Good luck to your kitty!

Thanks.

GUILT GUILT GUILT

Today is Gotcha day and I forgot and planned nothing.

I am at church and Mac is at home so I will get him lunch and some cupcakes I guess.

Ugh.

He also stayed up all night and I already had words with him this morning.

I don't know if it is any consolation, but my mom sent me an email in the wee smalls because she didn't call yesterday and felt guilty because she's been calling every.damned.day since the er visit to check on me.

To which this child's response is "aw, mom, don't feel guilty!"

And an eyeroll.

First part to you too. NSM the second.

We teased my mother relentlessly over her habit of taking blame and feeling guilty. No matter what happened in life we would joke that it was obviously Mom's fault, much like the 'Thanks Obama' thing.

Happy Gotcha Day! Some years it will be a sucky day, but most years it will be a wonderful day. Yay, parenthood?

Bringing home treats for lunch to a surly teen sounds just right.

Just did a bunch of Christmas shopping at one table at the local flea, but I'm not 100% sure everyone else will love this person's style like I do. Oh well!

Happy Gotcha Day!

Much ~ma for Hazel.

I think there is something wrong with me. I am listening to the Hamiliton Mixtape and am weeping. It is just so beautiful and important. And then I think I am crazy. And I don't think I am emotionally capable of watching the show live, because I might make weeping noises.

ETA: Jimmy Fallon singing King George is perfectly times so that I do not die of tears.

Jesse, I hadn't realized the blood was newish. I'd probably take her to the ER vet because it is possible she's swallowed something like a needle that is causing the blood. They might want to do an x-ray to see if they can see a problem and, possibly, exploratory surgery.

I have mixed feelings about exploratory surgery. I had one elderly cat with vomiting issues that the vet wanted to "look around" and I refused because of her age. In retrospect, if I had consented to surgery they might have found the tumor earlier and removed it before it had taken over. On the other hand, the tumor grew so slow that it was really her kidneys that got her in the end.

All of which comes down to - you do your best and hope.

Callaluna, is that doll something she would like, or you would like for her?

I have mixed feelings about exploratory surgery. I had one elderly cat with vomiting issues that the vet wanted to "look around" and I refused because of her age.

Yeah, I wouldn't have any kind of surgery for her (she's 14), but of course I would like for her to be comfortable! She was at the vet last week, who didn't see anything specific, so the next test she offered up was an ultrasound. IME, the ultrasound just leads to a surgical biopsy and I'm not doing that, so I want to talk to her to see what she thinks about palliative care regardless of what's actually going on.