I have the plague.
That is all.
Squeakers has been fussy the last 2 days. I am wondering if it is something I ate?
“Bring out your dead!”
This reminds me, I was watching that Discovery Channel show, North America. One episode had the top 10 destinations as chosen by readers and they briefly mentioned the Aurora Borealis and had a couple hitching up sled dogs and going out for shots. I rewound, looked close and HA! It’s my buddy Todd Salat and his wife Shea. He and I got be to friends working together for ARCO Alaska and he ‘retired’ in his 30s to pursue photographing the northern lights full time. In the beginning of this video he talks about the Discovery experience and that octagonal cabin is one I helped him build from scratch back in the 90s. Pretty cool. He’s livin’ the life he chose, no doubt.
Busy week coming up. Not surprised one day will seem like the longest of the year.
ETA: You can’t see it from that angle but Denali is to the left. That’s what his porch, main window and outhouse all face. Best nature durf ever.
Sticky, don’t buy any fleas.
All this talk of cats puking reinforces rule #1 of my life: No animals or men are allowed to live in my house. I’d probably rather have a cat puking than a man puking though.
Remember the number one rule of caffeine use, Swampy:
Don’t share needles!
Pretty darn cool. 
Still thinking about how much fun I had hanging out with a few Dopers on Saturday night. It was the kind of night I wished would never end.
Going out to a special event at work today. Hope it goes well. 
I’m in school right now. But we’re doing work that I essentially already did many times, so… whatever.:rolleyes:
I made 2 rules for myself to follow in this class: 1) don’t antagonize anybody, and 2) don’t get caught fooling around. Gonna try to obey the second rule aat the moment. 
58 right now, projected high 87, much to do today. DH needs to take a resume-tweaking workshop at our church’s job-seeking-help office, also needs to go to the DMV to find out why we’ve had such a hard time updating his address since our move. Other errands loom as well.
My classmate beside me in the computer room is elsewhere right now, but she kept seeming to glance over at my computer. Rule 2 won’t be easy today…
Midget she’s just jealous cause you get to post with the cool kids. 
drae kitty will probably be fine. It’s hard not to worry when a pet is sick but like others have said, so many times it’s sump’n said pet gets over in a day or two. You have an appointment for him today with his regular vet who knows more about him than the emergency vet would so you done good.
gt feel better!
Irk is still not too irksome. Rah.
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Break time! Half of the pergola is up. **FCD **had to run to get shims and when he gets back, we’ll have lunch. Then back to work. He’s not liking how it’s looking -
to him. I think it’s great.
Not too hot, but extremely humid, so it feels ick out. With luck, the second half will go up easier than the first half did. Pics later…
Oh, that kind of fooling around; carry on then. 
Happy Moonday!
I am now done with piddle pup, until they go away again in two weeks. I may as well just move in there for the week they are gone. She was going out every hour and a half and one time she peed on the floor in front of me before I could get her out. Fortunately the owner had put down a tarp and peepee pads where she is inclined to go.
I thought I could work from there using my cell phone but now I’m not sure because of the constant up and down. Sometimes I have to yell at her to get her attention so I can put her out.
Can’t do that when I am on business calls.
Glad you are ok BooFae.
Thank y’all for the hugs.
I thought it would be getting easier but for whatever reason it’s harder. I haven’t spoken to him in over a week and what I had to say to him wasn’t very nice, and I made sure he got my message over the phone, in VM and in text.
He sent me a text Tuesday and I answered his question and nothing more. No niceties.
I haven’t closed the joint account or done anything with the phones, don’t know yet what I am going to do and as stressed as I am with all the shit going on around here it probably is not the best time to make any decisions.
I learned the hard way not to eat Chinese food when Sah-son was nursing. He (and I) got barely no sleep for 24 hours.
Poor little man is definitely dehydrated, possibly feverish, and most certainly pissed as hell that he was subjected to the indignity of the carrier. He hasn’t left the house to go to the vet or anywhere else in at least three years, so this was the absolute limit for him.
Vet is keeping him for a few hours for observation. They’ll give him fluids and do some bloodwork, and antibiotics and/or lung x-rays if they think it’s warranted. I’m back at work and at least a little calmer, but I may use “picking up the cat” as an excuse to get out of here a little early anyway, because I’m tired and stressy.
Apes maybe you shouldn’t have eaten those jalapenos dipped in habanera sauce. Or maybe one or both of the twins have explained to her that if she acts too nice it’ll start to be expected of her all the time. They do have big sister/brother duties to fulfill now.
Drae if you’re all worried about kitty I think it’s a good reason to leave irk early.
MOOOOOOM we anxiously await finished pics of the fancy-schmancy clothesline.
I think so, too. The vet has reported that the poor guy’s got a fever of 105.5, which is the highest he’s seen in a long time. They’re checking viral loads and blood panels and plenty of other things I don’t understand but am willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for because there’s something actually wrong with my cat and I’m not just overreacting. I just have to remember to ask when I pick him up about the possibility of him transmitting whatever he’s got to his big brother, who is fifteen and probably doesn’t have the patience to be sick, dammit.
I had a busy weekend. My daughter found her wedding dress and it is a stunner. She looks beautiful.
After the wedding dress shopping, I came back home and she and her fiance came down too. I finished tidying up the house, and then started prepping dinner for our friends and the kids. We made shrimp etouffee and it was good. Around 11:00 PM our always late nephew showed up. I went to bed around midnight because I had been up since 3:30 in the morning.
I was up at 8:00 (late for me), and started doing some more things around the house. Later in the day we headed over to MiL’s place. What a stressful visit. She’s backsliding and has started the not eating thing again. She’s also forgetting her doctor appointments and meds. My husband’s niece is doing her damndest to keep MiL on the right track, but MiL becomes very testy and stubborn. The final straw was that her phone was cut off because she forgot to pay the bill. She won’t let anyone sit down with her to get the bills sorted. She also spends all day in her jammies and robe sleeping in her chair. She isn’t doing her exercising either and is completely reliant on her walker again. She was doing so well. I don’t know what the hell happened.
All of this is extremely worrying and difficult. She has always been an extremely on the go woman, and was always good with her money. I’m afraid the time has come for her to sell her house and move to assisted living.
My husband is quite angry with her. 
I’m sure a large part of that anger is masking his huge worry over her.
We need to have a conversation with her, and no one is going to like it. However, sticking heads in the sand isn’t going to solve anything. Right now, though, my husband is in no frame mind to have that discussion because, in his words, “she’s doing it to herself”. Sigh.
Finally, there is no way in hell she can come to my daughter’s wedding. It’s on a beach and a bit of a slog from the access road to get to. Frankly, she’s just too weak and I don’t think she can handle any of it. We have too much to do with the wedding to try and take care of her too. I know it’s going to break her heart, but there is nothing that can be done about it now.
**Drae, **I’m sorry about your poor kitty. I hope they can make him better.