the pros and cons of living with cats

Pro:
There's someone to greet you when you get home.
Con:  You feel guilty when you're at work for more than 12 hours.
Pro:  They give you an excuse to lay in bed for 2 hours because they just want to hang out.
Con:  There is hair on my bed.
Pro:  They're pretty low-maintenance as far as care--minus scooping litter.
Con:  You feel like a crazy cat lady buying cat food on a Saturday night.
Pro:  If you spend enough time with them, they start to like you.
Con:  If you're away too much, they notice and then whine incessantly.
Pro:  Cats are mysterious and interesting.
Con:  Cats are mysterious and slightly scary. Point made in picture form below:

Pro:  They're fun to talk to.
Con:  You realize you're crazy that you talk out loud that much alone and have thus become the self-fulfilling prophecy of "crazy cat lady."
Pro:  They start to like you enough that they follow you around, even Sheila.
Con:  They start to like you enough that they follow you around and get hair everywhere.
Pro:  The cat hair makes you want to clean more.
Con:  You realize your vacuum cleaner doesn't have attachments to clean your furniture.
Pro:  They can be funny, like when their giant cat bodies take up an entire bar stool.
Con:  While they're funny, they like to scratch your furniture:

Pro:  I'm learning cats aren't so bad, and it's only been a week!
Con:  Jake had to go to freaking India for 2 1/2 weeks in order to realize this.