This is the Moth Radio Hour.

I'm your host, Jay Allison.

Life is littered with obstacles. Pretty much every day, if you're like me,

some days I glide over them, other days I bang my shins pretty hard. Today I'm gliding,

but not expecting that to last. Every once in a while, we're faced with a challenge that

feels impossible, or at least highly

improbable, maybe not as extreme as scaling the world's tallest building or jumping in between

airplanes, looking at you, Tom Cruise, but ones that feel like our own personal mission improbable.

Our first storyteller is Gabby Roan.

She takes on the notoriously futile task of cat training.

Here's Gabby to tell you all about it live at the mall.

It's 2011 and I'm walking down the hallway of my apartment building.

I'm headed to the management office because I've decided I need to get a dog.

I just moved into this apartment building, and it is not pet friendly.

But I've done my research. I know all the laws in Michigan about emotional support animals.

I've saved a month of my rent is collateral against damages.

And if that doesn't work, I didn't put concealer over the deep purple bags under my eyes.

It's about 88 days into me getting maybe three hours a night

of sleep, and I'm just hoping my sob story tugs at my landlord's heartstrings. You see, about three

months prior, I was robbed while I was home. It started with a knock on my door,

which in the grand scheme of things is a very courteous way to start a crime.

A man told me to get on my knees and face the wall.

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