Sunday, May 18, 2025
Happenings
It has been an eventful few weeks. I arrived home from my work trip to Texas two Saturdays ago around 6 PM. At 7 PM, we had a few people over for Ian's birthday, an event he was essentially forced to plan himself since I was travelling for most of the month beforehand. Around 9 PM, Dolly (the new dog) started vomiting, and around 11 PM we ended up at the emergency vet. I was there until 3 AM when they finally recommended surgery because it appeared that she had an obstruction in her digestive tract.
As it turned out, there was no obstruction. But there was a multi-day, several-thousand-dollar stay at the emergency vet, along with several return trips in the dead of night for pain and general craziness. And, of course, weeks of multiple medications and a post-surgical cone that Dolly hated and did not suffer in silence. Now we're back to just her getting up way too early in the morning and demanding breakfast, which perspective has forced us to consider a win, but like I say, eventful times.
Also, I got bronchitis, lost my voice, had to have a CT scan and MRI for what turned out to be a completely benign cyst on my kidney, and presented a half hour continuing legal education program under the influence of basically every over the counter medication known to man.
And then there was my niece's production of Moana Jr., in which she absolutely nailed both of her lines to the fucking wall, her dance recital, which for some reason involved high school girls speaking in beautifully accented yet no less incomprehensible French, and a Mother's Day visit from my mother, which brought the dog count in our home up to three. That's enough for a criminal conspiracy.
Oh, I and had to travel to Decatur the past couple of days for a board meeting. And may or may not have found myself drowsy behind the wheel and woken myself up by belting out High School Musical (1 and 2 only, natch) jams at the top of my lungs. Eventful. And loving it.
