three random things make a post
I feel very productive today. It's not quite 11am, and I've already eaten breakfast, exercised, showered and washed my hair, changed the hummingbird nectar, started a loaf of sourdough, started the laundry, and made breakfast for Liam. Well, written down it doesn't like like a lot, I guess, but it feels that way. I think I will go make a celebratory mocha. And perhaps with my free time later, I'll have musical knitting hour (listen to a classical CD and knit) and work on Misty Garden.
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I think Zeke is gaining weight back. I haven't posted about this because I could barely stand to think about it. A few weeks ago, just after Smokey went home, I picked Zeke up one day and realized that he was thin. No, gaunt, really, and the dry food wasn't disappearing nearly as fast it should.
I've since taken him to the vet, who's run numerous tests (ew, stool samples) and hasn't come up with anything definite yet. She's recommended an abdominal ultrasound, which I'm hoping to schedule later in the week. But at least for now, he doesn't feel as thin, and I don't feel as hopeless.
Zeke will be 15 years old this month, so I know I don't have too many years left with him, but it's nice to think, for now, that maybe the years left are longer than I thought they might be.
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I'm having a good time mentally planning our travel for the next year.
- late June: family trip to Oregon and northern California coast
- early November: family trip to Walt Disney World
- early May next year: G. and I to England for two weeks (yay!)
- late May next year: Wiscon for me!
Unfortunately, it looks like G.'s photo trip to Arizona in September might be cancelled because he's the only one who's signed up for the workshop yet, so we're looking for alternatives to that.
(Is "cancelled" a British spelling or something? The LJ spellchecker always flags it and suggests "canceled".)
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I think Zeke is gaining weight back. I haven't posted about this because I could barely stand to think about it. A few weeks ago, just after Smokey went home, I picked Zeke up one day and realized that he was thin. No, gaunt, really, and the dry food wasn't disappearing nearly as fast it should.
I've since taken him to the vet, who's run numerous tests (ew, stool samples) and hasn't come up with anything definite yet. She's recommended an abdominal ultrasound, which I'm hoping to schedule later in the week. But at least for now, he doesn't feel as thin, and I don't feel as hopeless.
Zeke will be 15 years old this month, so I know I don't have too many years left with him, but it's nice to think, for now, that maybe the years left are longer than I thought they might be.
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I'm having a good time mentally planning our travel for the next year.
- late June: family trip to Oregon and northern California coast
- early November: family trip to Walt Disney World
- early May next year: G. and I to England for two weeks (yay!)
- late May next year: Wiscon for me!
Unfortunately, it looks like G.'s photo trip to Arizona in September might be cancelled because he's the only one who's signed up for the workshop yet, so we're looking for alternatives to that.
(Is "cancelled" a British spelling or something? The LJ spellchecker always flags it and suggests "canceled".)