Tea:

In less whiny news, I have found a way to stay in touch with my teenage nephew, finally. He won't use facebook and he barely speaks if you call him, but he apparently loves to text. He texted me out of the blue the other day about something Doctor Who related, which just made my day. And just now I was able to text him about his first day of school tomorrow. He's going to be a sophomore in high school, which seems unpossible.

A friend called the other night and put me on the phone with a community theatre director who is directing a show with a black female character. She apparently was having a hard time finding people to auditions, so he called me. I went to the audition cold the next day (hadn't read the script, didn't have anything prepared) and she told me that she wanted to see me at callbacks.

So, I'm trying to decide if I want to do the show. I enjoy acting, and it seems like a fun show (called, "Loose Knit", described as "Sex and the City with knitting").

Cons: 45 minute drive when it's not rush hour, and rehearsals would start at 7:30. With, of course, the attendant gas costs Also, $1.25 toll each way. Also, another house manager just quit, so there's the opportunity for me to pick up some of those shifts, which means money, but would also be hard to work around for rehearsal purposes.

Plus, if I get a job, I might not be able to do the show and would have to bail later.

Ugh. I would enjoy actually doing the show, but the attendant issues are a bitch.

I'm thinking I'm not going to go to callbacks,

Going to see Taz in a few- he may be able to have the catheter removed today! And if his urethra healed up without narrowing, this could be the end of this whole saga!

Urethrea~ma (hee!) appreciated...

Oh my, end of the saga ~ma in buckets for Taz, Nora. Bless his beleaguered bits.

Vortex, it sounds like a great validation, but a complex choice. My first impulse would be to not take the role, despite the potential fun and 'enlivening' during a difficult time

It just seems like the effort, expense and distraction would be a lot to manage while looking for a new gig.

It's cool that they want you though!

Go, Team Pee! Anti-inflamed-urethra~ma for Taz.

Vortex, bonny has said what I was thinking, only much better. You are awesome, and it's always good when other people see it.

sj, wishing you the chance to get plenty of fluids, plenty of rest, and that your spoons replenish themselves soon.

Well, we were a little discouraged by the fact that he pulled his catheter out despite all the precautions taken by the vet's (he is far too smart for his own good) TWICE since we saw him Saturday (including last night.)

Since he'd yanked the thing right out of his urethra, they just cleaned him up and brought him down to hang out in the consulting room sans catheter, collar, popsicle stick corset, and IV. It was good to interact with him outside of all the medical equipment and he was having a high old time stretching his legs and jumping and hiding and scratching the carpet, but we were pretty concerned that the fact that he pulled the catheter out early meant that the healing process hadn't finished and we'd have to try again or do the surgery.

But, the vet tech brought in a litter box and while the vet was in there talking to us about next steps, HE WENT IN THERE AND PEED. Not just a couple of drops squeezed out through straining, but a fast, easy, normal pee.

The vet almost started crying in relief! (us too, of course.) A few minutes later we heard her make an announcement to the entire staff over the loudspeaker that "Taz urinated!"

SO! They are going to continue monitoring him through the day and odds are good that we can bring him home today! (trying not to get too excited, lest my hopes be dashed.)

*\\o/* Yay Taz! *\\o/*

Oh, well done, Taz!

And that sounds like a hard decision, Vortex. I don't know whether you should do the call back or not, but I'm glad you have the option if you want it.

Yay, Taz! (And how much do I love that your vet made a practice-wide announcement?)