That's funny -- married 28 years here and we've had our Grey for 22 years... We first saw her at the pet store as a tiny, fluffy thing in a little plastic container.  At first I thought she was a baby ferret.  We visited her every week and took her home once she was weaned, but she really wasn't eating that well so I continued to spoon feed her for a month or two.  We used to take her on trips and she seemed to like to travel.  Now, we have kids and there isn't room in the car for her cage, but we don't travel often and are never gone long...

Also, I spent some growing up years in Sarasota and still have family in Florida...

I totally got that regarding "Losing It"... when this whole covid thing broke out I went nuts with the insanity of it.... I could see from the beginning that something was totally wrong with the story we were being told and could hardly believe most everyone's seeming acceptance of it.... it's astonishing they keep getting away with it....