TW: loss (not the meme)
I had a cat who just loved the vet. He loved everyone he met, honestly. But the vet (and nurses and stuff) was there to see him, specifically, and he just loved all the attention. Everyone loved him so much. He was so bold and friendly, very much a dog in cat clothing.
He was sick for a long time (CKD dx in 2016, and various other old-and-failing issues I did my best to manage for him), but vet appointments were always fun for mr social. But when he went in for his last appointment July of 2023, he wasn’t friendly or social, he was tired and sad and pained, and it was the only time I’ve ever had to comfort him. And I miss his charming personality.
I had another cat who hated being put in a carrier or, like, dealing with anyone but me… and my vet did house calls so she got the vet to come to her. Thankfully, when she died November of 2023, it was a stroke and she went quick… that was honestly best for her, even though it was super traumatic for me. She would not have done well with multiple appointments or long-term treatments or anything. Overnight hospital stay? lol good fucking luck.
My parents sort of did this to me for a while… I did get some books I ended up really liking this way but we also lived way out in the country so getting to a library was difficult. Didn’t have much choice but to try them.
But then they realized I was well beyond kids/young adult books and started giving me books they liked when I was in 5th grade, like sphere and the third pandemic… my teachers thought it was super weird, and I got a lot of negative comments about age appropriate-ness, but I had a dictionary and undiagnosed autism (diagnosed adhd, though), it was fine.
I was so excited when we moved and I was walking distance from a library. I ended up getting 2 library cards so I could reserve a bunch of stuff and still check out 5 at a time (I was there usually twice a week, and would just burn through books at around 1,000 pages a day, because it was all I ever did)