# My move to the retirement facility (If joining the thread late, at least skim the first few posts) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 16, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672 "2023-08-16T19:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/341 "2023-09-05T02:32:11Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My head is sure-- it’s my heart and guts that aren’t entirely on board yet. That will come. It has to. You’re already more than halfway there. Remember saying this? > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The apartment has a wonderfully serene and welcoming feeling. It’s very quiet, not just not-noisy, but emotionally restful, mentally quiet, if you will. Like a safe haven. That’s your heart and guts speaking, right there. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/342 "2023-09-05T14:35:16Z")
I took the kitties to the vet first thing-- by 7:30 am. As soon as I got home, the hospital called and said they put the two in the same enclosure and EC immediately attacked Tikva. I’m not terribly surprised, but I was hoping… so they had to put them in separate enclosures. No prob. It wasn’t the money I was thinking of. I was just, you know, hoping that adversity might make them overlook their regular animosity. Having them separate will be better. The packers are here. I asked the person in charge if this was the worst mess she’d ever seen and she assured me it wasn’t. Lord, it’s happening… BTW, I tested positive again this morning. So I’m masked the whole time. It’s easier now that it’s underway. The anticipation anxiety has given way to reality anxiety. More later… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/343 "2023-09-05T15:12:17Z")
I hope all goes smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/344 "2023-09-05T15:55:58Z")
Wishing you well. Moving is always stressful, hoping you encounter few reasons for that. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/345 "2023-09-05T16:30:44Z")
If the cats fighting and needing to be separated is the worst that happens (knock on wood) I’d take it as a win. I like it when things go wrong (in small ways, granted) upfront, it supports my vaguely cynical view of the universe and assuages the superstitious lizard mind that constantly prods the rational majority. You know the “things have been going to well, it’ll be a disaster later to balance out!” part. Begone lizard brain! (lizard brain leaves, taking with it it’s control of various autonomous body functions, forcing PL to retract his statement!) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/346 "2023-09-05T16:33:32Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > If the cats fighting and needing to be separated is the worst that happens… I think STILL testing positive for COVID has that covered. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/347 "2023-09-05T18:43:45Z")
Another here who is wishing you luck and all good things. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/348 "2023-09-05T19:18:49Z")
Thanks, y’all. I’m holed up in the bedroom watching _Monk_ while the packers are going through the house like a swarm of locusts. Where did all this crap come from?? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/349 "2023-09-05T19:20:20Z")
Monk wouldn’t have had all that!☺ love ya ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/350 "2023-09-05T19:21:06Z")
So true!! ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/351 "2023-09-05T19:34:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@ParallelLines](#): > > > > If the cats fighting and needing to be separated is the worst that happens… > > I think STILL testing positive for COVID has that covered. Feh, you beat COVID symptoms, it’s lingering in the test is just it’s way of laughing at you as it heads to the grave. Getting COVID while you were still getting ready was the kicker of that chapter! And agreed with streaming for the semi-mindless but soothing efforts to reduce stress. Last time I was sick, I just put on my Farscape stream and let it wash over me with fun characters that I liked and let it flow… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/352 "2023-09-05T20:14:04Z")
Monk is good for that. So are the early seasons of Perry Mason. Plus, Perry Mason has great cars. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/353 "2023-09-05T20:26:19Z")
I found old _Highway Patrol_ episodes on youtube to be both soothing and full of great old cars. Plus lots of location shots in 1950s L.A. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/354 "2023-09-05T20:28:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > As soon as I got home, the hospital called and said they put the two in the same enclosure and EC immediately attacked Tikva. I’m not terribly surprised, but I was hoping… so they had to put them in separate enclosures. No prob. It wasn’t the money I was thinking of. I was just, you know, hoping that adversity might make them overlook their regular animosity. It’s possible that, once they find themselves together with you in the new place, that they’ll be so relieved to have somebody familiar that they will make friends. It’s also possible that you’ll have to set up two different closets for them to hide in for a while. But even if so, I think things will at least settle down after a bit to the previous situation. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/355 "2023-09-05T20:46:32Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Plus lots of location shots in 1950s L.A. That’s one of the things I love about Perry Mason, too. > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I think things will at least settle down after a bit to the previous situation. Me, too. First, Tikva will hide for about a week. At least she won’t be able to hide under the house for a week. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/356 "2023-09-05T20:49:38Z")
True. But I predict that at least once she’ll cause a panic by finding a hiding place that you can’t find. I also predict that eventually she’ll come out. And that it’s probable that you’ll eventually figure out where the hiding spot was. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/357 "2023-09-05T21:34:15Z")
Good luck. Hope it goes _Smoooooth_. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/358 "2023-09-05T21:43:28Z")
I’m joining late but have peeked in from time to time. Good luck with your move! The new place sounds very nice. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/359 "2023-09-05T21:45:48Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I predict that at least once she’ll cause a panic by finding a hiding place that you can’t find. Oh yeah! She did that the other day. I looked in all her hiding places, and I know she hadn’t gotten out. I was starting to panic, then I looked up and there she was in the middle of the room. Actually, every cat I’ve ever had could pull that stunt. Where do they _go_ when they disappear like that? Another dimension? 👽 The packers are still here. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672/360 "2023-09-05T21:46:04Z")
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