I did a lot yesterday, but I was forced into the worst of it.

I went to get my coffee and play the lottery... my Thursday ritual. Then I had to buy Father's Day cards at Walgreen's, went to PetSmart because the handle broke off my pooper scooper while I was cleaning the litter box in the morning, and went grocery shopping. That is a full day for me.

But when I got home it reeked of stale cat pee. So I swept and bleached the floor in the kitchen in case the swifter I used the day before wasn't strong enough to get rid of the cat litter dust residue from the things I cleaned in there. When I turned on the AC, it blew out a foul odor, so I had to have my husband pull out the filter so I could clean or replace it. It was reusable so I washed it. The cat pee smell remained, so I laid down a ton of carpet powder and vacuumed the WHOLE apartment.

The smell isn't new. It crops up every year when it gets hot and humid. My husband has thwarted my attempts to permanently deal with the situation in the past because he's cheap and doesn't want to help...
A couple of days ago I treated a spot with Nature's Miracle Urine Destroyer. While it didn't totally get rid of the stain, it did substantially improve the odor. I think I just didn't use enough. I think there are invisible areas that still smell. I'm going to sniff them out and saturate them. It's going to be expensive to use so much product, but it's worth it. I don't want to live with this odor for the next 6 weeks, and it may mitigate some of the damage to the carpet and/or subfloor.

More work for me.

After yesterday, I'm very discouraged and I feel overwhelmed. I can't see how I'm going to get all the work I need to get done- done, especially if other projects keep coming up.

I'll do what I can about the urine odor, but there will be absolutely NO re-do's. My plan is to start to finish up the cat room next week and put it behind me so the rest of the work will seem more bearable. I'm no longer using the lightweight litter, which was the source of the problem, so I should be able to maintain the room fairly easily.