Wow! Once the adoption was finalized we received his intake paperwork (including the questionnaire from the lady who initially took him in) with his vaccination records, neuter records, and dental records (he’s FIV+ and had had a few teeth pulled by the shelter’s vet).

The shelter we adopted our cat from was fantastic. He was in a quarantine room with other cats that needed to have a respiratory infection ruled out.

We filled out the adoption paperwork the day we met him. He wasn’t medically cleared for adoption so they approved us as to foster him and they let us bring him home a week later. We were instructed to contact the shelter if any health issues arose. I had already made an appointment with my vet to meet him and she found him to be in good health. (She picked him up, hugged him, and told him he’d hit the jackpot!)

At one point during the foster we did have to take him to the vet because a growth developed on his paw. It turned out just to be keratin and fell off on its own, but that visit was free because we contacted the shelter and made an appointment with the vet that they worked with.

Once he was actually cleared for adoption part of the paperwork mentioned taking him to our vet within two weeks of “adoption.” When I called to ask about it (because he’d already seen my vet, and the next available appointment was months ahead) they explained that if any genetic issues were discovered they would discourage us returning him.

I explained that he was “home” the first night and I wouldn’t return him if they paid me. They gladly took my credit card for the $50 adoption fee.

I worked with an optometrist whose family celebrated April Fool’s like a holiday.

One year they took the contents of one kid’s backpack and bubble wrapped them. Another kid they took the music mechanism from a greeting card and installed in their text book. The third they put one of those fake severed legs they sell at Halloween and made it look like it was sticking out of his trunk.

The real question is where are you and are you offering to share? I’ll be right over

I think you can even rent from Home Depot

Looks like that car will be abandoned on the side of 84 near Hartford soon.

My employer will only confirm title and dates of employment. Of course they demand references that will reveal more 🙄

Stories like this are a reminder that there are still genuinely kind people in the world.

Exactly. Being stuck behind them I at least know the road is salted.

I’m hoping to relocate in the next year because rent is too expensive.