#ooc

Then, outside kitty was attacked & injured. Took to vet, but couldn't re-release him outside.

Oh poor thing

Soft heart, good intentions, quickly too many

I refuse to bring in a 2nd cat

Yes. Ramona might object

My friend moved to the burbs and bought a house, only to find there were outside cats there... now he has I think 7, 8 cats?

yeah, it can be hard

there is a VERY friendly stray

Ramona disapproves through the window though

Rae did your friend feed the outside cats?

of course

Who has two thumbs and a job offer?

and now he feeds the jays and racoons

HOT DAMN

Is it Shady?

YES IT IS. Not The Job I Wanted.... but a job, with a slight pay bump, and close to him when I have to RTO. So.

HEY, Pay Bump. Money ain't everything, but it is useful

YAY

Job!

Still waiting on the offer letter, but the hiring manager and HR have each reached out so things are in motion.

Probably won't start till after next week. Which is fine.

I'm very glad for you, Shady. I hope it surprises you in GOOD ways

Knowing you, you will find ways to make your job more interesting and ✨

It's basically the same job I did at the bank, but at a hospital instead.

And close to home!

THAT can be a time saver

And toll saver, yes.

Tove wanted so badly to be a good mother to Sam. I think she unlocked that achievement 🙂

Discretion wins major points!

SHOULDER SEX! GASP

And Tove has the necklace

She do

"in an early version of his dictionary, Noah Webster defined "cat" with the entry: "The domestic cat needs no description. It is a deceitful animal, and when enraged, extremely spiteful."

No wonder America trusted him as an arbiter of meanings

It didn't last long as I suspect someone caught whoever did it, but I once saw an online thesaurus that if you entered the word thesaurus? It had a few words that were the best matches, and under that was (Stop trying to game the system, Buddy!)

At the time I found that stinking hilarious

personae

Oh good lord. Most of the Brightwinds kids are 4 years older now, depending on hold time

Irene, Grete...

gahhhh

pushing WILDER

like, 12/

Stu was lost years ago. hangs hat

listen

Listening 👂

I am fond of Sparrow and Irene, but just... can only spread so thin sometimes

and then, if momentum is lost, it's just lost

I understand. nods And while I can understand you might worry I am saying 'open it up', I am not.