It's like that French book (titled e) that does not include the letter e.

Tep, we paused at an entire gluten free bakery stand and thought of you. (And uh, bought treats at the other bakery.)

But I also feel like I'm failing at being a good aunt because after a few hours of my nephew I want to hide

Isn't that the whole point of auntery?

Liese, I know you said online, but you should come to Boston!!!

Well, I haven't actually gone public with this, but I just registered to complete my degree with their inaugural online songwriting major. If I get all my transfer and prior learning credits that I hope to, I would finish a year from the end of this semester.

So...I might be in Boston to walk if I graduate, in May 2017.

In non-potluck/snowpocalypse news, a semi-theoretical question. I intend to be moved into an apartment by the end of the year (this may involve a dumpster and getting rid of stuff I'd rather not, but this will happen). I found an apartment complex that is in the best location, but it's No Pets. I've been reluctant to get a cat right off anyway, but I'm reluctant to lock myself out of the possibility. The thing is, I've never had a purely indoor cat, and I'd want to get two so they'd have someone to talk to when I'm at work all day, and I hate the idea of two cats shut up in a smallish apartment all the time. On the other hand, having someone/thing to talk to that isn't very demanding is very pleasant.

So, cats in apartments, do they mind that much? (Now that I write it all out, it may just be a better idea to live in an apartment for a couple of years and revisit the cat issue when I look at the possibility of going to a condo.)

They're just fine. I had Devi as a solo cat in a 750 sqf for 6 years before I acquired MK. Of course, that solo may have reinforced her single cat preference... I has 3 in there for about 6 months. That was a bit much.

Ok, going to get my shit together & go wine.

I know lots of cats that have been indoor only and never minded at all. But I think it's harder if they've had a taste of freedon.

How exciting, Liese!

My head hurts something fierce. I suspect food might help, but I don't know if I have the wherewithal to make there be food.

Well, I haven't actually gone public with this, but I just registered to complete my degree with their inaugural online songwriting major. If I get all my transfer and prior learning credits that I hope to, I would finish a year from the end of this semester.

So...I might be in Boston to walk if I graduate, in May 2017.

That is awesome!!

I had a single cat in a small apartment, and never thought he minded.... I now have a single cat in a larger apartment, and she apparently hates other cats.

I would find a place where the cats are an option so you can act when the spirit moves you. Cats do fine in apts, especially if you've got two animals. Just invest in a couple of cardboard boxes and some balled up tinfoil and you'll all do great.

When I moved two cats from a largish apartment where they had constant access to the outside through an open window, to a 500 sq ft apt where they did not have access to the outside hardly at all (partly because of building layout and partly because the outside was not congenial) they adjusted just fine. We had a laser pointer and lots of shelves and things for them to climb on, I suppose, and there were windows to look out of. That only lasted 6 months, though, and they were pretty pleased to have a yard again at the next place. But lots of indoor cats are perfectly happy and do not really require a lot of space.

I know lots of cats that have been indoor only and never minded at all. But I think it's harder if they've had a taste of freedon.

Mine were free range alley cats for the first few months and seem to have adapted fine to living in an 850 square ft. loft. Molly has never shown any interest in getting outside, and Jackson turns back as soon as he gets a peek into the stairwell.