I normally don't do the "this year sucks" thing, but I'm beginning to wonder whether this year (or month?) is maybe just an asshole. Came home last night and Vlad was so obviously off-colour that I took him to the emergency vet. Just as well, he had a urinary blockage. And in the course of the exam the vet got suspicious of his thyroid and yes, he' ( Read more... )

Without getting into too many details because I've gotten into them so many times with concerned people in my immediate circle ( Read more... )

Yeah, I don't mean to turn this into the OMG I have a crisis journal, but ( Read more... )

it's Wednesday, feels like Friday, and I have a nagging corner of a headache that won't go away. This may be partly a stress hangover from the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Mitzi seemed a little listless and off her feed. I called the vet, who said it could be related to the wound (which had just opened another draining spot) or maybe the meds ( Read more... )

We have a writers' group meeting this Sunday and I'm working on my notes for the group mate who's finished her first draft. Have decided to go with "frank but not unkind," so I'm reviewing what I've got written to remove any extra modifiers or phrases that might only serve to pound home a point I made already ( Read more... )

The university I work at has been holding H1N1 vaccination clinics this week. I was at a meeting this morning at the correct end of campus so I wandered over to get my shot. The registration form they give you had a spot to specify any allergies. Now, I haven't eaten anything with fins since 1991, because as a little kid I used to feel icky after ( Read more... )

...but I'm back at work today and have mostly remained upright ( Read more... )

Yeah, I woke up still feeling sick and flu-ish, although not as feverish as yesterday afternoon, and called in sick. I was able to get at my email to explain the situation to the two students who'd contacted me by email, and I asked my coworkers to direct the other two to the reference desk, please. I guess this means I need to make a point of ( Read more... )

As of yesterday, I appear to have flulike symptoms. The university is, of course, encouraging anyone with the flu to please stay home ( Read more... )

In case I didn't mention it before, I am back at work after a week's vacation. It helped--I no longer have the urge to stagger around moaning "BRAAAAAAAIIINNNS" at least. (Those last couple of weeks before vacation I was a zombie, and not a nice zombie, either. I was a nasty, bad-tempered zombie.) And so far this morning I have helped a nice person ( Read more... )