I will post when I have pix. My stylist had to flat iron it to make sure the lines were straight and that's not my favorite look for my hair. When I style it, I think it's gonna look even better! I like to have at least a little fullness.

Just got home from packing mom up to go home. She's on her way to her own bed, where I am sure she will sleep better than the hospital.

Now I must get my ass in gear and take care of everything I've let go this week...including school stuff.

Glad she's out of the hospital, vw.

I got my hair cut and it looks pretty much exactly like this: [link] I think I love it. I got tons of compliments while getting it cut at the salon.

We can give you tons of compliments!

I can't wait to see your version of that cut, GC. I'm not a huge fan of using flatirons, either.

vw, that's great news! Even though hip replacements are fairly common, it's still surgery and the attendent complications thereof can be scary. Don't forget to give yourself a little time to decompress while you tackle all those chores.

Damn, it looks like she's going to be out of town that weekend. But we can have the apartment.

Sail, link for your daughter: [link] It's a lay-person's primer on FLUTD, well-researched, and far more informative than anything I have gotten from talking with three vets and the Googling I could manage, with emphasis on the type of FLUTD with struvite crystals. One of the most important points is that if the vet offers a dry acidifying diet (to combat the struvite crystals), it's because s/he knows not whereof s/he speaks. Wet food plus lots of water is crucial. (I mix in a bunch of water with Harvey's canned food to make sure he is getting enough.)

Andi, thanks! I marked your post so I could print some of that stuff out for my daughter. It was interesting about the breathing connection because Tucker does something similar to what Harvey does, he can sound nearly asthmatic sometimes when he purrs. I haven't paid enough attention to figure out if there's any stress correlation, but I'll mention that to my daughter, too.

I know that in Harvey's case, the vast majority of the stress in his life, really is not his own. He really picks up on mine, and now Daniel's, stress.

Now, that is interesting. Makes me wonder how Tucker survived so long living with both me and Alexia!

Brenda, let me know what kind of booze your sister likes. I'll leave her a little prezzie for providing digs. Sorry to miss meeting her, though!

Makes me wonder how Tucker survived so long living with both me and Alexia!

He may well view it as his purpose in life, or as his gift to you, to relieve you of some of your burdon of stress. Harvey sure seems to.