Why am I stressed out and pissed off all the time? Why do I have high blood pressure? Tonight The Cat was Out. Later, The Dog decided she also wanted to be Out, so they headed off to engage in whatever fuckery they do when they're Out. Still later I decided to check on them and The Cat was ready to come In but there was no sign of The Dog. As I was getting ready to close the door, I saw her coming so I opened the storm door again, she came In and The Cat went back Out.
So I fucked off on the computer until I was ready for bed and went to check on The Cat. Opened the door and he was ready to come In. But in the dark, The Dog had followed me to the back door and she made to go Out. This confused The Cat so he didn't come In and my stopping The Dog confused her so even after I gave up and decided to let her go back Out, she didn't want to go Out anymore. So we all just stood there like idiots with the door open until I was finally able to convince The Cat to come In. (Because it's pointless to try to grab him. He'll get away and forget about getting him back to the door for some time after.)