There is some discussion that cats navigate by sensing the electro-magnetic fields of the earth. Keeping the cat inside for a few days to a week is, with this thinking, to give him or her the time to suss out the electromagnetic profile of the new territory.

Feliway, a product that uses pheromones to calm the cat in new surroundings, may be useful during the confinement. Also, Recue Remedy may come in handy both during transit and subsequent confinement.

Remind me again why this is a good idea?

The school is run by people who don't hate teachers?

Yay for jammie day! Uh, episode~ma so as to put an end to this.

Keeping the cat inside will be a real challenge with kids. She will have the fun new house to explore though. My place up there has a 2nd floor and stairs and stuff. I suspect she will enjoy the leaping more than the stairs. Yikes will I have a lot to do when I get there.

Off to car pool then work. See ya in a bit. It's Friday and I don't wanna work.

I actually crocheted a fun, purple, springy hat a few months ago, and thought about wearing that, but then they told me no hats, because it could pull the headgear off...and in the process, pull off electrodes. That's no good, so no hat.

Is it the weight of the hat that could pull off the headgear, or the removal of the hat? I keep thinking of an oversized cunning hat, with flaps and strings like Jayne's....

It's the removal.

vw, I'm wishing you 'sodes, today. But, not scary ones or anything, just enough to get the doctors the info they need. And I wish I could stay in jammies today, but I've got to do laundry so I can hit the road.

Laura, you sure are lucky to have all this great advice on kitties. I remember driving with my cat from San Diego to Ridgecrest, CA and then on to Phoenix. It wasn't awful, awful, but I felt so sorry for the kitty because he got car sick and it was just an uncomfortable ride for him. If I'd had the hivemind back then, I could have made it a much less stressful trip for him.

So, today I need to call and cancel our cable (sad-making, but we barely watch it) and call and yell at our landlord. I'm putting them both off. Such a baby, I am.

Fay, nobody in DH's family could be called skinny, and they loved living in Thailand (I think it was a 3-year tour, maybe 4). You've got nothing to worry about.

So, I need to call the landlord to find out why they haven't installed carbon monoxide alarms, even though they're required to be installed by today. But, I know landlord is going to ask if we're leaving at the end of our lease, 'cause she left a message last Friday saying that she'd been contacted by agents and wanted to know.

Well, we are moving. Not!Emily is not interested in resigning the lease. He's going to move in with some friends from law school. And, Emily and I had already decided that we don't live well with others, and we want a place of our own. But, according to MA law, we don't have to let landlord know till 30 days prior to our lease ending. I'm willing to let her know up to 60 days prior, but this 5 MONTHS prior is bullshit. I don't want agents in the apartment right now. My feeling is she can wait.

So, do I tell her we don't have to tell her yet, or do I lie and say we haven't decided? I hate lying, but I just don't feel like dealing with this right now.

lie and say you haven't decided. Is your lease a Sept 1 lease? I'm betting they want to show it to students to move in for Sept 1, before they leave town for the summer. Or, maybe not. Students aren't the best tenants, but a lot of real estate rental stuff moves on their schedule regardless.