Phil was like "I'm gonna do a goatee and see what your dad says about it"

And my dad shows up to the airport with a fucking handlebar mustache

Outplayed

YES. THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.

Sam's reaction when she saw it when we got to her place was just AUDIBLE SIGH

So Merrill already owns the house. She is loving the added attention. Sam has already taken 15 cat photos of her and has been offered belly rubs as repayment

And RU hasn't left from under the bed

He was under the couch

I coerced him out after everyone else went to bed

And he kinda walked around a bit and then figured out where Phil and I were staying and hasn't left from under our bed

I probably need to just keep him to a small room for a week until he's stable. It's just too much for a cat that's only lived in a tiny apartment in Shanghai his whole life

poor Ru, he's been traumatized