Pets

Today has been a rough day for the babies. Puppers went for a teeth cleaning, and for those of you unaware, dogs and cats must be put under when they get their teeth cleaned. He has had this done before and had no issues, well this time they used a different kind of sedation and he isn't reacting well to it.

First the vet dentist told me he got snappy after he woke up, he went from wagging his tail to growling to jumping to cuddle on his (the doc's) neck, to trying to do his vampire imitation, trying to take a chunk out of the doc's neck, but got a mouthful of stethoscope instead. This is totally unlike my boy, he either likes you or he doesn't, no waffling here. Besides, he only attempts to bite at all when very scared and very rarely has that happened! He is a lover, not a fighter. So then they go to bring him out to me and he bites the vet tech so badly they were sending her to the hospital!! Usually, they say they are required by law to keep the animal for 10 days for observation in these cases, rabies being the issue in question. But luckily he had his latest rabies vaccination there, so they know he was up to date, and they know this was because of the meds. So they let me bring baby home. I told dad this means he is a real dog! Trying to find some silver lining here.

Charlene, my beautiful 17 year old kitty, who has always exhibited wonderful health, may have liver or kidney disease, we are still waiting on the test results. So now Pups is at home trying to sleep off the drugs. He can barely move, wobbles and whines when he does, and in general is a mess. Charlene seems ok, but has a new diet (which will be SOOO fun to administer with 2 other cats and a dog in the house) and may or may not have other things to contend with. My poor babies, and my poor wallet. Ugh.

Whoo hoo, yippee kay ay!

I just went for my first weigh in since I joined Weight Watchers last week, guess what! I lost 4.2 lbs in a week! Whoo hoo! And I didn't even stick to my points the first few days! AHHHHHHH!

Gas

So, as some people may have noticed, gas prices are dropping, a bit, but every bit is appreciated. So the average gas around my neighborhood is 3.77/gallon. Well, on the road to my friend Sheila's house I know that gas is cheaper, it is 3.56/gallon. So I decided to be one of the patient and line up and wait my turn for the 'cheap' gas. As many of my stories end, it ended up costing me more than it should have.

I was in the line and it was taking everyone forever, so finally it is my turn and I get to the pump and after doing the credit card thing and inserting the pump, I sit back to realize the reason it was taking forever, the damn pump was slow as all get out! So as I sit there numbly staring at the numbers CRAWLING by, I start to realize, wow, for only half a tank I sure seem to be getting a lot in there. As I keep waiting for it to stop, some guy yells 'yo, you're overflowing'. See, I set it up on the automatice handle holder (Whatever the hell those things are called) and whatever little doohickey it is that stops it when it is full apparently was on vacation! So I overflowed and had a nice little puddle under my soaked tire. Great stuff. I wonder how much of what I paid for ended up on the damn floor. Thank god it was going slow at least.

And then I think about how the guy who finally alerted me (thank you!!) was like 3 cars behind me and noone else bothered, and you know everyone was staring wondering when their turn would come! Bastards. Anyway, lesson for the day, watch the tank, not the dollar signs! Lesson learned. Dumb me for expecting technology to be reliable.

PCOS

I have it, previously mentioned, and now I am starting meds as well as DEFINITELY having to lose weight, a friend and I are taking immediate steps, like tomorrow, to do so, and I have walked twice this week, meaning walking for its own sake and no other reason, yesterday 3 laps and today 2. Whoo hoo. Maybe some day I will actually fit into those few items I treasured enough to keep for 'someday'. Wish me luck.

Special Olympics

Last Friday, that is to say the Friday before the most recent Friday, my great Friend Theresa and I volunteered to interpret the Opening Ceremonies for the Special Olympics NC MidSummer Tournament. It was such a wonderful experience in many ways.

Professionally, it was wonderful because they actually had us set up in the proper way, with the seating in the right spot for the 'off' interpreter. One of us would interpret (on stage) while the other sat behind the speakers ready to jump in when time was up, and ready to help the other out if something was needed. Also, it was just so wonderful to be in a such a POSITIVE environment. Seeing all those happy and determined faces really makes you put things in perspective. It was such a high and we both hope to be able to work with the Special Olympics again. Yay! Theresa told me I was grinning like an idiot when it was over. I was!

Sunburn

I was at the pool this Sunday, and I had my friend spray my sunblock on, wasn't out more than 2 hours total, and I have blotchy red spots of sunburn, it is bad enough that I got sunburned at all, but it is insult to injury that it is blotchy! Ugh.

Changes

So, I am in a mood or something, because normally I am a job whore (meaning, I take any terp job that comes my way that I am appropriate for) but lately, when the agency calls me, I think, 'ugh, I don't wanna!!' and hope that they can get someone else, while letting them know that I probably can with some rescheduling. See that way they don't think I just don't wanna (which could result in less calls down the road) and shows that I am willing to go out of my way for them. Luckily, the ones I REALLY didn't want were otherwise covered. And the ones I was so-so about I covered unless they got someone else immediately. I hope I get out of this funk soon. I feel pretty much fine except for this. Finally got some good sleep last night after a couple days of pure tossing and turning! It was ugly.

Boredom

I am sooo bored. I am at a job where I am more here 'just in case' so I spend time on the computer. And I forgot my book at home cause I rushed out the door late because I didn't fall asleep well until 5 am-ish. So I am writing. And I have a very long day of stuff booked back to back until 10 pm. NOT fun stuff, work. Not that I hate my work, but I am just saying, I have to be on my toes, except obviously a bit less so at the job I am at now. But when my client needs me, I drop this and run. Not literally, the client is right next to me. :)

Old Loves

I ran into an old ex of mine, pretty heavy duty relationship back in the day. He told me that he is still in love with me. I told him I am married. I don't love him anymore, not that way, but I care about him and I feel for him that he hasn't moved on. It really doesn't make sense to me that he hasn't, it was a pretty rough relationship. I can only figure that he has idealized things in his memory and it isn't allowing him to let go. And it makes me relieved that I could move on. Whew.

Updates...

So, I had to go in this past Wednesday for further blood work....eck. I hate getting blood drawn, I have horrible veins in my arms, they can't find them so they can't stick me there, so they always have to use the back of my hands. If you haven't had this done, let me assure you that it hurts more there. And for some reason, they can never get it the first time. Ugh. I screamed like a 5 year old. But I manage to joke my way out of the office, so I don't think they hate me too much.

Anyway, they still believe that I have PCOS but the first blood test wasn't conclusive, so they are running more in depth tests. Fun for me. I am really psyched though, cause I think there may be some resolution in sight. So I should have some results by Wednesday or Thursday. Keep your fingers crossed for me...