What's Bothering You?

I thought for so long that I didn't want to rent anymore, but after buying a condo with my partner, I miss renting. I know I'm in a fortunate situation, but it's been hard adjusting to a larger space without owning any furniture, and apparently the condo above us is owned by someone who sublets the unit while living 4 hours away. He hired contractors who have been working in the unit above us from 9am-2am for the past couple of days, and it's been a nightmare while they constantly move furniture in heavy work boots while loudly dropping things, use power tools, and inexplicably throw water out the fire escape. My cat is traumatized and spends most of her time hiding under the bed.
 
16 weeks of hell: Trying to get a moon stone AND training my Milotic now. Also add some for training clefable later on lmao
 
First work day of the year and I bailed by around 2-2:30pm due to illness. Only got about 45% of what I needed to done today. 😔
 
When you’re watching something interesting and the channel gets changed. “What’s inside the ancient tomb will change history forever”. But I’ll never know.
 
i wish i had enough time to participate in this winter event 😫 i honestly wanted to buy a full row of dreamy bear plushies
 
Seems like my baby likes to be on schedule. She's nearly 4 months old and that's the time where a baby can start teething apparently.. guess who's teething now and screams like all hell broke loose 😭
 
starting to get real fricked off with my parents (but mostly my mom) telling me it's "cruel" and "not right" for us to keep our kittens as indoor cats because they're "going to miss out on so much of the world" and "it's not fair" etc. when they're not even their cats, and it won't be them paying the vet bills if something goes wrong. (not that they do for their current older cats either. it's me.) i don't have an issue with people who let their cats outdoors, especially since two of mine are outdoor cats and the third is in the summer, but i don't want the same for my kitten specifically because she's quite rambunctious and a bit of a troublemaker -- i know she'll be dumb enough to drink antifreeze (which killed one of our first cats) or go near cars/the road (which injured our first cat, resulting in euthanasia, and likely killed one who went missing earlier this year) and anything else dangerous. not to mention that some people can be total a-holes to black cats. our second youngest after them was also a troublemaker, and he ended up with his tail getting infected and amputated after doing something outside. semi-recently, he also injured his paw and had to go to the vet for anti-inflammatories. (he wouldn't let them examine it, so we don't know what exactly was wrong, but he's fine now.) my parents' main complaint is that they want the backdoor open in the summer when it's hot, but we literally have a net door thing they bought this year (when they were too young to go out) and while it doesn't reach at the bottom, that can be blocked off with a bit of wood that's literally sitting in the garden right now. ugh, it just frustrates me so much, and now she's like, "if they're indoor cats, they have to go," and i genuinely can't tell if she's serious or not. even if she's not, i'm constantly worried about them deliberately letting the kittens out anyway or not caring enough to make sure they don't escape (especially in summer) and making it even harder for us to keep them as indoor cats.
 
starting to get real fricked off with my parents (but mostly my mom) telling me it's "cruel" and "not right" for us to keep our kittens as indoor cats because they're "going to miss out on so much of the world" and "it's not fair" etc. when they're not even their cats, and it won't be them paying the vet bills if something goes wrong. (not that they do for their current older cats either. it's me.) i don't have an issue with people who let their cats outdoors, especially since two of mine are outdoor cats and the third is in the summer, but i don't want the same for my kitten specifically because she's quite rambunctious and a bit of a troublemaker -- i know she'll be dumb enough to drink antifreeze (which killed one of our first cats) or go near cars/the road (which injured our first cat, resulting in euthanasia, and likely killed one who went missing earlier this year) and anything else dangerous. not to mention that some people can be total a-holes to black cats. our second youngest after them was also a troublemaker, and he ended up with his tail getting infected and amputated after doing something outside. semi-recently, he also injured his paw and had to go to the vet for anti-inflammatories. (he wouldn't let them examine it, so we don't know what exactly was wrong, but he's fine now.) my parents' main complaint is that they want the backdoor open in the summer when it's hot, but we literally have a net door thing they bought this year (when they were too young to go out) and while it doesn't reach at the bottom, that can be blocked off with a bit of wood that's literally sitting in the garden right now. ugh, it just frustrates me so much, and now she's like, "if they're indoor cats, they have to go," and i genuinely can't tell if she's serious or not. even if she's not, i'm constantly worried about them deliberately letting the kittens out anyway or not caring enough to make sure they don't escape (especially in summer) and making it even harder for us to keep them as indoor cats.
Coyotes are a common reason why some disappear that many people don't think about if they live in your area. Where I live they not only get cats but little dogs. May be worth mentioning to your parents if your concerned about your pets being let outside. Cat claws can do alot of things, but they won't stop coyotes or cars.
 
Coyotes are a common reason why some disappear that many people don't think about if they live in your area. Where I live they not only get cats but little dogs. May be worth mentioning to your parents if your concerned about your pets being let outside. Cat claws can do alot of things, but they won't stop coyotes or cars.

we live in the UK, so coyotes aren't an issue at all, and outdoor cats are generally quite common here, but we do live semi-close to a road, there's a (barely busy, but even so) road at the top of our street, and said street is between two different carparks, so. that's my main worry. that and other people. the only other animals that might be of concern are other people's dogs, because some people won't put them on leashes and will deliberately just let them chase cats, and foxes, since the road separates us from a nature reserve, and i have seen one in my garden before, but i don't know if they would go after cats, and i don't think they come out this far very often. my mom always quotes that all of her cats growing up (she must've had 30-something overall) were outdoor cats and only a few died because of outdoor causes, but given that one of them (iirc) was killed by an air rifle or something similar, i don't know how she can be so against the idea.
 
starting to get real fricked off with my parents (but mostly my mom) telling me it's "cruel" and "not right" for us to keep our kittens as indoor cats because they're "going to miss out on so much of the world" and "it's not fair" etc.
Does she know that cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles? Does she know that outdoor cats live 2-5 years, whereas indoor cats can reach 10-15 years of age or more? ugh that is very frustrating indeed. I get why people wanna let their cats outdoors, it seems like a nice gesture, but in the end it's just a bad idea.
 
Ohh man. As much as I'm feeling better, I do not have ANY energy to do anything. I have to go back to work on the 5th. That's about 4-5 days since I told my boss I tested positive for COVID. I told her Sunday, but based on her logic, I've been having symptoms a few days before that, and missed work since Thursday. So I 'should be good to go back Wednesday', but... If I take another test tomorrow and it's still positive? My boss can literally get in trouble for making me come back to work the following day. I refuse to be in an environment where sick employees are still encouraged to work. :^/ I feel better than I did a week ago, but I have zero energy to do anything and I'm still barely eating. I don't know what to do because CDC Guidelines say here only a 5-day quarantine is necessary (which is really dumb to me), so.. :"D
 
Does she know that cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles? Does she know that outdoor cats live 2-5 years, whereas indoor cats can reach 10-15 years of age or more? ugh that is very frustrating indeed. I get why people wanna let their cats outdoors, it seems like a nice gesture, but in the end it's just a bad idea.

i mean, humans have led at least 680 species to extinction, but we're not all staying indoors. two of my outdoor cats are between 9-11, the third is around 6-7, and my oldest cat to date (who was also an outdoor cat) was 14/15 before she died of kidney failure, which was not caused by anything outdoors related. i get the point you're making, but i don't want to feel shamed into making my cats indoor cats, and i don't think anyone should. if we lived elsewhere, or lisa had a more timid/cautious personality like her sister and was therefore less likely to wander far, i probably wouldn't be as against it, but considering how close we are to a road, and how curious she can be, i'd rather keep them indoors where they're safe. i'll definitely be telling my sister in the morning, since they're usually more likely to go along with/do whatever she wants, and maybe that'll help. idk. i don't plan to back down from my decision though, so they'll just have to face reality in the end and accept it.
 
Coyotes are a common reason why some disappear that many people don't think about if they live in your area. Where I live they not only get cats but little dogs. May be worth mentioning to your parents if your concerned about your pets being let outside. Cat claws can do alot of things, but they won't stop coyotes or cars.
seconding this, my oldest cat had two siblings and they were both killed by coyotes bc they were outside cats. pretty positive that if I hadn't rescued her and turned her into an indoor-only cat she would have been dead by now.
edit: to be clear I got her from a friend's house, they had lots of outside cats. we used to let one of ours outside but he's long gone and we live in a suburb so it's not a good idea here.



I'm so mad that this plushie is like extremely rare for some stupid reason. all the listings I find of it online are unavailable, and the few I did find are both from Germany and they don't ship to the US (one if the two is tryna sell it for $11,000 like what the actual ****). there's an ebay listing for it that's unavailable so I can't even add it to my favorites, and on Mercari only one has sold and it sold well over a year ago.

I wish I had never found this plushie cause now I won't be able to rest or buy anything else until I get it 😔
 
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seconding this, my oldest cat had two siblings and they were both killed by coyotes bc they were outside cats. pretty positive that if I hadn't rescued her and turned her into an indoor-only cat she would have been dead by now.
Yeah coyotes are pretty gutsy. They do attack kids and short people if they are hungry enough. They've been spotted sitting on top of fences where I live which sounds odd. A place I use to live at, summer nights you could hear them and I would see them on my way to work 5 min away in the early morning. They don't spook easy.

I was worried there for a bit because someone a road over had a groundhog infestation and a factory property across the road had some nesting, and groundhogs were everywhere. Was afraid we would coyotes in the neighborhood.
 
My sister just tested positive for covid-19 and I'm showing symptoms (but can't be tested until tomorrow). I already missed the first day back from break at school and now I'm missing the last week before end of semester deadlines. This is literally my worst nightmare as I have notes to take, presentations, and art projects that cannot be finished. I feel like everything that could go wrong in december (and january now) did and I'm just so done with everything. I already got covid in october 2020 which gave me terrible long haul and parosmia which I still have, I don't wanna know what's gonna happen now. Plus we were driving home all day today so I have piles and piles of homework to do. Life is not great over here, lol.
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oh and i'm adding lol to everything to take away the pain
 
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I'm turning a RH doll to a MHA character and I really have no idea about the wardrobe part. I probably have to buy custom clothing from etsy that usually costs over 30$ a piece. I wish l can sew, I have two talented family members who knows how to sew but they won't teach me.(they're lazy and i'm sorry but it is the truth)
 
I ordered something and I had a discount code entered, but it got taken away the page before I pressed confirmed. Basically I had to enter it again, but I wasn’t paying attention. Still, I had it entered the first time and I don’t want to go through the trouble of cancelling and reordering. I don’t even know if I can.
 
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