I have finished wrapping TCG's gifts for tomorrow morning. So now I just have to make the peppermint bark and wrap the gifts we need for his dad's house Christmas afternoon.

Connie, that seems like a pretty good way to look at things.

Merry Xmas to my celebrating Bitches, happy return of the sun to everyone. Holiday is going well so far, relatively speaking. My dad is playing Christmas carols on his Indian flute down the hall. We read stories in front of the fire and drank nog and relaxed with cats. And, lest this seem too halcyon and picturesque, we discussed fecal transplants extensively and joked about my brother's farts. Because we're us.

Will and I had a nice Xmas eve. There were presents and lots of good food and s'mores. I got a s'mores maker for him, he's never had s'mores before and it was a hit. The other presents were as well.

We also watched Guardians of the Galaxy and I think a good Xmas Eve tradition will be Marvel movie marathon. But today after GotG I was kind of...movie-d out. We went out for breakfast and then had to go to the grocery store and so many people and so much noise. Plus I realize I have a UTI again.

So the last part of the evening was spent on the couch, Will stretched out with his legs over my lap napping and me playing on the phone. It was the kind of low key thing I wish we could do more of.

And then in the morning it's Skyping with the family and opening presents. I don't know what time, it depends on E. He's been getting up really early when he's exciting about things. For example, he's been swimming and on a swim team since the summer and they had their last meet Monday. He woke up at 3:30 am ready to go. He was the youngest on the swim team and in the swim league (I don't know if that's the right term) but as long as he can get a ribbon he's happy, doesn't matter how he places (right now is mostly last, although he was second to last, but most of the other swimmers are older and have been swimming longer - he's only been into swimming since this summer).

smonster, we were also talking about fecal transplants and farts! Normal holiday conversation around here!

I have Harvey on my lap, purring up a storm. May all of you feel so loved today.

Oh my. We noticed Harvey is feeling better enough yesterday that he might do too much if we weren't careful. This morning I slept in until 9. I usually feed the cats between 7 and 8. When I stumbled to the bathroom Harvey was at the top of the stairs. Either we did not properly secure the zipper on his little house (a medium sized soft-sized dog kennel) or he has learned how to unzip it for himself. Hmm.

The next several weeks are going to be challenging - a cat smart enough to unzip his kennel, feeling good enough to be bored with restricted activity. Oh boy.

If you think he can unzip, do you think there's a way to twist tie the zipper closed?

My uncle's 3 month old kitten has already figured out how to open their doors so a motivated cat can do anything.

I had to come home from work early because I over did it with the - my IC Flare i s over ! My uit is gone! I'll just eat whatever! Only I have a UTI (don't know how I got it) and the start of more pain. The big problem is running to the restroom. we were so busy and I lied to a customer and said I needed to check something in the back just so I could get to the restroom before I couldn't hold it.

After that I found the manager and told them I know it's bad timing and we're slammed, but I have to go to to the doctor otherwise things will get worse and I'll be out for a week. So now I'm waiting for the doctor to either decide to call in a script for me or have me come in.

I hope the doctor comes through for you, askye, and that you feel better quickly.

The zip closure on the kennel has two zipper pulls. When Daniel put Harvey in his house last night, he had the two zipper pulls meet at a bottom corner where it is easy for Harvey to get the leverage to nose the zipper open. I think if we close the zipper at a top corner, he won't be able to get it open so easily. It seems to work that way with the soft-sided carrier. If he manages to get out again then we'll try securing the pulls to one another with a twist tie or something.

I just got a text from the pharmacy so I'm off to get more antibiotics.