Hey, @cogitecture.

I can relate, although I think you're more into cats than I am. :) That said, Max is very cute and I can see where there would be much fun to be had playing with him.

In my case, it was somewhat a reverse situation. Instead of the cat coming to stay with me, I went and stayed with the cat. Or more specifically, in the house of the humans where the cat lived.

For the most part, the cat would go outdoors, often disappearing for most of the day, but when it was in the house, it often wanted to sit on someone warm, and in many cases, that was me.

I like cats over dogs, so it's not like I hate them. It's just a pain to brush or roll off hair, let the cat in and out when it wants to go, and occasionally clean up after it when it's actually done something it shouldn't. And yet, it was easy to get attached to it and I would actually find myself occasionally defending it when someone else in the household wanted to chase it out or threatened to do worse. :)

There were a couple of times where the family took off during my stay, so I was left totally in charge of the cat and their pet dog, who was actually very sweet. The two got a long, so that wasn't much of a problem. It just reminded me of having young children who were somewhat dependent on you, but were going to do their own thing no matter what.

When I came back home, I actually did miss the cat for a few days, but that was about it. :)