Cats, man.

I just emailed a friend to see if she would give me a ride when it's time for Homer to be put down (not right now, but soon, I'm afraid), and I forgot she used to be a vet tech -- she offered to come over if he could use sub-q fluids or anything. So nice!

A rule? Why? It keeps your shells.

It took me a while to attach this to a context, and I'm damned glad it wasn't msbelle's.

Hey, while I'm on the topic--msbelle, what Mac said. Not interested in losing you, so stop it. Yikes.

I swore to myself I was going to get all this shit written up tonight for the consultant, but I just finished a 45 minute conversation with the boss about immigration and travel (his father is younger than mine...please don't let him be younger than me) and there's no way I'm actually writing up the rest of the test cases before I go home.

I will send her what I have, and she will get more tomorrow.

That's a good friend, Jesse, and I don't mean that in the useful way, although she is clearly also that.

yikes, msbelle, that's terrifying! Glad you are okay and hope mac is not too traumatized.

aw, Jesse, it's good you have a friend who will be there to support you when the time comes.

Scrappy, I don't know if it is a strategy that helps, but sometimes pretending to not give a fuck helps.

Yes! I have to try that strategy at work more. Scrappy, hope you surprise yourself on that test!

Tomorrow is our anniversary and Bob has to go to Chicago. I'm joining him on Wednesday so it's not so bad but I wanted to do something for him since we'll be apart anniversary night. I called the hotel and they are going to have scotch and chocolate waiting in his room. He gets "amenities" when he checks in due to his super loyal customer status but they are doing these ones special per my request. I was ready to pay for the scotch but they didn't charge me. And they are sending a little note from me with the goodies. Love Kimpton!

A rule? Why? It keeps your shells.

Ahaha! I just went back to see, and didn't even realize it was me! I was just watching Revenge and they were all wearing various kinds of vest for the shooting part.

msbelle, so glad you're okay. Poor mac, that's a traumatic thing to witness.

lisah, that's hella sweet.

My birthday is next Monday, my present from my sister is not taking my mother to her psych appointment.

Current plan is to hire companions for Mom, so Dad doesn't have to deal with her all day every day. My sister even thinks they should live apart, but it seems unlikely to me that he would agree.

I imagine on Revenge all horse riding involves jodhpurs, too.

Consuela, that is a great present from your sister.

Every caregiver needs a break sometimes. When my quadraplegic grandfather still lived at home, the VA had a respite program where he could go stay there for a week or something, and of course he hated it, but my grandmother really, really needed it.

I imagine on Revenge all horse riding involves jodhpurs, too.

But of course!

We very recently changed ISPs here at home, and for the first time I posted to Live Journal with the new setup. LJ immediately sent me an email to let me know that someone had posted to my account from an unfamiliar IP address. That's kind of cool.