I am about to embark on a Kids In Capes Adventure™️, and find myself in need of cheat sheets but am a very lazy dm (everyone boo me yes I know). Has anyone made printable cheat sheets for this yet?
Hey y’all. Like the title says I’ve been considering getting a pet for a few weeks now. What spurred it on was my love for cats and intense stress and pressure from school. Going to my local cat cafe didn’t help with the baby-fever. (does that apply with animals?) I would really love some help or advice on if I should get a pet and if so what kind of animal I should consider.
For context, I, M19, am a vocal performance major who just wrapped up sophomore year. I’m also from the east coast. This summer I’m staying on campus to complete summer courses, and have picked up a job at a local cafe/cocktail lounge here in town. Academics have taken a huge toll on me mentally. So as I start going to therapy again I’ve been considering getting an emotional support animal. It would do me wonders to have a companion especially since my beloved partner is going away to London for a semester abroad and lives out of state so I won’t see here from now til Christmas time. I really think that having a little buddy would help me make it through what will be a very trying time for me academically. Still I have been leaning towards the idea of having to tough it out due to the following.
Firstly, while I am living alone in a dorm room double for the summer, when the fall comes around I’ll be moving into a shared house on campus with four other friends. While I trust them around an animal and they have said they’re okay with a pet, there’s a chance that I’ll have to live with random people. This is because 3 of the 5 of us are taking a semester abroad in London so their spots may be given to other students. I could think that it would be dangerous to have an animal around people like that especially ones I don’t know.
Secondly, I’m a music student with a job. While life as a music student is already hard, keeping me out of the house for a majority of the day, my job will also often have me working nights and I try to study away from home to keep myself focused. I fear that I may not be able to fully engage and care for an animal and don’t want to rely on my housemates for the attention and care my ESA would need. Is also have to prepare for a recital and will hopefully be doing the opera in the spring so that will take even more of my time. I just don’t think it’d be healthy for another creature like a cat or dog.
Thirdly, I don’t live in the area I go to college in. Im worried that should i have to travel down to the coast (four hours away) where I do live, that it might cause the poor thing stress or strain, or worse my parents could get annoyed (they don’t like cats but like im 80% sure they’d warm up to one) with it or something.
Overall, I’d love a creature to keep me company but don’t want to bring an animal into an environment where it wouldn’t be happy or worse have to give it away. Every animal deserves a forever home with all the love and care in the world. Is there anything I can do? Or perhaps some pets that would be okay with these things? I doubt there is but I wanted to ask anyways.
TLDR: college student has crisis because he’s breaking down and wants companionship but is unsure of his ability to care for a pet like a dog or a cat. Also I don’t want a fish. Cool but not my style.