Steph (caller)

Three months of security deposit in San Francisco is probably a year's worth of rent in Toronto.

Yes.

So there's so much on the line.

We get to the airport about six hours early so that we have enough time to do this whole visa application process.

But before you can get to the US customs agents that are there that approve or deny you, you go through security.

And so we've got two cats that we have to move with us.

This is another thing I'm really stressed about.

One of the cats is elderly and she's docile and fine.

And then the younger cat is part feral.

He's an outdoor cat.

We didn't choose to adopt him.

He just showed up one day and we were slowly integrating him into our family.

But he's missing a chunk of his ear.

He's like really rambunctious.

He scratches a lot.

So I'm trying to figure out how to get this cat through security.

He can't go through with the carrier.

You have to have the cat separate and then the carrier goes through the X-ray machine.

Yes.

So I'm pre-planning how to make this happen.