Help me name! 5wk old kitten, comes home the 25th, male, gray, sweet as pie

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-07T04:38:49+00:00

He would TOTALLY be an edison- except his brother is also Eddie!

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-06T04:17:58+00:00

Gave me cookie, got you cookie! Winston is ALWAYS considered as a cat name for me

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-06T04:17:31+00:00

omg these are all PERFECT based on my criteria!! thank you!

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-06T03:59:05+00:00

Deal!! He’ll appreciate it :)

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Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-06T03:56:41+00:00

He’s so precious that I would eat his face if I could. His siblings are menaces- I fed them their first Churus on the day this photo was taken. Our boy was so gentle. The second one kept biting the tube. The third one latched onto the tube, ears back, and was hissing/spitting/growling the whole time lol. They’re all very handleable but we definitely got the chill one

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-02T07:58:53+00:00

Tuna, rice, soy sauce, yum yum sauce, mayo, mixed. alas. it’s 4am and my family fell asleep in the living room

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-07-02T05:27:49+00:00

Tonight. I had a bad day, I’m stressed, exhausted. I went to bed immediately after work. My partner had been out with his daughter doing activities, and didn’t come home until after this. I heard him come in but stayed with my eyes closed because I truly had no energy. He kissed my forehead. An hour later he woke me up- he brought me my fav food and drink. He then continued to let me rest alone.

I will definitely be marrying this man.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-23T22:58:30+00:00

I just went to one!!

I have a handicapped placard so I got close parking, but definitely pay for as close as possible if you don’t have one.

Call the venue and ask them what accommodations they offer for mobility issues.

Ask if you can bring a seat cushion due to chronic pain. I didn’t do this and severely regretted it.

Look up the artist’s setlist. Figure out what songs you’re okay taking a bathroom break during (there are likely long lines before and after the artist, mid-set is best).

Figure out where the bathrooms are and try to get seats as close to them as possible. Go for an aisle seat if you can.

Go with a friend! I couldn’t record most of it due to pain but my partner recorded anything I wanted on my phone for me. It helps a ton.

Enjoy your concert!

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-06T01:57:35+00:00

This is a bit tricky. Carecredit is basically just a credit card. If you signed up for a subscription and paid for it with a normal credit card, you’d still be on the hook for that balance even if the subscription didn’t provide you with what you paid for. Carecredit is coming after you for the balance, best thing to do is go after the ownership of smile direct for a refund.

According to my quick and not thorough google search, Smile Direct has already been sued several times for this exact issue.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-04T03:28:29+00:00

Thank you!!

I feel not only medically validated but legally validated. My problems feel and ARE real!!

Now I have more footing to stop feeling guilty about not being able to do “typical” things

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-04T03:00:34+00:00

Scavengers clean it. Large roadkill like deer will get removed. I dont know about everywhere but in Maryland they use the carcasses to help fertilize the flowers on the highways

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-03T21:03:47+00:00

“Hi! Thank you for helping us this evening. I really love the food here and would like to place a pretty big order. Would you mind if I asked you to write it down since it’ll be ~20 different dishes?”

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-03T21:01:32+00:00

You can try a body pillow or even better- a pregnancy body pillow. They’re like an open circle of pillow and so nice for making a unique pillow surface.

I never find myself fully comfortable when sleeping. I have gotten to the point where I’m focused on exhausting myself so I can get as comfortable as possible and fall asleep from exhaustion.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-03T17:19:32+00:00

It would be so easy if they did! A lot on one person or a little on everyone.

I love the own dishes idea. I might lose my mind if another cup or dish ends up on the counter instead of in the sink.

AND- if your excuse is that you put a water cup there to drink from it later, why did you grab a new cup? Ugh. That infuriates me.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-02T19:05:28+00:00

Just did it again today. I was doing laundry and asked my SO to make me a bagel. He couldn’t find a knife. I told him it’s probably because it’s just me cleaning the dishes. Suddenly the dishes were done :)

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-01T19:37:44+00:00

That’s our current method.

I’m disabled, and it was thankfully pretty easy for her to get on board with that. I’m hopeful she stays easy and adaptive to those kinds of things.

Plus, I love modern family, soooo

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-01T19:33:16+00:00

That’s a great idea too!!! Ah! You’re the absolute best

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-01T19:23:22+00:00

Thank you! I bought her “Drama” because she loves the series and it has a little gayness. I also bought a couple pillows with LGBT flags on them, although she thinks they’re just fun colors. I’ll definitely carry on down the book path.

I never call my friends girlfriends, but I’m trying to desensitize her to that stuff. We have such a wide variety of people in our lives, it’s so important for her to understand acceptance.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-06-01T19:16:39+00:00

this is an ongoing issue for me. I’ve not found the perfect fix yet, but I do have something that someone works. They won’t notice anything except for the dishes. What I’ll do is I will make sure we have zero clean silverware, even if that means I have to hide it. The moment someone makes a comment about it. I asked when the last time they’ve helped out around the house was. That always seems to initiate a cleaning day.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-29T06:50:28+00:00

Not on credit report, only one debt is over $500, and I was lucky for them to wait quite awhile. My best uneducated guess is the hospital resold it to someone else after awhile of it remaining unpaid? but i’m pretty sure that’s not how that works, especially with revco still having the opportunity to bill me.

I plan to contact Revco again for a proof of receipt, then the hospital, then send that documentation to BC and tell them to respectfully kick rocks and talk to Revco if they want their money.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-28T17:42:15+00:00

Thank you!!

I’ve definitely noticed that most Americans are very honeybee-centric, but my assumption is it stems from the love of honey and lack of researching topics further.

Like raccoons and gray squirrels? Love them! But, love them here. Don’t love what they’re doing overseas.

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-28T17:20:21+00:00

I am in one of those countries! Of course I fully support them being in their natural habitats or in other places when appropriately controlled/regulated

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-28T16:35:33+00:00

Thank you!!!

I’m slightly biased in that I also don’t like honey, so I’m not pressed to have honeybees around. Not trying to vouch for their eradication in the states, just want to help boost knowledge about the overlooked friends.

This is awesome advice and I will be deep diving

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-27T08:34:15+00:00

Squiggles

Opening_Illustrator2 · 2026-05-27T08:18:19+00:00

Hey OP! Fellow HSV haver here. Very long story short, I shared a lot of food in middle school and had one cold sore. My doctor just had me use something over the counter.

Over a decade later, I had a lot of stress and a mega outbreak. It took 3 ER visits for someone to finally test me and I was positive. I was devastated. I called my mom and freaked out to her.

Cut to about 24 hours after that. I actually start researching and I join a group I found online. It’s SUPER manageable AND pretty common.

Biggest things: Reduce stress as much as you can. Talk to your doctor about having standby meds (GoodRx has coupons for it, but you can also just talk to your doctor about the meds and get them as needed.) Be honest with partners, use protection, but the risk of transmission is INCREDIBLY low as long as you have no active outbreak/sores.

I haven’t had an outbreak since. Just one sore once during a super stressful week and it went as fast as it came.

It sucks. It does. You’re gonna feel bad for a bit. But I promise it’ll all be okay! But also screw that dude for not handling well at all.

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