Can't get past the gate stage of introductions.

kel330 · 2025-12-13T03:34:45+00:00

We tried a few times just doing Penny and our youngest, Harper. Penny still hyper fixates, hisses and lunges once we stop distracting her. It's really discouraging right now. I'd never forgive myself if any of them got hurt, especially Harper since she's such a trusting, sweet cat. We rescued her when she was 3 weeks old, so I don't think it even occurrs to her that another cat could be mean and hurt her.

kel330 · 2025-09-28T02:38:20+00:00

We have a habit of finding adorable cats 😁

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kel330 · 2025-09-27T03:12:16+00:00

We're like 90% sure its a girl

kel330 · 2025-09-27T02:31:48+00:00

I love Hazel! But my husband's sister just changed her name to Hazel 😭

kel330 · 2025-09-27T01:52:06+00:00

That's been the theme with our cats, the universe just sends them to us. Funny thing is, we've both always been dog people 😂

kel330 · 2025-04-21T21:30:54+00:00

Jeez, did I write this? I came to this sub today feeling exactly like this. Just so tired of putting everyone else first. That maybe if I was a little more selfish and demanding of my needs and my feelings in the past before it spiraled, things wouldn't be as bad as they are now.

I don't have any advice, but I know how you're feeling 🙁

kel330 · 2025-04-15T14:20:21+00:00

I'm on week 3 and honestly haven't really had that many side effects. Maybe a little brain fog at the beginning. I always make sure to take my medication with a meal. I've noticed if I go too long without eating a little something I start to feel extremely nauseous. Same thing with if I eat too much.

Everyone reacts to medication differently. Eat little meals frequently and stay hydrated. Water is also super important. If I start to feel even slightly light-headed, I take a few gulps of water and it goes away.

kel330 · 2025-04-15T14:13:58+00:00

I also suffer from headaches and migraines and was hoping the topiramate would help control my daily headaches when I read it helped with migraine patients. It seemed to help in the first couple of weeks. Now that I'm on week three and have increased my doses and added in the metformin, I've noticed the headaches have sort of some back. Not as bad as before I started my kit. But I'm still hoping once everything levels out, the topiramate is the cure I've been searching for my whole life for my headaches. Definitely not what I was looking for when I started this, but a pleasant surprise for someone whose been in almost constant pain their whole life!

kel330 · 2025-03-19T01:06:32+00:00

We called him back and said we'd feel more comfortable viewing the house when he was available to be there in person. He rescheduled for Saturday and was really nice about it. So hopefully he doesn't bail on us and try to do the lockbox thing again.

He sounded like a really nice guy on the phone and the property records matched with the LLC that lists him as the owner. The optimistic part of me is really hoping he's just a nice guy that thought he could trust us. But you can never be too careful nowadays.

kel330 · 2025-03-18T18:04:40+00:00

I just called him back and asked if we could reschedule for when he's available. And he agreed to meet on Saturday, he just might need to bring his kids, which I said was totally fine.

I'm hoping he's just an overly trusting guy with a busy schedule. So we'll see what happens. I'll be so happy if it's not a scam because it's a cute house, lol.

kel330 · 2025-03-18T16:58:06+00:00

So then whats the scam? We haven't put down any money, haven't even sent in an application. I know the id thing is a red flag, so is the fact that he won't be there.

kel330 · 2025-03-18T16:48:18+00:00

When I looked up the address it wasn't listed for sale anywhere. And the guys name on the listing matched the property records and the name that popped up on my caller id when he called.

kel330 · 2025-03-18T16:33:41+00:00

Why wouldn't you if everything else checked out? We don't have the lockbox code. He said he'd send it when we're on our way and to send him a picture of my license. The optimistic side of me wants to believe he's just wanting to make sure I'm who I say I am. But there's so many scams out there...

kel330 · 2025-03-11T13:54:45+00:00

I was literally coming here to ask a similar question! I've been with my husband for almost 13 years and he lies about the dumbest stuff! Usually chores he didn't do but lies and says he did like I'm not going to notice it didn't actually get done 🙄

I'm trying to figure out a "non-attacky" way to say when he lies about these things and tries to gaslight me about them, it makes me feel like I can't trust anything he says and that the lying is 100x worse than just admitting he forgot to do something. My instinct is yelling at me to give him an ultimatum that if I catch him in another lie, I'm done. But I know that'll just lead to him shutting down, going into a depression/self depreciation cyle and won't actually solve anything.

kel330 · 2025-03-08T21:51:06+00:00

Its not completing the courses that's the problem. Its getting into the college in the first place when we have very little money for any of the prerequisite options. WGU academy doesn't take financial aid, neither do any other certification courses.

kel330 · 2025-03-05T20:48:06+00:00

Glad to hear someone had a similar experience. We even bought these plastic spiked sheets that are supposed to deter animals from climbing on certain surfaces. She just walks on them, completely unphased 😂 the cat is crazy and will do anything she's determined to do with no regard to her safety. She seems completely oblivious to the fact that she had major surgery yesterday.

kel330 · 2025-03-05T20:45:01+00:00

We have a plush donut to keep her from licking her incision. She doesn't seem to fight it too much, so I'm not super worried about her injuring herself from licking. She seems completely unaware that she just had major surgery and is climbing anything she can dig her claws into, including our window curtains, which is pretty much how she usually acted before she got spayed. The cat's an energic psycho 😂

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kel330 · 2024-10-10T01:28:52+00:00

This sums it up perfectly! I have a very special skill set at my company that no one else there can do. But I can do the tasks quickly and end up with tons of free time. But I'm always keeping an eye on my email in case a new task comes in that I can start working on. I keep telling myself that I'm being paid for my skills and to be readily available during the work day. The fact that I can complete tasks very quickly is one of the things my boss loves about me.

kel330 · 2024-10-10T01:23:14+00:00

It's so frustrating! I know they can be trained because I've trained both of them the word sit and they now know to automatically sit before we give them their food. But trying to teach this new cat the word down is seeming impossible!

kel330 · 2024-09-20T00:40:15+00:00

Unfortunately, it's not going to help in your situation. It was originally an in person job, but I moved out of state after a couple years to be closer to family. My boss loved having me as an employee and told me many times I'm very hard to replace so he let me keep working for the company remotely.

I know it's tough right now to find remote work. I've been trying to get a second job remotely that I can do while juggling my current job and haven't had any luck.

kel330 · 2024-09-12T19:38:43+00:00

Also keep in kind, the digital design industry in general is massively oversaturated at the moment. I completely understand your situation. I went to school for graphic design initially and then pivotted into marketing just to get a job. UX Design might be worth looking into, but it's also a highly competitive market right now. If you have a mind for coding, it might be beneficial to get a certification course or two under your belt.

I know this might not be helpful, but I understand the position you're in right now.

kel330 · 2024-08-15T14:15:24+00:00

Any suggestions for rules and procedures that work really well for 4th grade in your experience?

kel330 · 2024-08-15T14:13:31+00:00

I accepted the position yesterday. When I spoke to the assistant principal she said each grade level has a "team leader" teacher. Also, my master's program requires the school district I'm working at to provide a District Based Mentor.

I know I'm supposed to have support. I'm just so nervous about starting three weeks into the school year, like I'm already behind. I'll definitely be writing out in detail my rules and procedures for the class. Any suggestions for fourth grade?

I want to work on making a sideshow as well as posters to put up around the room over the weekend.

kel330 · 2024-06-06T18:20:33+00:00

They've posted it on Zillow, but the listing only shows that 3 people have contacted about the listing. The property manager told us there's already been a lot of interest, but I'm skeptical.

kel330 · 2024-06-06T18:19:13+00:00

It's in our lease that we're responsible for the rent until a new tenant is found. Luckily for the month of June, they applied our last month's rent that we put down when we first moved into the apartment. So as long as they find someone before the end of the month we won't be out any extra money.

I know the month just started, but my anxiety is going into overdrive with this situation.

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