If I had more free time, I would have freecycled or craigslisted them, but I start meetings tomorrow, start teaching on Monday, and still have to get all my stuff at my house and office organized, so I realized that I don't really have time to wait on craigslist people.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Aug 18, 2010 4:19:22 pm PDT #18809 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
sarameg - Aug 18, 2010 4:22:17 pm PDT #18810 of 30001
Yeah, Hil. That's a lot.
-t - Aug 18, 2010 4:23:02 pm PDT #18811 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse, that is what boarding at a vet's office is especially for (what my parents used to do with their old and weak cats when they went on vacation).
sarameg's stripper talk still giving me just a frisson of cognitive dissonance.
sarameg - Aug 18, 2010 4:24:16 pm PDT #18812 of 30001
I'm having a great deal of fun posting suggestive statuses on facebook.
-t - Aug 18, 2010 4:26:15 pm PDT #18813 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha! Good.
Juliebird - Aug 18, 2010 4:31:13 pm PDT #18814 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Oh, what do you think of this scenario
Well, I have healthy indoor/outdoor cats that I'm willing to leave for a week at a time without supervision*. I have no idea about the needs of diabetic cats, but have had experience with last-minute boarding situations where they were just plain full and unable to take pets in at the last minute. And maybe finding a pet sitter who is also able to take care of the needs of a sick/special needs animal might also be especially hard. /your pet anxiety may vary
*I have automatic dry-food-feeders and a water fountain and there's a stream across the way. I'm more afraid of them being trapped inside while the apartment burns around them than coyotes or fischer cats or cars. I also hold to the "humans won't die of dehydration for three days" mantra.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2010 4:32:43 pm PDT #18815 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And maybe finding a pet sitter who is also able to take care of the needs of a sick/special needs animal might also be especially hard.
But I'm saying! That's why there are professionals! And it's not last-minute. I think it's just a matter of not seeing all of the options.
Juliebird - Aug 18, 2010 4:36:47 pm PDT #18816 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Just playing devil's advocate: just cuz it's last minute doesn't mean the kennel/s isn't/aren't booked up for July and August for the next five years.
Or maybe they just really don't want to go, in which case, I wouldn't want them to come.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2010 4:39:05 pm PDT #18817 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm just annoyed on principle. Which I'm pretty sure I caught from my mother. Oh well.
Amy - Aug 18, 2010 4:42:29 pm PDT #18818 of 30001
Because books.
That's why there are professionals! And it's not last-minute.
I can't see missing a wedding for it, so I'm with you. There are plenty of reputable places to board the cat for the night, and her vet should be able to recommend one.
At least, not a wedding I wanted to go to.