Everything on my work to do list is done!
I'd better get logged off as fast as possible before something else comes up...
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jun 04, 2020 1:12:30 pm PDT #22045 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Laura - Jun 04, 2020 1:28:25 pm PDT #22046 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Step away from the email.
DXMachina - Jun 04, 2020 1:43:45 pm PDT #22047 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Summer session starts on Monday. One of my soon to be students has already sent me the first homework assignment.
-t - Jun 04, 2020 1:51:51 pm PDT #22048 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Dang, DXM!
Jesse - Jun 04, 2020 2:02:48 pm PDT #22049 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think carob is probably fine as its own thing, but as "just like chocolate" it is a hippy fail.
Hope you get relief and also ice cream, Dana!
Sheryl, I would never even try to pill my Buddy if there were any possible alternative. I've had nice cats who wouldn't take a pill, and Buddy is just not that into being that close.....
Theodosia - Jun 04, 2020 2:18:18 pm PDT #22050 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It may be worth it to enquire if you can get the medicine compounded into a fish paste (or a powder that can be mixed into a pat of butter) that the cat will be only too happy to lick off a paw. Not all drugs are compatible with this, but some can be done this way, and it's not that expensive.
Most cats are too fussy for Pill Pockets to be doable, YCMV.
Gris - Jun 04, 2020 2:36:48 pm PDT #22051 of 30019
Hey. New board.
I have been drinking a "Stress Relief" tea every night that has carob, ginger, cinnamon, a bit of stevia, and some other random herbs. Yogi Tea brand I think. It is lovely. The carob adds just enough chocolatey richness without actually being chocolate, kind of like the flavor you get from a good coffee or (not explicitly chocolate-based) porter. I like it for that.
If it relieves my stress, it is a drop in the bucket, but its good tea.
bennett - Jun 04, 2020 2:47:56 pm PDT #22052 of 30019
Sheryl - Using pill pockets works with one of my cats - she's VERY food oriented and basically inhales her pill pockets without even tasting the contents - but if Nova's not hungry due to kidney and thyroid disease, that's probably not going to work.
I second getting the meds compounded into something tasty if at all possible.
meara - Jun 04, 2020 2:59:45 pm PDT #22053 of 30019
OK, that tea doesn't sound too bad, Gris. I'm still eyeing chrismg skeptically though. Snacking on carob chips?? But whyyyyy?
Gris - Jun 04, 2020 3:19:35 pm PDT #22054 of 30019
Hey. New board.
Tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday I have Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences all day.
10 minutes per parent, pre-booked, with 5 minute breaks between them.
My first one is at 6 am tomorrow morning because of time zone differences. I am not excited.