I like both dogs and cats.....but will take cat over dog as they are more low maintence for the most part. Downside for me though on cats is that I am a paraplegic. The last cat I had I got as a kitten. I would never notice her climbing up to my lap until she reached it. And she was ALWAYS climbing into my lap. Needless to say my legs resembled two well worn scrating posts until she was big enough to make the floor to lap leap. LOL
I'm glad you've found a friend! I like dogs too, but I am a confirmed cat man now. Like you say, I appreciate that cats are a little easier to take care of than dogs. No need to walk them or to go out to the backyard to clean up after them. Of course easy for me to say, since they're my friends' cats, they do the clean up of the litter box. I might be singing a different tune one day when I'm the one having to do the cat box.