E2: The instructions we leave for our pet sitters

This one is about the lists: the notes we leave for our pet sitters, the carefully written routines, the extra paragraph we add just before we close the document.What starts as logistics often becomes something else: a way of managing the discomfort of leaving. A quiet attempt to transfer not just instructions, but the relationship itself.Care, control, daycare, and cultural expectations begin to sit underneath what looks like a simple handover.This isn’t advice about finding the perfect sitter. It’s a conversation about what leaving exposes — in our dogs, and in ourselves.Attachment, cortisol, and emotional expression sit quietly in the background, shaping why these notes often grow beyond practicality and what writing them does for us.