Kitty Update

Our cat, Abby, came home from the vet's last night with a rather rough looking freshly cut front paw. No bandage over it but she did get the lampshade protector/maddifier (something that makes someone mad). For the first couple of hours she was pretty wobbly on her feet, overshadowed by the fact that she hadn't eaten in about 18 hours.

It took a little practice for her to get the bottom of the cone up over the lip of the bowl so she could access her food but she got there and was able to eat reasonably well. When she tried to go use her cat box, she was stymied by the cone and couldn't get in easily. I helped her in and back out and then back in again (did I mention she was wobbly?).

She was also pretty needy of some attention and pets and scratches so my wife and I took turns giving her lots of love.

The oddest thing about the whole ordeal is that she didn't come home with any pain killers or a prescription for any. This cat had one of her fingers removed and they didn't think to send her home with a little something for when the local anesthesia wears off. But nope. Can't say I'd like to be her this morning though she didn't seem unduly distressed.

Plus, the total bill for the surgery was about a hundred less than the top estimate, so that was a little relief in an otherwise expensive day.

Starting Off Off

Any week that involves me dropping off my cat for some paw surgery is bound to be a little bit of an odd week. And yes, that's exactly what I got to do this morning on my way into work. She's probably waking up about now, pissed off, in pain but, hopefully, better and won't be susceptible to infections in her extra toe paws.

I've spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find my serial number for Apple Remote Desktop so I can fully move into my new workstation. But without the number, I'm stuck with the old computer on my desk as well. This is what happens when you move into someone else's room and they didn't keep things as they should have. Now the install disk is missing and I look like a computer greedhead with two nice computers on my desk.

Oh well.

What else is happening today? We're still doing our winter at night and in the morning and summer all the rest of the day long. Its now beautiful and hot and sunny out and I'm stuck in jeans. Can't really complain too much though.

Damn, still tired of not having proper Gmail access at work. Sometimes my email will load up and other times it'll just fail.

Either way, its annoying but I can live with it since I've always got my iPhone and that makes checking email simple with or without a Wifi signal.

Anyway, time to get back to trying to discover just where the hell Apple hides that serial number. And hoping our cat is going to be just fine.