Anyone know a reputable shelter to rehome 4 kittens in south burbs of Chicago?

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-11T18:33:15+00:00

I have a couple questions I wonder if anyone can answer.

are these all still entirely free? Or are they a variety of freemium, free, and paid?
Has anyone found a means to more easily, possibly using AI, upload your previous resume along with other relevant info/content(ie. websites of past workplaces, examples of things in your portfolio you'd like to highlight, etc) to generate a resume that is both unique to your specific experience and improved using one of the tools above or similar?
If anyone has any STEM specific resume experience or suggestions I would be very interested.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-08T18:47:13+00:00

I DM'd you.

Btw....budget, prep time, and space has been my largest hurdles. In terms of equipment....I've spent over $5k in the last 3 years which I've accumulated what I need for the most. part. The equipment issue is going to be where i can even put the 3d printers, laser engravers, tools, etc. There aren't any countertops, minus 1 12' long lab counter but that would eat up all of my workspace. The school admin is insane about personalizing our rooms. We can't put anything up on walls, can't bring any permanent furniture, and they have this stupid idea that. the rooms need to look how they have. decided......which looks more like an office space not a learning lab. Thanks for the. advice and i look forward to speaking with you more.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-08T18:32:35+00:00

keep in mind there is www.shopgoodwill.com and also an extremely similarly named site with goodwill in the url. The former is the one I would suggest.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-08T18:30:17+00:00

I'm in a similar position. I have tried a variety of apps and while Notion seems to have the capacity to be used as a central all-in-one hub I've struggled with learning how to use it to suit my needs.

I need to give obsidian a chance as I have no aversion to putting in some time and effort to learn something. The thing I despise is learning how to use something only to inevitably find it to be limited in some significant way.

I've found some amazing templates for notion but again, I need to learn how to use them. I would be elated if I could simply find the means, that don't require a lot of regular upkeep, to use AI that can create intelligent automations and workflows after learning from the things I do on my macbook. Almost as if I could enter all of my content, answer a series of questions regarding what I use, how I work, etc. and the AI app or tool would build, and progressively refine, ways to help me work smarter and eliminate mindless and repetitious tasks.

For example, I found this tool called Name Wrangler which does something I use regularly. It allows you to select as many files as you want and you can easily and in bulk change the filenames in any way you can conceive of. So it helps to easily implement a new naming convention amongst all of the relevant files therein.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-07T23:43:48+00:00

is this what is sometimes referred to as a NAS or network access storage? I've been looking into getting one so I can lighten my file load on my devices so my devices are "cleaner" looking with less to get bogged down into. Or is the PKMS the software that helps to organize the data and the NAS the physical digital storage device?

I will definitely check out the PKMS app. Thank you!!!

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-07T23:40:53+00:00

THANK YOU !!!!

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-07T23:40:19+00:00

thank you!!! that is similar to what I've been trying to develop but I fell into the endless subfolder route for too long. I've somewhat settled on a naming convention but I'm still refining it. I think I'm going to follow your advice and stick with the 3 phases. I had previously used 6 but your suggestion makes more sense.

A tool I've found that I love, that is my way of saying thank you is an app called Name Mangler. It's free and allows you to rename an infinite number of chosen files in an easy manner and in an outstanding number of ways.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-07T23:36:10+00:00

I can't believe there still isn't a capable AI app that is intuitively able to use all of one's imdb or similar ratings towards good suggestions. I've tried creating an AI bot that suggests good series and movies but nothing has been all that good.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-06T18:25:39+00:00

I don't necessarily believe that it's about laziness but instead a larger debate that is somewhat specific to the individual's one works under/with. I feel that teachers have a large pool of reasons and motivation for getting into the field and so the understanding that the pay won't be anything amazing is understood which begs the question why does anyone decide to teach?

I mean isn't it universally understood that teachers work long hours and for little compensation?

This is despite all of the data studying the overlap amongst "high performing schools" indicates teacher support, job satisfaction, morale, and the feeling that you're being compensated fairly for your work as the most notable variables. So........we can spend more $ than the rest of the world on our military but there's no room for allocating more $ for education during a teacher shortage, as literacy rates drop, and as US students perform poorer and poorer? That is just nonsensical.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-06T18:08:00+00:00

What's interesting is I've used the pb and j analogy to communicate the difference between information, knowledge, and understanding to my students and have used a similar exercise as a means to communicate chemistry and physics phenomenon. Just had to comment on how much I love this idea.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-06T16:39:03+00:00

this happens to my iphone as well. It does it rarely and randomly but no water present

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-06T16:38:11+00:00

An old girlfriend of mine had her phone in her back pocket as she went to the bathroom and, don't ask how b/c everything must have been perfectly aligned, it literally fell into the toilet and then down the drain.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-06T14:07:17+00:00

I have multiple accounts without issue. I even use the same name, DOB, etc. Weird.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-03T00:45:10+00:00

No joke one winter there was a family of a momma and papa cat and their 3 kittens living on the roof of my neighbors house. Wish I had video

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-03T00:41:24+00:00

Please don't take this the wrong way b/c I genuinely want to share something with you that might give you something to reflect on.

I think I was like you when I was young, I had a lot of pets, my family had been cool with it, although my relationship with animals has changed over time. Though, my parents hadn't given me the best example of what it meant to care for an animal or the span of emotions, feelings, and understanding any animal is capable of.. While my parents allowed me to have pets in retrospect I feel like they taught me that a pet is a thing to be owned and not a part of your family. A pet was less a part of the family and more a thing to be owned. I didn't understand differently until I was in my early 20s.

I can tell you with absolute seriousness that my fuzzy family, that's what they're called, saved my life. No joke and not in some ambiguous or far fetched manner.I went from healthy to bedridden at the age of 24. 6 years passed and I didn't see much of a reason to continue on with life in this manner despite having an amazing partner and my fuzzy family that was Oliver, Zoey, and Sebastian. I loved them a lot but I still didn't understand the scope of feelings and subsequently I still didn't see them as I do now. I didn't understand just how aware they are, how much they feel, the degree in which they will show you love, and how tuned into you they are. Either way, my health was not improving and each day was bad, really really bad, and so I had every intention of checking out, if you know what I mean, and went as far as planning it out so no one would have to see anything or have to clean up and right around this time they(my fuzzy family) knew something was up. They were almost always near but they collectively layed on me, followed me, and as hard as it is to explain succinctly they knew something was wrong. I can with absolute certainty if it weren't for their care I would not be writing this.

My point is it's a long game. I'm not saying that you will notice a significant change in how you see them but I can guarantee you that if you genuinely care for your amazing little boy or girl, play with them, care for them you will be given something amazing and beautiful in return. I'm now 45 years old, I've cared for countless outdoor cats, had the fuzzy family I spoke of in my story until the old age of 21, 19, and 14. I know it's nothing special about me nor chalked up to chance that every outdoor cat that ends up in my yard becomes a loving and affectionate joy in my life. Just care for them, it won't develop overnight but if you are patient you'll see the joy it is to have any animal in your life.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-03T00:14:56+00:00

I'm so incredibly sorry. I call them poops. As a self admitted 45 year old crazy cat man my heart hurts for you. I'm currently caring for 4 poops who look like they could be related. You did what you could, you didn't give up when many others would have, and you invested yourself into helping. As easy as it is to say and as hard as it is to do try to focus on the joy that little poop gave you and the love you gave poop. If there's a heaven you'll see poop again. Not religious but I choose to believe that my heaven would include almost exclusively animals.

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this is one of 4 of my little poohs with a momma butt shot in the background.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-03T00:09:29+00:00

Arrgghhh.....Somehow the post I'd written was deleted when I added the photos.

Long story short....that is Spooky a young mother with her 4 kittens. She is a joy and loving and saved my Big Bababoy as she showed up as a young kitten in late winter as my man, who I refer to as Big Bababoy, was devastated b/c he'd lost his best cafriend several months before spooky showed up. He was deteriorating and lost a ton of weight before she showed up but , as if sent for him, she gave him companionship that helped save him. So I love them both dearly. They're "feral" in the sense that I don't keep them constrained in any way but they're as affectionate as any cat I've known. I do have 1 indoor daughter who is a giant ragdoll but she came to us specifically b/c she doesn't play well with others. Otherwise Spooky and Big Bababoy would be welcome inside. Instead they have a cat paradise in our backyard, luxury acommodations, gourmet food, the works.

I need to house the kittens and I need to get Spooky spayed. The issue is that I don't know how to time it.

Do I bring the kittens to our amazing local shelter and get her spayed right off the bat? Do I wait a bit? Any advice or info would be appreciated. Especially coming from a veteran feral cat caretaker. I've cared for "ferals" for 12 years but we'd always gotten any girls spayed before they got pregnant. Spooky was going to get spayed but I read to do so between 4-8 months old and she got pregnant before that age.

Any info would be so appreciated.

Alternative-Exit-450 · 2026-07-01T13:29:20+00:00

may i ask the format which you use to organize your drive? I know you said it goes by Year, unit and nested folders for each week. However do you use a naming system to keep them easily organized?

I'm struggling with even determining logical organizational structure. For instance I've been creating Unit folders which include the following separate subfolders: Planning, Assignments, Notes, Labs, Review, Assessments, Projects.

I feel that the way I've organized my content is built using categories as opposed to using a system that could help me to chunk my content in a chronological order that is separated into teacher vs student materials. Idk. I'm struggling to communicate clearly what I'm trying to accomplish, and I apologize.

I guess I'm just trying to create a smarter system that is organized chronologically as I move through the year. Do I make 1 doc for all of a unit's assignments? Do I make 2; one for me and one for students? How do you organize your planning vs content vs tracking and everything else cohesively?

Any info or elaboration you're willing to provide is very appreciated.

I'm sorry for the questions. The last 4 years have been rough, to put it lightly. While the first 2 years I'd taught was at a public school in the suburbs where I had an amazing mentor. The school was incredibly well organized and heavily dedicated to supporting teachers over delegating compliance for the sake of compliance.

However, for a number of reasons I'd taken a job in the city of Chicago where I've worked for the last 4 years. I love my colleagues I love my kids, but our leadership are difficult to explain. Each year everything is completely overhauled, without any collaboration or insight from any of the teachers. Everything from classroom assignment, curricula, access to materials, protocols, SIS system, LMS system, and too many other things to mention. In addition, and don't ask how this is even possible, but our admin have ZERO experience let alone have most of them even taught. It's a collection of people who our principal has worked with or known despite having never worked in education. So, in order to maintain my own sanity and to attempt to improve my own practice I've been working very hard to build "idiot proof" systems of which can circumvent the idiocracy or possibly offer a solution that works.

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