in it, unless of course it was accompanied by soap, in which case it was horrible.
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Got back from a trip and saw that my two does had enjoyed my backyard as a quiet siesta spot this past couple weeks. They each had compressed a part of the grass where they sit and chew their cud and watch their fawn.
I put out the sprinkler to give my lawn a badly needed drink and the fawn rather enjoyed it.
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