u/JoshKottlovski

Hi Guys,

This is Josh, Maks and Nastya's Daddy. I've always loved the LCA and AITC subs. I was laid off last year, and I was up against stiff competition. The thing I heard most often if I even got an interview was "Just so you know, if you don't hear from us in two weeks, just move on. We're running interviews for two weeks during business hours so there could be 50+ people interviewing and we only have ______(depending on the place 3-7) openings for entry level". During my time off, I'm unable to put in words how grateful I am my parents were able to give me a sort of stipend for my medications, food, cat supplies. My mom owns the house I live in and they took on also my WiFi and utilities so I could get by comfortably enough.

But even with that gratitude, I have had a year of guilt because I was receiving help from my dad who is still working in a factory at over 70 years old, worse mental health issues than I genetically inherited, and a non medical mental health issue of a failure because it was just so. F#/_$!g hard to get interviews in my area of the US and questioned my worth. But, there was always the subs. Interacting with you guys on LCA/AITC/and most recently r/ICBGC helped keep me as sane as I'm biologically and medication-ally allowed to be lol

As I posted, Maks has been ill. I immediate support and ideas and suggestions. He's still having another pokey place visit coming up when I can schedule it and afford it now I'm working again. But right now between March and May (can you believe it's May already?!?) he's still needing to have some testing done but he's like 95% back to himself. You guys were always supportive and I got a few private messages to help me out with taking care of him and some what to expect on his medications he's still on. He's much, MUCH better. I love that we now have this space on r/ICBGC where not just as servants to our furry overlords, but can and have connected as people as well.

I just finished my first week at my new job. Thank you again for the well wishes when I posted on it. Yesterday, even though I left it in my work locker and hardly touched it, because it seriously needs to be replaced, my phone battery went down to 0%,. It's like a 40 minute commute one way. So since I'm 41, I put on the radio like we used to before Bluetooth streaming of ad free personal playlists. On the station I was listening to, the title song "Grease" came on when I was driving home. And you know what? What popped into my head was not just "Okay so the title song to Grease just came on", what popped up in my head as I was driving was Moobie Toosday. I was thinking about all the posts and comments and pictures from that week's film. And it brought a bit of warmth to my heart.

Thank you everyone. For your posts, interactions both personal and in public. The love and support and honesty of this sub is unparalleled. And I especially appreciate that this sub allows us pet parents/friends/servants to be able to say something now and then on our own behalf and get to know each other a bit.

You all have, for a long time and continue to, give me a smile and happy chuckle every single day no matter what mood I'm in. Thank you everyone for just being you and sharing your animals with us. You're all amazing and I love each and every one of you. It's true what they say that even a small kindness to a person may be the single thing that saves them that day. Thank you everyone for helping me make it this far

Josh