Good point Sumi. I'll keep that in mind.

aw shit.

I just found a tick on Dallas. I got her back from my Mom's in the 'burbs nearly a week ago so it has probably been there all that time. This likely makes me the worst dog mommy ever.

It's a nice huge one so I'm not fearing Lyme so that's good. God I hate pulling things off -- poor baby cries.

baby did not cry. she lay nice and still while I fought the bugger. I think I got everything -- it looks intact in the plastic bag but its so hard to actually tell

Trudy, I hate that. Poor Dallas!

The first time Toto got a tick, poor guy got thrown across the room, 'cause it freaked my roommate out so badly. We took him to the ER vet to get it removed. She was like, "You know you can do this yourself, right?"

I always give Toto a good check when he comes home from my parents, because they live in a wooded area. Such not fun things.

I slept terribly and feel like ass warmed over today. Is it mean of me to be keeping my corner of the office freezing cold so I don't fall asleep? (It's set at 69 right now, and we've got no sun today. But if I warm it up any, I *will* be face down at my desk within the hour.)

I get help today!!! Her plane was supposed to land at 8am, I think, so she will be showing up sometime soon. It is absolutely pitiful how happy I am. I already have PILES of work ready for her.

Would someone explain to me why I am working on the assignment that's not due for another week instead of the stuff that is due tomorrow and Wednesday?

Oh, yeah. It's more fun.

Poor Dallas! I've made a mental note to check Mac & Sam today. They haven't been brushed in ages and that's usually when I do the check. Not that they're out and about anywhere besides our backyard, but it never hurts to check.

Gah. Baby haircuts are a nightmare. I took Owen to a place that specializes in kids and it did not go as smoothly as I would have liked. He cried when she started to cut so we transfered him from the funky airplane seat he was in to my lap and I ended up having to hold him tightly so he wouldn't grab the scissors and of course he cried. A lot. And I'm sure the cut's completely uneven. *sigh*

The heel just broke on my shoe. Thankfully I have another pair with me, however they are the shoes that I wear up from the parking lot and aren't reallywork appropriate.

After work I'm going to have to go shoe shopping.

Also Yahoo had an article about feeding babies and introducing new foods.

Evidentally most of the "rules" for introducing new foods or the foods to aviod/feed aren't really based in science. The new studies show that if the family has no history of food allergies it should be okay to introduce fish, peanut butter, etc to babies under 1 yr.

Also that young children/babies only like bland food isn't fact and that if the parents can add spicy, salty, seasoned food and see what the child likes. They even hinted that the wives' tale that children like whatever their mother's were eating while pregnant might be true.