Sounds like maybe something will work out, meara. At least I hope so.

On the bright side, it looks like we're going to pay off the mortgage this month.

Wow! That's impressive. How are you doing generally, Gud?

Also one reply-all from somebody telling everyone not to reply-all.

The best kind!!

I want to crawl into a cave and sleep forever.

Same. I just had a funny conversation at the beginning of a meeting about how short weeks fuck us up and we expected today to be Friday. Luckily, it was with my boss and a peer, so I didn't have to feel like the uninvested slacker.

I'm only in the office two days this week and that still kinda feels like too much. Kinda.

You guys, my day was just OK until I went into the kitchen and there was leftover soda from something, including Fresca. I love Fresca!! And kind of forgot about it. If it's still there later in the afternoon, I'm going to take the whole bottle.

Is about $20/visit to feed, water, scoop, and maybe snuggle (if they allow it) the cats about right cost wise?

Our petsitter charges $15/visit, but she lives right in our neighborhood, so travel time is negligible for her.

Suzi, yep, that is what we charge per visit for cat sits, including what you outlined.

Sometimes we do two visit per day, depending on the client's assessment of the kitty's needs.

I hate the ones that say we should just go every other day. 30 minutes out of 48 hours doesn't seem right.

I always ask if there will be toys available, or if the sitter should...um...sit...and read until the kitty comes to them. We really try to work with the personality of the creature.

Bonny if you can wait another month or so there's a possibility new ones will be debuted in March (check out macrumors.com) and then old ones would be cheaper.

Thanks so much for this, meara. I can definitely limp along for another month. Toddling off to macrumors right now. Cheers!

This comic reminds me of (a) Firefly and (b) PMM [link]

I always ask if there will be toys available, or if the sitter should...um...sit...and read until the kitty comes to them. We really try to work with the personality of the creature.

The only foolproof way for me to get both cats to appear is for me to crawl in bed and turn out the lights. Then they snuggle up on each side of me and trap me in whatever position I had assumed. Not going to ask that of a pet sitter.

Miss Kitty will demand attention. Noodle will hide.

Miss Kitty will demand attention. Noodle will hide.

When unfamiliar humans appear, Slinky doesn't give a crap and expects pettins. Toke flees. EXCEPT for the petsitter -- Toke will initially flee, but will come back out, because she knows that petsitter = foods.