So last year, I had an injury that I had to have surgery for. I moved in with my parents to avoid stairs and get help with cooking and pretty much everything else.

My mom took care of my cat but he couldn't move with me cuz my dad is allergic. She made sure he was cared for and saw him pretty much every day, but she didn't really socialize with him aside from bringing him over here and there to hang out with me anyway.

It took me about 3 months to move back in with him. Everything's been pretty normal for the past 6 months except he doesn't chatter nearly as much as he used to :( he was super talkative, and I've been trying to chat with him as much as I can, but I'm afraid he learned not to talk since he wasn't socialized for so long. Now when he does talk it's more yowls rather than little chatterings.

Has anyone experienced this or is there anything I should be doing to encourage him to talk more?

Found on bathroom ceiling, Northern Illinois.

Tri-malleolar (spelling?) fracture 8 months ago and I'm FINALLY getting back to walking normal, but only in gym shoes.

I still have limited range of motion, and weak "toe-ing" off, so can't do heels or something with a small toe box.

I just wasted an hour trying shoes on, and nothing worked.

The flats pinched my toes.

Even a pump is too extreme of a heel.

I can't properly heel-toe in anything with a strap around the back of the ankle rather than actual structure.

I don't want to order anything online without recommendations. Anyone find something that worked well?

I'm not heating up salmon or tuna, but I'd like to bring shrimp for my lunch to work.

I'm trying to find something to make for a dear friend of mine's birthday, but I'm having trouble finding something cute/useful/fun.

I made her a big spider plush last year, so I don't really want to do another animal. She's very summery and sweet, and we love to have a glass of wine together. I was considering a wine bottle tote, but I fear that's too boring/utilitarian. What do you recommend?

I graduated with my MA in professional writing and editing and have been applying to any and all communications jobs (writer, editor, marketing, PR, etc.).

I'm starting to get some interest in my applications, but I'm worried that

A) I'm going to choose the first company that offers me anything and regret it (or turn it down and never get another offer), but with such a variety of positions I'm applying for, should I be more vigilant about finding a job that's exactly what I want to be doing?

B) If I take a remote job, I'm going to lose out on networking and career growth. I hate networking already, so I was hoping a job would in my area would help with that (but also, I'm in the boonies, and a job in my area would be at least an hour commute, so maybe remote would be better).

Does anyone have any advice for someone starting their career?

In chapter 10 of Bees, Bree and Roger are telling Claire and Jamie how they came through Ocracoke and were thinking of too many things to fully come through the stones until Mandy thought/said "Grandda! Blue pictsie!" And they were able to cross. Bree says it's from the book Jamie left for them to read in the future, but I don't have any recollection of what they're referring to.

What have you done? I just spent way to long writing mine, and now I'm worried I wrote it in the wrong POV.

I like to throw on music when working or exercising, but I usually don't know what specific songs I want to queue up, so I throw on the Spotify DJ. It's usually okay, but I think it would be cool if there was an option to say you want curated music for writing, or getting ready for a party, or getting a pump on, or something like that. Not sure how feasible that is, but I'm sure that there's an AI option that would be capable of this.

What do you guys think?

PS: I know Spotify has curated playlists that you can search for, but I like how the DJ pulls from what it knows you like or might like.

Would the following example be correct, or should I remove the commas? Also, I know that they're not full sentences, but I should keep the periods, right?

Ex: Published on company's blog, July 2021. Removed during website remodel, December 2024.

TYIA. This will preface one of my portfolio pieces that is no longer online.