Oh, Sue, so sad! Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 1:40:09 pm PDT #29937 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 1:46:05 pm PDT #29938 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
I have already had that talk with both mine. And I told Oz that he's going to have to lose a few pounds too.
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2011 1:46:25 pm PDT #29939 of 30001
brillig
I figured out why the Segway is spelled the way it is when I realized it was the phonetic version of segue, which is the word for a transition from one thing to another, or from one place to another. I felt so smart, like when I figured out a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" question that "karaoke" means "empty orchestra" because it has the same first syllable as "karate,", which means "empty hand."
I may have been a bit insufferably smug about that.
Cass - Mar 23, 2011 1:47:32 pm PDT #29940 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
Me too.
Sue, I am sorry. That's hard.
Jesse - Mar 23, 2011 1:48:25 pm PDT #29941 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have already had that talk with both mine. And I told Oz that he's going to have to lose a few pounds too.
I am confident that these talks will prevent our cats from ever getting sick or dying.
Lee - Mar 23, 2011 1:52:09 pm PDT #29942 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Time for another Serious Talk with my cat.
I am confident that these talks will prevent our cats from ever getting sick or dying.
I don't expect the ever part, but I have had several talks since September with Perkins the (14 year old, bad kidney-ed) cat about how he is Not Allowed to get seriously sick until at least next October.
Sue - Mar 23, 2011 1:54:36 pm PDT #29943 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I already started trying to feed Oz pumpkin this weekend, as a low fat replacement for some of his food. It's not going that well, but if he's hungry enough, he'll eat it.
I am confident that these talks will prevent our cats from ever getting sick or dying.
My Brother's dog died two weeks ago, so I am already having stressful thoughts about things coming in threes.
Dana - Mar 23, 2011 2:00:10 pm PDT #29944 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I am confused by "seneschal."
Allyson - Mar 23, 2011 2:05:20 pm PDT #29945 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I spent a small fortune having one of Ruby's teeth pulled a couple of months ago. I didn't realize how bad an abscess had become, and had GREAT TERRIBLE GUILT that I let her be in pain. And then Kristen had to help me wrestle her down to get her antibiotics and pain meds inside her.
RUBY! I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU. STOP FREAKING OUT.
Also, please tell me when you do not feel good. Somehow.
sarameg - Mar 23, 2011 2:09:44 pm PDT #29946 of 30001
Your poor mom, Sue. I've got a 19+ year old diabetic cat. I'm past the borrowed time part and have been moved onto a prepayment plan...
My dad has taken to delivering bad/sad news in email. Which, well, it is so dad. Means he doesn't have to talk about it. Usually the subject line is the name of the person/pet, and a terse single line inside.
Less than ideal (how I got the news my aunt had died, in the middle of the day at work) but...the phone call would contain just about as much actual words.
This means that when I got an email at work just before Xmas with just Josh in the subject line, I about had a heart attack.
He was asking for gift ideas.