Monthly Archives: November 2008

Old Cats


Posted by jen

Pandora has been not feeling too well lately – not eating, diarrhea, poor grooming. She’s only lost a little weight, but feels thin, and just frail.

She’s had several health issues over the last few years. She was diabetic a few years ago (cats apparently can “get over” diabetes – at any rate, she only needed insulin for a few months) and lately has had bouts with pancreatitis and UTIs. Anyway, to try to find out what’s going on we had her in for an ultrasound today.

There’s a good chance it’s liver cancer – there’s good size nodes in her liver, and some fairly deep where it would be problematic to get them if we went that route.

At this point, we’re just trying to make sure she feels as good as possible – difficult to determine, because she’s always been a cranky, solitary cat. She is eating much better this past couple of weeks, since the vet put her on some anti-nausea meds. She also comes out more often for scritches, or just to lie in a sun spot, which is a definite improvement.

So for now, just watch and see how she does. If she was younger, or had been healthier, we’d probably consider surgery; as it is, the risks of surgery coupled with recovery would lessen what quality of life she has.

Hopefully, she’ll be around for a while longer. Pandora is our last “pre-marriage” cat – sqlrob got her from a shelter when he was in grad school.

This sucks.

Pandora at Vet

Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there.


Bleh


Posted by jen

I’ve discovered that I don’t like the pressure of feeling like I have to post every day. I’m going to tough it out though, because I still feel bad about miserably failing the Project 365 photo challenge. At least it’s only one month. Can’t promise any earth-shattering or deeply moving posts though.

So, today.

School. Government is fun, we’re on the Bill of Rights. Talking about the first and fourth, and the class is an uproar. In American Lit we’ve gone from Thoreau and Whitman to the Declaration of Independence, Abigail and John Adam’s letters, and Frederick Douglass – the prof is… a bit odd. Fascinating guy, really, if a bit frustrating.

Once again, there was something else, but it’s slipped away now. Much like this evening has.

Later!


Good News, Bad News


Posted by jen

Good News: Got 100 on my government test
Bad News: I don’t feel that good about my AmLit test today.
Good News: At least I wrote something on each question.
Bad News: It may or may not have been related to the question.
Good News: Animal Crossing: City Folk is a lot of fun!
Bad News: Where does the time go???


Animal Crossing: City Folk


Posted by jen

Today was the release date for Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii. Naturally I went out and snagged it as soon as possible! It’s pretty much the same as AC:WW, which was pretty much the same as AC gamecube. If you weren’t obsessed with Wild World, I don’t know that City Folk will interest you much. There’s the same visiting towns that WW had, though I have not yet done that yet. You can send mail to other people’s towns without actually having to be in that town at the time, which is nice. You can also send mail through the wii messaging deal as well.

The City is kinda neat! GracieGrace has whoababy expensive stuff – and I could NOT resist the elegant hat which was a beautiful purple…. elegant hat. It was also 6400 bells, which probably should have gone to the Mob my mortgage with Tom Nook. Pooh, I say. I had to have that hat.

Also on display at GracieGrace was the Gorgeous furniture set. It was indeed gorgeous. The bed alone was 300,000 bells, so I’m guessing I’ll have to wait a while for that. ;) I’m also guessing that stock rotates there.

There’s new fish, and I’m guessing new bugs – fall and winter aren’t the best time for bugs. The displays at the museum are really beautiful. Can’t wait to get some paintings to see how the art hall looks. Holidays are back – I’m looking forward to seeing Jingle again!

The ability to take pictures and save to an SD card is pretty keen too.

I did get WiiSpeak, but I haven’t set it up yet. I was in too much of a hurry to get my house and finish Nook’s chores!

Well, that’s enough game babble for now. The cats are done eating, so I’m gonna go see if anyone is online!

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Here’s my town info for
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii).

And here is my town info for Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS).


Animal Crossing: City Folk – Town Info


Posted by jenbooks

Adding this so people in acwii_adult can let me know they added me. (Format stolen from kellybellynet)

Name: Tasha
Town: Austin
Friend Code: 5112-6912-4655
Wii Code: 6620-7604-1722-2326

Native fruit is Cherries.

RULES: (subject to change)

DON’T: Pick flowers. I’m gonna be trying for hybrids.
DON’T: Dig holes and leave them open.
DON’T: Chop down trees.

DO: Take some fruit.
DO: Go shopping, or sell stuff.
DO: Chat up the neighbors.
DO: Post on the message board (let me know you stopped by!).
DO: Catch bugs and go fishing.
DO: Shake trees — keep whatever falls out!
DO: Pick up anything you see lying on the ground (shells, etc).


Laziness


Posted by jenbooks

Today is Saturday. We need to go to Costco, Petsmart, and pick up a prescription at the vet, but seriously, I don’t feel like leaving the house. It’s windy and it makes me feel like the best thing to do is snuggle up under a blanket and play video games.

So, a compromise. :D Today I’m gonna do laundry and study for my American Lit test that’s on Monday, and vegetate as much as possible. Tomorrow, Costco, Petsmart, and GameStop to pick up Animal Crossing City Folk. sqlrob had better get in as much Fallout 3 as he can today, because tomorrow I’ll be hogging the console!

Monday, or maybe Tuesday I’ll be able to pick up Pandora’s meds – it’s a refill, and we’re fine until Wednesday.

There was something else I was going to talk about, but I have no idea what it was. Ah well.

Breakfast! I need breakfast. That’s not what I was going to talk about, but it is, nevertheless, true.

Later!

Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there.


I laugh, so that I do not cry


Posted by jenbooks

A positive aspect of the Bush legacy

The international community now has a potent new motivating tool to dissuade world leaders from engaging in tyranny and aggression — tell them they’ll be like George Bush if they do it:

Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged “by the balls” — a threat made last summer by Vladimir Putin, according to an account that emerged yesterday from the Elysee Palace. . . .

The Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. “I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Mr Putin declared.

Mr Sarkozy thought he had misheard. “Hang him?” — he asked.

“Why not?” Mr Putin replied. “The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.”

Mr Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: “Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?”

Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: “Ah — you have scored a point there.”

Originally published at Jen’s Corner. You can comment here or there.