I had popcorn for dinner. We visited with my nephew and they fed me wine and some crystallized ginger treats that I never had before that were tasty but not dinner. When I got home popcorn seemed a reasonable plan.

Of course Dad went to bed. It's late and past a reasonable bed time, east coast time. But I'm watching Monk before I collapse.

Am I amused it's cooler here than back at home?

More humid, I suspect. It's practically dripping.

You don't understand. He'd been staying up late when I really just wanted my downstairs to myself, and then mom would wake up as early as I did and I was having NO time to myself. It was making me evil. And lo, the night before they leave...

Of course, I am probably going to crash in an hour myself. These past 2 weeks started making themselves known starting about 6:30 tonight.

He has tenosynovitis in his right hand-repetitive stress injury. If this round of medications doesn't result in substantial improvement, they're going to refer him to a specialist and he might be looking at surgery. Which-- oy!

Barb, has he had a cortisone (or any steroid) shot in his wrist? I had fairly bad tenosynovitis last year, and a cortisone shot plus sleeping with a hard brace took care of it. I would think a shot would be the next step, before surgery.

ION, we have a gastrointestinally ill dog, and it is about as disgusting as you imagine. But I feel so badly for him, because he has this ashamed look on his face, the I-did-something-bad-and-now-I'm-going-to-get-in-trouble look. We keep telling him it's okay, and he's a good boy. (Which I *swear* is making the cats think, "Seriously? So can WE shit on the floor???")

Barb, has he had a cortisone (or any steroid) shot in his wrist?

Actually, no and you're right, that'll probably be the next step. Well, referring him to the specialist and then seeing what the specialist says.

And poor, poor, puppy, Tep. That's just the worst.

Actually, no and you're right, that'll probably be the next step.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for him. I saw a hand specialist, who must do a gazillion cortisone shots a day. He got the shot right in the exact spot, and apparently that was all it took.

And poor, poor, puppy, Tep. That's just the worst.

He keeps giving us baleful looks because he only gets water for 24 hours. The other dog gets to eat, and the cats get to eat (not to mention the humans are ALWAYS eating), but he's on an enforced water fast.

What he doesn't know (because he's a DOG, and logic doesn't work with him) is that tomorrow he'll get rice with boiled chicken. He LOVES that, more than his dog food, I think.

tomorrow he'll get rice with boiled chicken. He LOVES that, more than his dog food, I think.

I don't know a dog who doesn't live for boiled chicken and rice. But yeah, until then, he's going to be fairly annoyed. Poor beastie.

Oh, poor puppy, and poor Teppy and Boy too. I hope he gets some rest tonight before his reward tomorrow.