Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

This morning Icey was under my daughter’s bed, on her side, unmoving. My husband thought she was dead, and she nearly was. I rushed her to the emergency vet. Temperature was 90 – normal 101. Hematocrit of 4.8%, normal is 35%. Every number in her CBC is FUBAR. They think she’s developed an autoimmune blood [...]

Well, maybe it is, but there’s not much going on lately so I’ll just bore you. • There’s a huge lice outbreak at the elementary school. Rumor has it that 80 kids have teh boogs. We all hate the nit comb. • The in-laws made it through Ike okay, although they lost power for over a [...]

1. Be working on a research paper due Monday. 2. Look in the dog kennel. Discover just the cap of what appears to be silicon sealant. Do not find the rest of the tube. 3. Also, while attempting to fix computers seeing each other on the home network, do something to your computer’s permissions that [...]

The bigger the puppy gets, the bigger the pee trail.

Caroline has this thing about loose teeth. They totally squick her out and she’ll moan and complain about them, but refuses to pull them. When it gets to the point that they’re completely sideways and/or backwards in her mouth, I basically have to tie her up and pull the damned things. Tonight was one of [...]

Not 5 minutes after I told Varin there was no sign of him, the lizard leapt out majestically from behind the television and landed with a royal plop on the DVD for The King and I – a reptilian Yul Brynner. This time I got smart and grabbed a jar to nab him in. I [...]

One minute after taking this picture, the damned thing ran across the floor and up my chair, where it is currently lurking among the recliner parts. My helpful husband said, “It’s gonna crawl in your butt.”

Tito looks a little alarming when he sleeps sometimes.