No, I’m Major Pain

Good thing you’re out of there, it does seem weird

It’s fricken cold

Deaths of despair and/or social murder! ☝️ (Due to Shit Life Syndrome)

And yeah… India has already been experiencing 50C heat waves

The fuzzy little one is under the doona with the electric blanket on. Now to make a hottie and see if I can wiggle in.

Edit: I bought the knockoff oodie a day or two ago

That does sound creepy. Maybe the metal of the latch shrunk in the cold, and you heard it fall open?

Maybe it could have been pushed shut with a broom if one was available. I’m not familiar with manholes. But definitely do what feels safest and stay in your room.

I better pull my plants in…

He was so happy to come inside and sleep on the bed. I had to give him back but still wonder if he’s doing ok

One cat really didn’t like being confined and would lash out (a neglected runaway I eventually got back to his owner - * the confinement was only gently herding him into a corner to dab on flea and worm treatment, nothing else was forced on him) but with patience he started to spoon with me over the covers on his own. He would allow me to pick him up.

If he’d crashed for longer than a few months I might have built enough trust for the cat tent

Mmm. I love how my brain is deciding to dwell on mortality. It really helps with everything.

/s

Lie on side - raise top arm and possibly knee to create cat tent with doona - she may go under and then you can possibly slowly lower the doona down over the lower half of her body.

It might be more effective with a heat source to tempt her in.

Maybe Melbcat is unusually cuddly for a cat though

Am I gonna have to use leet speak or completely omit mentioning brands now

The irony of me being so active in food subs. But I used to really enjoy cooking and want to pass my favourite tips and recipes on

Ah yeah… I hate to say it but often no matter how clearly you communicate, hanging out with guys one on one (or in general) usually still gets taken as more and then you get blamed for ‘leading them on’ 🙄

Makes it difficult to have cross gender friendships

Yes. Don’t let them normalise this shit

https://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/site/lemonade.htm

Also maybe lemon meringue pie? I actually found the old recipe I used in my teens. But it might be more efficient just to make a large amount of the lemon filling only, or lemon butter. That’s easier to store in jars and could use more lemons

Edit: I had issues uploading the saved jpgs

This is so scummy and sounds exploitative as fuck. “Doing tenants and landlords a favour”. Not to mention ‘installing guardians’ as if the people are only put there to serve the property… (Which probably is the priority.)

It looks livable I guess… but seems like substandard housing with extra steps. Namely inserting themselves for the purpose of taking two payments on a property they don’t even own. This isn’t brilliant business, it’s preying on a housing crisis to pull slumlord shit.

(Yes, I know this article is old and UK based. I’m looking at various ways of managing housing shortages.)

https://www.core77.com/posts/68626/This-Brilliant-Business-Lets-Young-People-Live-Cheaply-in-Abandoned-Buildings

Edit: Then again tech bros were reinventing dormitories https://www.cracked.com/article_26540_for-241200-month-you-too-can-live-in-tech-bro-flophouse.html

Make them do an Easter egg hunt

I have to say the electric blanket was a good investment, better than the heated throw. Because you’re able to use an electric blanket under the covers that traps heat and gets much warmer. Very good.

Hot water bottles are also amazing. (Just be careful to replace them every two/three years or at any sign of the rubber perishing. Or they will split/leak and scald you.)