You're not being an idiot, Allyson! It's normal to worry, but if he's been feral for a while (or forever) he's going to be grateful for the food, and probably pretty good at surviving otherwise.

I will never be an inbox 0 person, but I am getting better about deleting stuff.

I won't say how many emails are in my inbox...

Cleaning out the inbox is part of why I hate gmail for work -- it's annoying to delete individual messages out of a "conversation," even when half of them are off-topic/unnecessary. And then when I file something, it pops back into the inbox if someone replies to it, ever. Bleh.

Edit: I mean, I like cleaning out my inbox via deleting the unneeded messages and filing the ones that are a record of something.

Allyson, I've seen lots of instructions on the interwebs for making cat shelters out of plastic bins, but most of them are meant for cold weather climates.

I almost never delete anything out of my inbox or file anything into folders. I used to, but I got out of the habit somewhere along the line, and it doesn't seem to make any difference, as I can search the whole thing easily anyway. If I ever went a significant length of time without checking e-mail, I suppose my disorganized ways might bite me on the ass.

Eta: I currently have 14889 messages in my Inbox. 8972 unread (which means I looked at the subject and decided I didn't need to read it but I didn't need to delete it, either)

Cleaning out the inbox is part of why I hate gmail for work -- it's annoying to delete individual messages out of a "conversation," even when half of them are off-topic/unnecessary. And then when I file something, it pops back into the inbox if someone replies to it, ever. Bleh.

True, although the flip side can be just as bad. My psycho co-editor refuses to include previous email(s) in her replies (including what she is directly responding to) so then I have to keep multiple emails (not mention sometimes have no idea what she is talking about.

Megan's email system is mine (which I'm guessing means we're both fans of Merlin Mann), except I don't bother with the sent box. My company has a really good automatic email archiving system that means I don't ever run out of space, so my inbox-zeroing is purely for my own mental health.

Oh, and for the record, the UPS place was inside the business center of the hotel. Good to know!

My psycho co-editor refuses to include previous email(s) in her replies (including what she is directly responding to) so then I have to keep multiple emails (not mention sometimes have no idea what she is talking about.

Oh, that's annoying!

I have to write a self assessment. You would think it would get easier after having written so many, but the DO NOT WANT remains strong.