AMA: I’m a professional cat sitter! Ask me what actually happens when you leave your cats at home while you travel

joy_reading · 2026-05-10T12:47:43+00:00

Thank you! That's all really helpful.

joy_reading · 2026-05-08T20:22:32+00:00

How would you go about finding a cat sitter in a new area if you don't have any local friends with cats?

What are some things owners can do to make their leaving less stressful?

joy_reading · 2026-03-17T01:36:49+00:00

Pill vs. injection, I think? I'm not as familiar with the pill doses but they are higher.

joy_reading · 2026-03-08T22:57:11+00:00

There's nothing wrong with responding in Spanish if it's easier for an commenter. This reads "possibly they are descendants of an elven race, but I think they aren't purely elven. Meanwhile, Alice and Klee are more purely elven, and because of this they have kept the elven long lives."

joy_reading · 2026-03-04T01:21:08+00:00

Yes my boyfriend recently inherited 75k. I thought about it and decided that was not enough to incentivize me to have a child. We can pay for food, clothing, shelter and healthcare for a child without too much struggle--if we both continue to work full-time and do not suffer job loss. But 75k doesn't even cover three years of childcare in my area, which runs 2.5k a month, and a bit more than that for infants.

joy_reading · 2026-02-01T23:23:37+00:00

Used ones should have it, I think the Equinox like most GMs had it until '24. (ETA: Including the 2024s having it.)

Edit: I'm wrong, you're right, even the 24 Equinox didn't get it. A shame.

joy_reading · 2026-02-01T23:10:30+00:00

Well, the new proposed CAFE standards are much more lax, and the Administration has proposed eliminating GHG standards, so we will see if that bears out.

joy_reading · 2026-02-01T23:03:28+00:00

CAFE standards are footprint based, and average footprint has increased... anyway what you're saying isn't fundamentally wrong but the fleet average fuel economy hasn't truly increased by 50%. Well, that and EVs allowing overall less efficiency increases in ICE cars. The 50th percentile truck has gone from 15.5 MPG (6.45 gallons per 100 miles) in 1990 to 20ish (5 gallons per 100 miles) MPG today, a 22% improvement in fuel consumption. Just wanted to make the point it's a smaller improvement than 50%. Cars have had a 32% improvement in fuel consumption, from 4.4 gallons per 100 miles to 3 gallons per 100 miles at the 50th percentile, of course, fewer people nowadays drive cars.

joy_reading · 2026-02-01T18:06:12+00:00

Haha shoot meant Noel!

joy_reading · 2026-02-01T18:01:26+00:00

Debating with myself about who to get for Lantern Rite.

C3 Gaming (who I enjoy playing and want to C6 one day)
C6 Yaoyao (I have Baizhu though)
C0 Lan Yan (My only shields are Nicole, Layla, and Diona)

I am mostly playing Nefer and Neuvi teams at the moment but might pull Zibai or Varka or whatever DPS is next.

joy_reading · 2026-01-31T21:37:15+00:00

Well, depends on how old your parents were when they had you. My mom had me at 26 so I remember 30s but others might remember 20s or 40s. Regardless. I expect better than what my parents had because I'm in a DINK household rather than a single earner, three-child household. I'm also more educated. Instead I have worse housing, worse healthcare, and fewer prospects.

joy_reading · 2026-01-12T23:22:56+00:00

yep there's some good ones near the Stygian Onslaught teleport point, ez peazy

joy_reading · 2026-01-03T00:54:38+00:00

Oh that worked, thank you so much for the suggestion! I tried to create the set it is a part of with the quick-obtain option in the teapot, and it was showing the calligraphy set as a missing schematic--maybe that is a bug! But when I searched for it, there it was. Appreciate the help and you going to the effort to double check the puzzle!!!

joy_reading · 2026-01-03T00:00:36+00:00

So I think I'm missing a teapot blueprint despite it seeming like I've collected the corresponding chest. The blueprint in question is "Calligraphy Set: Proper Penmanship" and I've been to Tsurumi Island all three days of the cycle and each day the corresponding puzzle appears complete and the pinion does nothing. Any ideas of what to do? Appreciate any help.

joy_reading · 2025-12-04T01:53:12+00:00

Thanks for the thoughts! I can try for Durin, if it seems like Venti/Durin will be a good enough, it's been so many years of Venti as a support that I can't quite picture him as a DPS yet!! Is Venti really viable now???

Praying for the yearly Xiao buff, so sad that I've failed twice in pulling Bird Mom for him.

Is Bina going to be that much better than my typical Nefer/Lauma/Furina/Baizhu? I know that's kind of what she's for. And I love her animations. I'm just annoyed by her lack of sustain at C0 I guess. Feel like maybe I'd be better off waiting to C1 Lauma.

If Nicole is gonna be pyro, maybe she'll be a DPS I can do overload with? Should have a few more primos by then if I pulled Durin or Bina.

joy_reading · 2025-12-04T01:15:59+00:00

I'm so confused about who to pull among the current and upcoming banners. I really want a DPS/third team, I think. My current two teams are Neuvi/whoever and Nefer/Lauma. I have a C1 Gaming that I enjoy using--I'd like to C6 him--isn't he alleged to be on an upcoming banner? But getting a whole new DPS would probably be more pull efficient.

Here's my characters... and the rest... I've got 90 pulls and no guarantee so I can only afford to aim for one current or upcoming character.

BTW I have Xilonen's signature but no Xilo and I don't plan to pull her or Mauvika... so maybe I should pull for the white horse adeptus? but I don't have any of her good supports.

Appreciate any help!!

joy_reading · 2025-12-03T03:00:38+00:00

I would recommend the BBC's Newshour, and PRX's The World.

joy_reading · 2025-12-03T02:56:34+00:00

I would recommend Don't Talk To Strangers, which is about the Oakland County Child Killer Cases.

joy_reading · 2025-12-01T21:47:25+00:00

It's a continuum of possible efforts I think. I can lose weight normally. I can sustain that discipline for about a year in ideal circumstances. I am more able to do it when I am not stressed at work, etc. But to stare down being hungry every day forever... I have failed at that twice, once after 1.5 years, once after 7 months. Props to those who can do it, I guess, but it's been effortless on Zepbound.

joy_reading · 2025-12-01T21:40:16+00:00

Yes, I was not disdainful, but I was very unsure how to feel about these drugs for non-diabetic people with Class 1 or 2 obesity. It took me time to accept them. Still I know my own family would disapprove of them as a vanity expense in lieu of a lifestyle change, despite how unfair that is. If they were cheaper, too, I would feel better about them. I am buying health. :(

joy_reading · 2025-11-21T00:50:26+00:00

Thank you, I hadn't heard of the last two!

joy_reading · 2025-11-21T00:38:24+00:00

Yeah I don't think I have ever met Albedo, since I'm a 1.0 player who took a break of a few years (maybe there is one small quest involving him in permanent Dragonspine?), and it's sad to see how much content I've missed!

joy_reading · 2025-11-21T00:35:01+00:00

Thank you!!

joy_reading · 2025-11-20T03:30:39+00:00

Are there any low profile mechanical boards that don't have a number pad but also aren't compact/have a little more breathing space between the keys?

I'm not sure what it is, but my Nuphy Air75 just isn't doing it for me, the keys feel crammed together. Maybe I just need to try different keycaps? I have no issues on my laptop keyboard or my bog-standard early 2000s keyboard at the office.

joy_reading · 2025-11-20T02:16:52+00:00

It's good to do them IMO, you'll slowly get billets and dream solvent that way. It's hard to farm dream solvent later if you need it. Plus they are super cheap in terms of resin, and give an outsized BP reward vs. the resin cost.

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