How many creatures do you imagine could squeeze into my little shoebox of an apartment? Lord knows I’ve complained before about it being too small for Ella and myself, so any more than two would certainly be a bad idea, right?

Well, for kicks, I decided to test that out Labor Day weekend when my parents (Ella’s grandfurma and grandfurpa) came to stay with me and also brought their 12 year old dog, Jenna. “Five living things coexisting in a tiny apartment for 36 hours” may not actually break any Guinness world records, but I wonder if “Five living things almost losing their minds while failing to peacefully coexist in a tiny apartment” would?

Ok well I should clarify that it was really the furry inhabitants that disturbed the peace. The drama began when I busted out the aerobed. Ella is not a fan of self-inflation - that much was made clear as she ran to her protector (the toilet bowl) to get away from the weird blue rapidly growing monster that makes “ssssssssssssss” noises…

Of course, when faced with the choice of sleeping on the cold, hard bathroom floor, or cuddling with momma on the crazy bed, she demonstrated a miraculous recovery…

Of course, that is not to say that Ella didn’t try to recoup her spot on the real bed and tell grandma to bugger off…

But the activity that caused all the humans in the shoebox to drink heavily and look for ways to pop the top off or bust through the sides or SOMETHING was the incessant posturing between Jenna and Ella. Momentarily fearful of the aerobed, they soon both decided to take it over. As you can see by their expressions, the take-over was not a joint effort and it would take a battle royale to determine who would ultimately become Queen of the Faux Mattress.

Only Ella doesn’t truly battle over anything because she doesn’t take anything seriously. Yelling, lunging, barking, howling…all signs of play to my Ella. Dominance schmominance. Territory? Mi territory es su territory! No worries! Let’s just play!

Jenna’s response? Shut it, kid…I haven’t played in years and I’m not about to start with you…

In the end, I’d call it a draw. Jenna and Ella agreed to disagree and the humans parted ways with hugs and headaches.

Aerobed InstaSleep Raised Inflatable Bed