I went to roll the lower dishwasher rack back into the dishwasher...

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...and it wouldn't budge. ??????????????

I looked inside for whatever might be causing the problem, and found our green-eyed female tuxie, Chessie, staring back at me.

She views any closed door as an insult to her queen-of-the-castle self image, and is delighted by any opportunity to go into any space that is usually not accessible to her. Open closets, kitchen cupboards, and the clothes dryer are all met with enthusiasm.

Her special favorite is my husband's model building workshop in the basement. We have been in our house for 32 years, and the workshop was created not too long after we moved in, so in 30+ years she has been in there truly thousands of times, yet each time is greeted with delight as if it were a brand new opportunity for something exciting.

Edited to correct my sleep-deprived math. Chessie is about to be 14. Say she went in 300 times a year, that would still be a lot - 3000+.