I feel like Pancake is the one who least needs a sweater 
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I am not sure it is a nice, cat loving thing to attempt to put a sweater on a cat. Might be rough on the human, too.
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Let’s see if this works… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wabXRJokWBKY6Ap41CAkLNBs8t26p5iN/view?usp=drivesdk
Got it! Thanks! TBD whether the cats will appreciate it 
TV: SirB actually DID get the full bonus we had calculated! (I was just a dingus and forgot taxes and 401k were taken out lol!)
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Oh, taxes and 401K can divert a LOT of bonus $$$$! I’m glad it was the full bonus!
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Yeah I didn’t realize it would contribute to the 401k and they withheld 33% for taxes 
so it looked a LOT lower and I assumed we miscalculated. Didn’t help that SirB’s work computer was having issues so we couldn’t see a pay stub until today!
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Yes - the tax rate is a shocker! I have fond memories of bonuses…
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I went for a hard 6 mile hike yesterday and aside from a cactus attack (see tiny complaints) my body is feeling…fine/normal/not hurt? This is the longest hike I’ve been able to do in at least 2 years. If I could start doing things like this again without painful consequences, it would be like…life changing for me mentally/emotionally/physically.
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you must have pre-hydrated properly too - it is hella hot down there now!!!
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I finally did a cash out of my Prolific account! Should have done this before the exchange rate tanked. But $ into my account.
AND - the state has already processed the tax refund !!! (they are usually very slow - even with e-filing and direct deposit). Still waiting on the feds.
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This is normal (or so I hear about this strange place called Planet Bonus), but you’ll get it back if your actual tax rate is lower.
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It was SO nice yesterday…like in the mid-80s, felt like paradise after 105 last week 
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Mid 80s is my ideal temperature. I am lizard person, let me bask in the heat. 
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I am adulting. This means I had an adult beverage with dinner, just finished ice cream that I put on the grocery list like an adult and paid for with my adult money and am reading an adult novel (romance). I wish all adulting was this nice.
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I think it is pushing 70 here today too and I have the day off and I am soaking up the sun like a goddamned lizard on a rock.
Boyfriend and I took a walk and found that there is a TINY scrap of lakefront that a) is not blocked off by police barriers and b) apparently no one knows about. So I got to see the lake today, and there were like 2 other people there, very far away. The water looked very clear. Was that in violation of the spirit of the law? Probably. My rule is that I will not move aside or cross a barrier (unlike half of this city, apparently) , but if something’s not blocked off or patrolled and there’s no one there, then YES I am going to take part in one of my main mental health care activities, which is being by the lake.
Finally, my compost looks like compost and there was a decent amount of it. Bagged compost is expensive! I am glad that I don’t think I have to buy another bag (I did buy one, before the lockdown when it was still snowing and really too cold to tell whether the compost had broken down enough). I put it all over the backyard raised bed and in the tomato pots. It might be warm enough next week to put tomatoes in!
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Yes please. Proof that I live in the wrong damned state.
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It’s raining! It hasn’t rained in ages!
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AAAAAA, you guys, from time to time, VERY rarely, I qualify for a focus test where they send you a product to try. Did one on dish detergent probably around January. I just found that I qualified for a cat treats study that pays… $250. Holy shit. I have done studies with this company before so I am fairly sure that’s not a scam, they do pay in a relatively reasonable time frame.
(For contrast, the dish soap one paid $35 and that is more normal of an amount to get for this stuff.)
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And money has happened. Wonders never cease. They even took out taxes like they were supposed to do.
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