bahglerb....

Am awake long enough to rub the crap out of my eyes and send bosses email saying I won't be in today.

Now, more sleep!

I still haven't forgiven the evil supervisor who, when I told her I'd be in a half hour late because I had to leave my sick dog at the vet, asked my why I didn't just put her down.

*boggles* So, not really an animal OR a people person, is she?

That was an evil supervisor indeed. (I still can't believe the friend of my aunt's who off-handedly mentioned that her dog had been killed that morning -- in a tone that suggested it was the equivalent of a lightbulb burning out.)

I still can't believe the friend of my aunt's who off-handedly mentioned that her dog had been killed that morning -- in a tone that suggested it was the equivalent of a lightbulb burning out.

Sadly, this is my mom. My sister-in-law (her and my brother have 5 cats, 2 of them diabetic) took her to a cat show, where she made the immortal comment about not understanding why people spend so much money on cats when they get sick instead of just putting them down.

Could you guess that my family never had any pets (except for a turtle once upon a time)? Granted, with 8 kids, there really wasn't room for any.

Also, they gave me a little clay pad with his pawprints on it. I'm baking it right now (to make it solid).

Crying again.

I took a bereavement day after a cat died that wasn't even mine. The embassy cat was ailing and I took her to the vet, and assisted in the surgery. Sunday night, the Marines came and found me at a nightclub to tell me the vet had called and the cat hadn't made it. No one was really surprised when I wasn't in on Monday.

I still haven't forgiven the evil supervisor who, when I told her I'd be in a half hour late because I had to leave my sick dog at the vet, asked my why I didn't just put her down.

See, I often ask this very same question about people like that.

Kathy, you've made this sound really good and need to tell me where it is so I can pass it on to my family.

It's called Zoe's, in The Plains, OH, just west of Athens. It's BYOB, which helps cut down on the cost, so for four of us, the total price was around $130, and we all had an appetizer, entree, and dessert.

oh Cybervixen, I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. I don't have anything helpful to say, except please tell her that the invisible people are thinking about her.

tommy, I said how sorry I was over in Citches, but I just realized that you don't really post there. So I'm very sorry about Senor Sock. You were both lucky to have had each other.

And I love that ht evet gave you the paw prints. How sensitive and caring!

Today's Daily Puppy is an adorable dachshund/chihuahua cross named Zoey. Could not be cuter.

Tommy, I was so sorry to hear about Senor Socks. It sounds like he was a great companion and I hope you are taking care of yourself in every way possible today.

I took off the day after my best friend's dog died unexpectedly so I could go with her to get a memorial tattoo of him. He was also a good dog friend of mine so I needed a chance to mourn also.

My old dog fell down my stairs yesterday and freaked me out. He's fine. I really need to get some kind of skid pads or something to prevent that from happening again.

Cybervixen, that is so terrible about your cousin. I know the self-defense organization I've trained with highly recommends Gavin De Becker's Gift of Fear (not specifically to rape victims, to basically everyone). I haven't read it myself, though.