Also, also, is whip worm extant in your area?

Oh my god, Kato got whipworms at least twice last year. I can't remember if Interceptor covers for whipworms; I think it does, but we may have hardy whipworms. Ugh.

Well, this morning has been ... challenging. At 2:30 am the fire alarm in my building went off. We've had a lot of false alarms (somehow the elevator is connected to the fire alarm in such a way that if some particular thing happens - always in the wee hours of the morning - it trips the fire alarm which, in turn, shuts down the elevators). With my bad knee, I might be able to get down the steps, but back up would be a non-starter (and it takes about three hours to get the elevators back on). So ... I hung around the hallway to find out if it really was a fire so I could get out or if it was a false alarm; and false alarm it was. Although it took me some time to get back to sleep - adrenaline, you know.

When I finally pried myself out of bed for the morning, when I went into the kitchen there was a dead mouse in the middle of the floor. (A world of ewwww.) I made sure it was dead, scooped it into a plastic bag for disposal, then cleaned up the floor in case of ickies. Once the trash room opened up, I could send the mouse on to its final destination.

After finally getting in to work (running late, of course), I had a baggie of ice to put in the freezer, since the office ice machine isn't working (and, no, ice cube trays are not available). Pulled the bag out and it popped open, ice all over everything.

The day has to get better, right?

BUT! in amusing news, I got a catalog (discounted books) last night and one, um, gem was "Hip Snips: Your Complete Guide to Dazzling Pubic Hair". I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP

UGH, Todd, how awful.

On the dear departed's behalf, I thank you for the decent burial. We had a dead mouse last month, icky indeed!

'Dazzling Pubic Hair,' I confess, is not on my list of life priorities. I applaud all for whom it is!

I can't remember if Interceptor covers for whipworms

I can't even go into how awful that time was. I'm sure I mentioned it at the time. With no exaggeration at all, I can say I believe I developed PTSD symptoms. So much so that, several years later, if anything 'unusual' happens during a bio-walk, I still have fits.

Anyway, hardy worms or not, Panacur is a joy to me.

I assume that Dazzling pubes are brought to you by the same folks who want us all the Va-jazzle our vaginas. Or it just may mean I'm officially too old to be sexy.

Since it's "Hip Snips" I think it may be new and interesting ways to trim the hair. Either way, not for me.

Daisy~ma, PMM. If I remember correctly, Giardia isn't in the standard screen for viruses/parasites, so if they didn't tell you they checked, you might want to ask.

They actually asked. Paul called me at home to see if there had been a chance of exposure last weekend on their prompting. It is possible it's more common here in the NW, though. Our sample wasn't big enough for a float, unfortunately, but her colitis symptom doesn't seem to have been caused by parasites from what they could tell. I just wanted HGE ruled out, and it was.

Anyway, hardy worms or not, Panacur is a joy to me.

Oh, yeah. It's quick, it's easy, it works. The only problem is the earlier part, where you come home to evidence that the dog has whipworms. Gah.

Announcement: The bushes are gone. I repeat: The bushes are gone.

God Bless my BiL and his mighty mighty Bostones hedge clippers OF DOOM.

And the 4 kids I bribed with Happy Meals to do the cleanup.

First four pictures: [link]

Announcement: The bushes are gone. I repeat: The bushes are gone.

Just the sentence to read after a discussion of Hip Clips and dazzling pubes.