The cleaning. Oh my God, the cleaning.
Especially with cats. Look at this cat. Does he look like he cares that I cleaned that table already, and that, for that matter, he's not allowed on it to begin with?
It does not.
No. This is a cat who cares about two things and only two things: comfort and food. The table is comfortable, and therefore he's going to sit on it. Nevermind that the chairs are much more comfortable and uncleaned because I know there's no point in doing that until the morning of.
Everyone coming knows there will be cats around, but I was still hoping to have it look clean.