Big pile on the bed, next to my pillow. I hate doing emergency laundry when I want to be sleeping.

Yeah, no kidding. And I don't have a washer/dryer and won't be able to do laundry until Sunday.

askye, exactly. Easier to clean up dry than wet.

Do you get a lot of petsitters that have never owned the pets they sit for? Sounds dicey, since you're pretty much establishing that you're not just going to be alone with them, you're going to be responsible.

Swap "interesting" out for "smug and privileged" and I co-sign.

I think that's taking it a little far, to be honest. Being baffled that people leave it around isn't wrong, if you ask me. I've had depression for years, but it takes me two minutes to clean up cat puke.

I think that's taking it a little far, to be honest. Being baffled that people leave it around isn't wrong, if you ask me. I've had depression for years, but it takes me two minutes to clean up cat puke.

There a difference between baffled in one's own mind (which, obviously, is perfectly valid) and calling out folks for slovenliness in the midst of a discussion about how tough it is for some people (not all people, of course) to get things done. I felt it insensitive and tone deaf and undercutting the shared frustration and despair that was happening at the current moment on the board.

It made me angry.

I guess what struck me was that it was cat puke being discussed, not something like handling bills or phone calls or making plans. Which I don't think anyone here would claim are things that are easy to tackle in that state of mind.

Do you get a lot of petsitters that have never owned the pets they sit for?

He's a friend of ours, so we know him well enough to trust him to be responsible for our pets. If something went wrong -- if they got sick or injured -- he has the information for the vet. Which is what we do when we're home; it's not like, by virtue of being the pets' owners, we can nurse them back to health ourselves.

And as long as they don't get sick or injured, they're pretty simple critters. Feed them, give them fresh water, let Kato out to poop, pet their furry bellies.

I think smonster used the cat puke example specifically to illustrate her current state of mind. Which flowed from that conversation.

I mean, are we splitting hairs on what's appropriate to be overwhelmed by when depressed? I think that's a YMMV issue if I ever heard one.

I know what you're saying, Nora. And believe me, I do understand depression. I guess maybe my only takeaway is that Hec didn't make me angry, and I didn't think his tone was objectionable.

I guess maybe my only takeaway is that Hec didn't make me angry, and I didn't think his tone was objectionable.

That's cool. YMMV!

They need to be touched?

Okay, guys, I know you all had me on your petsitting lists, but you can take me right off. Sorry!