Hannalice's blog

QotD: Moving Day

How many times did you move growing up? How did moving (or staying put) impact your childhood?

7 times. I missed a lot of stuff at school because of it, and I'm practically phobic of moving now- despite the fact that I keep doing it. I also tend not to bother to make friends when I move to a new place... what was the point, way back when? It's a habit I can't seem to break now.

Guess I could update...

Hi guys! I'm not dead, I promise!

This has been an interesting couple of months. Hell, it's been an interesting summer in general. Without putting too fine a point on it, I've been doing a lot of new stuff, reverting a little, and doing a lot of thinking. These past couple of weeks have kind of sucked, but that's life, I guess. Managed to pick up a badly timed case of strep throat after 5 years of not getting it, my truck was trying to kill me (seriously... a spring on my e-brake broke and was wearing through one of my tires... it was ready to rupture when I took it in. I took it to the garage for what I thought was a leak that wasn't, and they find THAT.) one of my favorite cats ever was put down, and then I got sick again. Suck... but life.

Not really a whole lot else to say. Work seems to be going well, I'm having a lot of fun. The cat is ok- has her painful days, and the lump is getting bigger, but I can't afford the treatment and she probably wouldn't appreciate it anyway, so... Liam's his usual spooky, goofy self, and I'm doing ok.

Hope all is well elsewhere!

Swiped from Flona

If you are on my friends list, I would like to know 36 things about you.
I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other.
Short and sweet is fine... you're on my list, so I want to know you better!
Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.
AND INCLUDE A PIC OF YOURSELF AT THE END if you'll please indulge me

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) Favorite band to listen to when you're mad?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for me?

The Saga of Ciara

...continues.

So her bone biopsies (2 of them) came back as more-or-less normal. Last one was last month, and I'm not putting her through another surgery. We figured she was fine- the x-rays showed no progression over the past few months, and she wasn't limping. Cool. End of story, the cat has a weird bump on her leg, but it's no big deal. Right?

Or not.

She started limping again on Monday. Got worse, spoke to RV on Wednesday, who said put her back on Metacam for a week, see how it goes. She didn't respond to the once a day dose of Metacam, and I talked to RV again on Friday, who bumped her up to twice a day dosing, and we took another x-ray on Saturday. More progression, new focal point. *sigh* So now we're thinking it's a fungal infection- I got her with that fungal infection on her ear, which was treated but...

I need to talk with RV and Tammy more closely when Tammy comes back on Tuesday. The treatment is expensive,($100/bottle- which is OK, if I only need one bottle) protracted, and difficult. She's perfectly happy, eating, attacking the dog, purring, and not limping on twice daily Metacam. She's maybe not zooming around the house as much as she had been, but that's about it.

Somewhere along the way, I got attached to this cat. She drove me absolutely insane the first few months, but she's mellowed considerably in the past 6 months, and she's sweet, friendly, and has a fantastic purr. She still has her "bitch fits" every once in awhile, but they're few and far between. I'm just not sure what to do. If the treatment is going to take the year that I'm reading it could on veterinarypartner.com, I just can't do it. She's a pain in the butt to get blood from, and we'd have to do monthly bloodwork to make sure the drugs weren't screwing with her renal values, which also adds up. But I'd hate to just sit on my hands and do nothing and watch her decline when a treatment is available. If it had been cancer, I was good with letting her go when she got too painful. She's not a cat I'm gonna put through an amputation. This is in that "grey area" of decisions that I HATE, because there is no clear answer.

*sigh* I need to talk to the Drs. I'm leaning towards euthanasia, but I don't know all the facts yet and I don't want to jump to conclusions.

But seriously... what is it with me and my pets?! A fungal infection like this? Is *extremely* rare. I don't usually ask this, but... why me? And why her?

QotD: First Job

What was your very first job?

*Ever?*

...raking sand lawns in 29 Palms. Wow. I'd almost forgotten that. I'd go around and pound on doors, asking if anyone wanted me to rake their "lawn" of sand. I don't remember how well I did in business, but I know I had a few takers...

QotD: Mind Your Manners!

If you could enforce one rule of etiquette, what would it be?
Submitted by S@ngarang.

Stop dropping doors on people! Jeebus. I held the door for an old guy at a rest stop last weekend and I think it almost gave him a heart attack. "Oh, wow, thank you!" It's really not that tough to stop for 5 seconds so the person behind you doesn't get a door in the face. Maybe that's just me.

Reunion

I really should be asleep. But if I don't post now, I won't remember details (not like I remember many now...) so I'd best get going.

SO FUN! Holy cow. Got down to WV around 4 on Friday and drove past the Manor on our way through... and squealed like girls. Stopped by Marietta and picked up the wine (yay!) then crashed out at the hotel for the night after grabbing Chinese food.

Saturday was awesome. Got there just before 9, got registered (they remembered our names! Yay!) and basically just bummed around campus all day. Did a few of our scheduled things (had to harass Sam, after all). Ran into Jeanette during the teaching demo, then spotted Erin in the cafe during lunch. I made an ass out of myself when I spotted her, it was fun. The cafe was packed with students, grads, and prospective students at the time. *look up, spot Erin.. and SQUEAL!* I pretty much tackled her and got everyone's attention in the cafe. Heh. Oops. Too bad. We all basically milled around campus after that... caught the riding demos, harassed what staff we could. Generally had a great time.

That night we had the actual reunion, which was, of course, fun. I'm rarely at the "loud table" for functions, but when it comes to Manor stuff... yeah. Talked with Michelle and Nancy, that was awesome, and ran into Kim outside the hotel on our way out, which was very cool.

I'll probably post again when I'm a little more coherent. FUN!

Updates

So, and update or two before I LEAVE FOR THE REUNION!!! *serious dancing*

*ahem* I leave for the reunion tomorrow. Gonna stop by Katie's and spend the night, then we're both headed out the next morning. Gonna pick up LOTS of wine from the Marietta Wine Cellars (whoo!) and enjoy the evening. Saturday will be crazed, but fun.

In other news, the cat had her bone biopsy last Tuesday. Got the results Monday... and we know not much more than we did before. The sample we got was necrotic bone. >.< Secondary thing. So we know *something* is happening, we just don't know what. Same as before. Oh well. Gonna try her off the pain meds and see how she does. Took some x-rays before we did the surgery, and it hasn't progressed much at all since the last rads, so... we'll see.

Hmm... bummed Tracy's leaving the clinic. Massive suckage. Just found out today.

Not much else.

QotD: New Business

If you were to open up a business of your own, what would it be?
Submitted by beth.

A boarding facility. I'd flip horses, board, foster some rescues, hire someone to teach.

Stole it from Flona....

You Are a Black Panther

You see through people. You understand others' motives and plans. You have a knack for predicting the future. You just know what people are going to do. People are attracted to you. You are naturally able to influence other people's thoughts. You have the charisma to be a beloved guru or dictator. It's all about how you handle it.

What Big Cat Are You?