Gone on vacation, back Sunday. And if I happen to look a few pounds lighter, have a different nose and am no longer addicted to Meth, well, that’s just a coincidence and has nothing to do with my disappearance.
Good luck and blessings, Prana
All hell breaks loose. My theory is that it’s universal kharma. We have such a good time during the winter holidays that the universe has to make it clear to us that these feelings of euphoria and good cheer are temporaryand fleeting. Yes, I’m in a mood, let me be grumpy once in awhile.
The cats are all sick. When we adopted the mommy cat (Puff) she had a really bad URI (Upper Respiratory Infection) and almost died, not from the infection but from being sick AND pregnant, malnurished, dehydrated and left out in the elements so long. So naturally all the cats, including the ones we already had, got the virus. It’s no big deal really, it’s the cat equivelent of the human cold virus. Every now and then it pops back up and they get the sniffles but it’s generally nothing to worry about. So a few days ago they all started sneezing and then caughing and hurking up phlegm etc, typical cold symptoms. I started putting Lysine in their food and giving them more luvins and gooshy food. They all seem to be getting better so yay. The trouble is twofold. Firstly, Samhain, the baby, seems sicker than the rest, his gums are inflamed and his breath smells like something rotten. We called the vet and they don’t seem to think we should worry but how can you not worry about your baby? Secondly Sean and I have had a Valentines Getaway planned for over a month now and we’ll be gone at least two days. I’m very uncomfortable leaving the cats alone for even a night when their sick but we’ve already paid for things that can’t be canceled. ::sigh::
On top of that I’ve felt like crap since the dosage of my medication was upped. I’ve been depressed for no reason and the side effects of the drug (nausea, vomiting, other gross stuff) had gotten much worse so I’m tired and don’t feel good a lot of the time. Then we had some wierd financial problems, nothing major just stressful and Sean’s been depressed himself because his job prospects seem slim. Plus I always feel guilty for spending money on myself even though we didn’t have a honeymoon and have never had a vacation and I hate going far from home mostly because I don’t like the city and I get really car sick.
But, I’m determined to make the best of it. Afterall this is supposed to be our big romantic getaway right? We’re staying at the new Knottsberry Farms hotel, going to Medieval Times for dinner and a show, visiting the Wax Museum and the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum and possibly going to the beach. We’ll also be doing a bit of shopping at Ikea and Whole foods if we get the time because we don’t have stores like that here. We wanted to go to Pirate Adventure Dinner as well but they were sold out.
Sean gave me my Valentine’s Day pressies early since I’ll need them on the trip. See the pretty clothes, jewelry and bag he bought me? I’ve never had a real purse before, I never needed one, and I really doubt I’m carrying the same thing in mine that most women do (Camera, Nintendo DS, First Aid Kit, a book, a small bag of makeup). I love my jewelry to. I don’t usually wear jewelry because there isn’t anywhere to wear it to and I’m not a real girly-girl anyway. But Sean got me a a really lovely garnet hearts earring, necklace and ring set which I plan to wear all the time and never take off.
So, please say a little prayer for my poor babies so they’ll feel better, pray that I don’t lose my mind (or my lunch) on our trip and that everything works out for us. I’d appreciate it. Good luck and blessings, Prana
Hello imaginary readers. Not much to report this week. I had an appointment with my Obgyn on moms birthday (the 27th, Happy Birthday Mom!) and he increased the dosage of my medications but said everything looks good and is functioning properly now. A couple days ago I forgot to take one of my pills, and it should also be mentioned that you are supposed to take them with food, and so I took two at once on an empty stomache shortly before going to bed. That was incredibly stupid of me, my only excuse is that I was totally exhausted. I had a rather bad reaction and Sean had to come home from work and stay with me all day which I felt terrible about. Basically what happened is this. In my case it resulted in waking up paralyzed then having the muscles in one leg go rock hard and become extremely painful (as in I was literally screaming the pain was so bad). I was paralyzed like that for about a half hour and barely reachde the phone to call Sean. Even after we were able to relax the muscles enough to move I could barely walk, like my muscles had become jello and wouldn’t respond to my commands. It’s deadly in about 50% of people who get it so you can bet your sweet muffins I won’t be doing that again. I may even switch to a different medication.
I started a DeviantArt gallery so make sure you go take a look-see at my pretty scribbles and leave me a comment. Even if you’ve seen my stuff before you should check it out because I updated a lot of my pieces and they look a lot nicer now. I’ll be uploaded all my artwork to Charmed Design shortly and finishing the site up. I’ll also probabl close my Elfwood gallery. It’s not that it’s a bad place so much as that it’s so horribly disorganized and no one ever leaves me feedback I can actually use to improve my work.
We’ve made some progress on Pet Integrity, there is now a gallery of some of the cats up if you’d like to go see it. The gallery program is giving us fits though so I guess we’ll be working on that again this weekend. We have a staff meeting tomorrow at the rescue. What does one bring to a staff meeting? Fudge? Rice krispie treats?
It was nice out today so we opened all the windows to let some air in. We were on the back patio and turned the faucet on to wash the sand off the patio and a spider came running out of the faucet. He’s a neat lookin feller ain’t he?
