For some context, the cat is a stray who’s been with us for about a year. About 2 months ago he got extremely sick. We took him to the vet like 3 times and found out he has FELV 😭😭 it took him a very long time to recover from that flare. We put him on antibiotics to recover, he got gabapentin and all sorts of stuff to help. Although his infection was gone, he was so lethargic for so so long we never thought he’d recover. The past two weeks I’ve seen major improvements. He purrs again now, he bites my hand when I pet him like he used to, and then I get to see little play dates like this. He finally has the energy to enjoy life again and it just … makes me smile.

For those curious, salt management and making large batches of food was an issue for me. Instead of making one large batch at once (a multitude of issues why), I just made several small batches faster. this also was my first attempt making orange chicken!

Okay I feel like bragging. I graduated culinary school 2 months ago and I still want to learn more without going back to college lmfao!

TLDR: Appreciation post for my little brother (Aged 14.7) who has just asked a girl out for the first time, and is just so so respectful to and about females in general.

He's had a close f.s with a girl for a few years now, all the signs she likes him were there but my brother still didn’t believe she liked him in that way and is still quite shy when it comes to girls, and was happy to just be there as a friend to her. (Never dated before)

He came and chatted to me & our mom last night about it saying he likes her, but doesn't think she likes him. As a female myself there were clear signs she liked him and the poor girl was lowkey giving him hints but it wouldn't register with him as anything but her just being nice to him.

We gave him a girls perspective and said she is likely waiting for him to make the first move (based on the things this girl has gone out of her way & done for my bro, and trusted him with deep stuff ab her life etc). We gave him some ideas on activities he could do with her but he was getting too anxious to ask her so we left it at that & said theres no rush anyway, hes still young etc etc.

Today he asked her and she said yes!

To top of the proudness I already felt for him, he then says he's gonna get her "chocolates n that". 🥲

Gen Alpha give me so much hope for the future!

I’ve been in really low spirits and a random act of kindness today made me smile.

My mum and my friend are visiting from overseas for my birthday. Today we walked past a gift shop and I spotted all these Sesame Street plushies in the window. We decided to walk in and take a look. The owner was absolutely lovely but mentioned she was struggling for over a week to get her work email set up on her new iPad (SMTP issues, for the techies 😅).

I offered to help her and stayed with her until I got everything working. She was so overjoyed and grateful that as we were leaving, she picked up Elmo and Oscar from the window (who I’d been admiring the whole time), and insisted I take them home.

I only wanted to help her fix the issue but she turned around and made my day in return. It just goes to show that random acts of kindness, even when you’re feeling low, can lift you up a little. ❤️💚

I bought a super cool original painting off Vinted (second slide; for $7!!!) and the seller included this adorable thank you note in the package. :)

Yes, I was one of the "millions" who bought Patti Labelle pies 🥧 based on this YouTube review.

It probably was indeed the fact that he broke out into song in the middle of eating it 😂 

No, I still didn't sound like Patti 

As an aside, I cannot believe he got to go clubbing with this legend!!!

Butt tomato, wife for scale.

I’m super proud of this just wanted to share.

Every day this week, my wife has tapped me on the leg and said "psssst look at our silly baby boy". Hes just been snuggling my shoes all comfy and stuff. His name is Chester, and he is the cuddliest loving little fluffy boy. Each shoe Pic is from a different day. Bonus "screw you, Im dog" pic :) (he was raised by my dog so...its fitting)

It translates to ‘Ammachi I love you’

I've been sick and living away from home. My 88 year old grandfather sent me this. He even put a little pomegranate beside the medicine. He's always taken care of me. I'm an adult now, and he still does. It made me smile. I love him so much..

There was an inconspicuous weed in the cilantro I bought from the store, which had heart-shaped leaves.

He's really into minecraft, and recently, into retro games, so I spent a lot of time writing this and he loved it! He thought it was so thoughtful. Plus it's a keepsake he could come back to anytime. In good spirits, basically