u/AwakeningStar1968

We have had this problem on and off for years and I don't know what to do about it.

We have racoons under our back porch and they are eating all our cats food!!!. I try and keep an eye on it... give limited food to the cats and add after they have eaten that..

but in the morning it is hard. These racoons are eating all of it, my cats are not getting the food.

I would trap which would be the logical solution BUT YOU KNOW the Ferals will get trapped and that will be a pain!.

I actually have a BB Gun to try and DETER the racoons but that isn't working much either.

I work full time leave by 630 am every morning.. I have limited options..

Thoughts?

So I have been on Metformin now for a couple of months.. I have had to readjust my diet. I had been trying to eat low carb and didn't eat breakfast but now I have to .

I have struggled with nausea and tweaking my diet. Its hard. I think stress is jacking my numbers.
I am 210lbs and my A1c when from like 6 - 7 up to I think 10 and so I broke down and took Metformin..

My Fasting was doing ok and was down to 176ish from 250 BUT I had to back off on the metformin again and am not taking the full dose until I get my diet right (serious nausea and I am eating with the Metformin)

I am not getting AS MUCH excercise (desk job)

but is there anything I can do to curb the nausea better? I have introduced more carbs into my diet etc.

I grew up in Cincinnati. I was always downtown shopping with my mother in the 70s and 80s. We went to events, etc. (on the Skywalk).

I hadn’t really been downtown in YEARS and had the opportunity recently because of a car repair. It was so nice to revisit and be a tourist in the city I grew up in.

The Streetcar was a dream. No cost, easy to navigate... such a treat!

It makes me want to try to get downtown more often. I went to the Contemporary Arts Center and Findlay Market. It really was a nice time, and I felt safe!

Are there any "free" materials that we can print out to post and distribute?

I have moments where I feel confident and like FU to the world and I don't care what people think etc...

and then I have days like today, where I am at work and I Feel like my co-workers are looking at me like I am a freak and avoiding talking to me.... It is so palpable.

I am so lonely. It is just me and my partner and the few friends I have are far away.

I watch as others just get along, hug, get excited when they see others.. but never me. They are distant and polite.

I feel like my face is on wrong or maybe I am not smiling right.

I grew up knowing I had ADHD (was literally diagnosed by 1980.. but was original diagnosed with Severe Anxiety Neurosis in the late 70s)

I am going to be 58 and I hate living and working around neurotypical folks. I am never going to belong anymore.

Makes it hard to want to go on.

I accidently stumbled upon those MALTOSE Sugar "slow rise" sensory stress balls at a Hospital gift shop. I am addicted.. but I have misplaced it and now I am trying to find more but it is iffy. they are NOT just regular rubber "Stress" balls.. they are the ones that are moldable ... it is a specific sensory experience.
I only paid 7 bucks for the one ball I had but on Amazon they run up to 27 dollars!!?? And often they are cubes or other shapes. I just want a ball.

I live in the states. Some reviews say there is a strong chemical smell but the brand I had didn't have any smell.

COuld someone point me in a good direction? The gift shop sold out and I Have no idea when I will get down there again and if they will ever carry them again.