Good times and bad.
Many things have happened since I last posted here.
The bad:
I apparently drove over a nail or other sharp bit of metal on Friday, or thereabouts, putting a small hole in my rear passenger tire. It was too close to the sidewall to be repaired. ~$200 later a new tire matching the other three has been installed.
An unexpected, scheduled-but-forgotten-about car insurance payment was paid recently. ~$650 every six months. Fortunately I had enough savings to cover it. And now I have more incentive to start up my retail business instead of waiting for tech jobs that don't seem to be appearing.
The good:
I had a date on Monday, if you call meeting for coffee and chatting for two hours a date. Either way it was fun and she's a lovely girl and we're planning to get together again.
The good/bad:
While Mike was working out with the Yourself!Fitness game, Momo (the adorable kitten we adopted from @GabeThexton a while back) was napping near by. Momo got up and stretched. Mike was wary, but the kitten was still a few feet away, watching. I was in my room giving Mike the privacy to look silly while exercising, so this is a bit second-hand. Mike was doing a new exercise that required bouncing on the balls of his feet. He brought his foot down and instead of carpet found a kitten. He thinks he hit the cat with his heel, which was still in the air and not intending to touch the ground. I heard a loud, angry mrowl from Momo who ran upstairs and hid under the couch for a while before walking to his litter box and vomiting.
We called an emergency vet and took him down to see the doc. This was around 11PM. They recommended keeping him for observation overnight and took x-rays and a full blood workup.
Mike and I went to Denny's to hang out while waiting for the vet to call.
After 1AM, the vet called and said everything looks good: Momo's diaphragm was intact and his internal organs were where they're supposed to be, no broken bones, etc. He's bruised and sore, but otherwise okay. We brought him home the next morning with four doses of pain killers and a bottle of Amoxicillin to curb bacterial infections.
~$700 later, we have our kitten back along with the knowledge that he's okay and will be back to normal in a few days.
Lessons learned: The kitten should be in another room while any of us are playing that game. Momo learned the world is not always playful and is sometimes full of pain and misery. I learned I should not drink coffee at Denny's for over an hour and a half. By 4AM I was tired physically, but too restless to sleep well.
The bad:
I apparently drove over a nail or other sharp bit of metal on Friday, or thereabouts, putting a small hole in my rear passenger tire. It was too close to the sidewall to be repaired. ~$200 later a new tire matching the other three has been installed.
An unexpected, scheduled-but-forgotten-about car insurance payment was paid recently. ~$650 every six months. Fortunately I had enough savings to cover it. And now I have more incentive to start up my retail business instead of waiting for tech jobs that don't seem to be appearing.
The good:
I had a date on Monday, if you call meeting for coffee and chatting for two hours a date. Either way it was fun and she's a lovely girl and we're planning to get together again.
The good/bad:
While Mike was working out with the Yourself!Fitness game, Momo (the adorable kitten we adopted from @GabeThexton a while back) was napping near by. Momo got up and stretched. Mike was wary, but the kitten was still a few feet away, watching. I was in my room giving Mike the privacy to look silly while exercising, so this is a bit second-hand. Mike was doing a new exercise that required bouncing on the balls of his feet. He brought his foot down and instead of carpet found a kitten. He thinks he hit the cat with his heel, which was still in the air and not intending to touch the ground. I heard a loud, angry mrowl from Momo who ran upstairs and hid under the couch for a while before walking to his litter box and vomiting.
We called an emergency vet and took him down to see the doc. This was around 11PM. They recommended keeping him for observation overnight and took x-rays and a full blood workup.
Mike and I went to Denny's to hang out while waiting for the vet to call.
After 1AM, the vet called and said everything looks good: Momo's diaphragm was intact and his internal organs were where they're supposed to be, no broken bones, etc. He's bruised and sore, but otherwise okay. We brought him home the next morning with four doses of pain killers and a bottle of Amoxicillin to curb bacterial infections.
~$700 later, we have our kitten back along with the knowledge that he's okay and will be back to normal in a few days.
Lessons learned: The kitten should be in another room while any of us are playing that game. Momo learned the world is not always playful and is sometimes full of pain and misery. I learned I should not drink coffee at Denny's for over an hour and a half. By 4AM I was tired physically, but too restless to sleep well.