Also, GC, I just realized I didn't acknowledge your earlier post--LA would be poorer without you, but I wish you all the best!

I went to the doctor this morning. Got a prescription for some new meds, and one for physical therapy. No cortisone injection this time, because the swelling has gone down.

Oh, and whenever I'm in a lot of pain, my mom feels bad that she's not here with me, so she buys me stuff. Just got the full box sets of Buffy and Angel.

I hope the doctor's visit helps, Hil.

I hope the new plan works a whole hell of a lot better than the old one, Hil. Also, Go Mom!

WOW. You now, good for her for being upfront with you. Sounds like she is working her way through coping, though the process clearly hasn't been easy.

My niece is lucky to have a big close-knit family. My brother and sister-in-law are great parents.

I'm just blown away that something so aweful happened to her and I never knew or had a clue that anything like that had ever happened to her.

Please, could I ask for two different parcels of ~ma?

Niki, my beloved surrogate mom, is going in for open heart surgery tomorrow morning. She is 87 and has been struggling with congestive heart failure for a long time.

When we talked last week, she was hopeful, but also a bit resigned to the possibility that she might not make it.

I want whatever is best for her.

The other thing seems so trivial, but it's grinding on me.

The client whose dog attacked the cat two weeks ago has gone plum crazy. Plus, where we thought the vet bills were $500, which we've already paid, they are actually $7000.

The organization is protected by several layers of agreements but it's just so sad and aggravating.

More than anything, I want the company attorney to take over dealing with this and help the owner to understand his culpability in a way I have not been able to. Plus, I want the walker, who had been protected from having to deal with all of this, to step up.

On an up note, a Mastiff attacked one of our beloved doggy clients today...an English Bulldog...and THAT walker was a super hero. In the end, the owner of that dog couldn't stop praising us. Fortunately, because the walker actually threw his entire body onto the Mastiff, the Bulldog was not hurt.

I don't know if it is the full moon, or what, but I really need a break from all this strife.

Best outcome ~ma to Niki.

I'm sorry you're having to deal with the crazy person. I'd think at this point you're just going to have to keep repeating "this is a legal matter now" and sending the person to the attorney.

I bet none of you has a terrier in your kitchen cabinets.

So much ~ma and love and purr vibes for Niki and for you, bonny.

I bet the Venn diagram of people who have terriers in their cupboards and people who have a purring cat half on their lap and half on the arm of their chair contains zero overlap.