Rest in Peace Sergeant Slaughter

We found out earlier this afternoon that our awesome upstairs neighbors lost their cat, Sarge, earlier this week.  He was young and it was totally unexpected and completely unpreventable.  He essentially had a stroke.  They were there for him in the end when the vet had to give him the shot to let him go and he didn’t linger, but it is terribly sad.

He was the only cat I’ve ever met who didn’t like me, but I’ll still miss the little bugger.  We generally can’t hear much from upstairs, but we could hear Sarge when he’d leap from the bed and race across the hardwood floor to the front door whenever one of them would come home.

Rest in Peace little guy.  We’ll see you at The Bridge, and I promise I’ll remember to bring treats.

~Kelly

Smoky is eating, a lot.

Normally this would not be cause for celebration.  In fact, we usually try to keep him from eating too much since he’s the largest animal in the house.  But since Monday’s Thyroid Storm and all of the ensuing insanity, he’s actually smaller than Bucky now.  I was actually amazed at how light he was when I picked him up last night to get his pills into him and give him his shot.

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The definition of frustrating…

… is when you see a job you applied AND interviewed for posted again less than a year after you were rejected for it.  This has happened multiple times to me in my career and it never fails to aggravate me.  I want to reach out and email the hiring manager and tell them, “If you’d hired me I’d still be there!”

But I never do.  Because I have manners.

~Kelly

An update on the patient

Smoky actually wanted to eat this morning.  That’s a huge improvement.  For a cat who usually inhales his food, the fact that he didn’t want to eat last night was discouraging.  He showed up for his pill pockets but didn’t want to eat them either.  We had to drop them down his throat.  He’s a creature of habit all right.

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A quick shopping post

Macy’s just emailed me, again.  They’re having a sale 9/14-9/18.  Here are the details in case you want them.

EXTRA 20% OFF OR 10% OFF + FREE SHIPPING EVERY DAY

$99 purchase required for Free Shipping.

use promo code VIP20 in your shopping bag

TO GET FREE SHIPPING: Place $99 of qualifying items in your shopping bag; no promo code required. Minimum purchase amount for Free Shipping does not include gift wrap charges, purchases of gift cards or tax. Offer applies to Standard Shipping to one location and may be applied to Premium or Overnight Shipping for an upgrade fee. Free Shipping does not apply to Coach, furniture, mattresses, purchases in Macy’s stores or prior purchases. Due to size and/or weight, certain items bear a shipping surcharge, which will still apply. When shipping to multiple addresses, only shipping to the first address will be free; Standard Shipping will apply to all other addresses. Free Shipping offer cannot be applied to purchases being shipped to US Territories or APO/FPO addresses. TO GET EXTRA SAVINGS: Place qualifying items in shopping bag; enter promo code VIP20 in “HAVE A PROMO CODE?” box & click “APPLY”. One promo code per transaction. VIP discount applies to sale, clearance and regular prices, with exceptions listed. EXTRA 10% OFF watches, electrics, electronics, lighting, furniture, mattresses and rugs. EXCLUDES: Coach (online only), Donatella, TAG Heuer, Tempur-Pedic mattresses, baby gear, kids’ shoes, cosmetics, fragrances and toys. Not valid with other passes or discount offers. Not valid on Everyday Values, Jewelry Super Buys, Specials, web busters™, Gift Cards, Gift Certificates, prior purchases or gift wrap. VIP Sale discount code valid September 14, 2011 through September 18, 2011.

An update on Smoky will follow shortly.

~Kelly

A strange but (so far) good turn of events

Tonight Kelly and I expected to go visit Smoky at Angell, and we were concerned after the conversations that Kelly had earlier today with his doctor.  But by the time we got to see him early this evening, apparently he had turned a corner and was doing considerably well.  So well, in fact, that the doctor  said we could actually take him home tonight.  Needless to say this was a great surprise, and we were not prepared to bring him home.  We did not even have a carrier with us.  But we borrowed one from Angell and we managed to get the little guy home.

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The Perfect Storm

Yesterday was Smoky’s drop off day for his I-131 treatment.  Per the instructions for his admission, he’d been off of his methimazole for a week.  Over the last week we’d been monitoring him carefully.  He’d been more heat sensitive than usual, he’d been breathing a bit heavier than normal, and his skin was getting drier and itchier.  On Sunday night I had to clean his ears and treat the driest of his skin with petroleum jelly because it was just so itchy and flaky that he was scratching it until it bled.

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Kelly’s shower is over and it went well

We had a long but productive weekend.  Of course Kelly and her mom were busy with all of the bridal shower stuff, but they also managed to get a lot of other things done, like reorganizing the guest room so we would have more storage space for wedding stuff.  I helped out where I could, and I also managed to complete a little kitchen project I had wanted to do that will give us a little more storage space.  All in all, it was a pretty good weekend.  I was only there for the early part when things were being set up, and then I left after I made sure they did not need me to run any more errands.  So I did not get any pictures or anything, obviously, but it is my understanding that a lot of pictures were taken by Liza and so hopefully at some point we will be able to see some of those.

-Geoff