Our cat, Chanel, has been pretty sick. I am worried about the poor guy. He just doesn’t seem to be getting better.

It started just over a week ago. He was throwing up. Not entirely unusual, as he has had a lot of problems over the years. We don’t get too alarmed at a little cat barf. It’s par for the course. We assumed he had overeaten or something. But it kept going. He wasn’t keeping down any food at all. He stopped asking for food. So, Richard decided it was time for a trip to the doctor. We couldn’t just have a barfing cat the entire time my folks were here… Tests were done, hydration injections were administered. The bill added up. We were sent home. Diagnosis so far: Feline Pancreatitis. We were to not feed him for a few days, just give him medications. We tried. Most of the time he couldn’t keep those down. We just started giving him the tiniest amount of food. Tuna actually, since it is “easy to digest”. He had trouble with that. Sadly anything that finally stays down causes problems on the other end. Severe diarrhea. Ew, right?

The poor guy has no energy. No motivation. He’s losing weight. He doesn’t even *want* food! Worse, I have only seen him drink water twice in the last 4 days. It’s scary and sad.

Mostly sad.

tagged: richard cat sick home chanel

daniel · mid-afternoon · 6 comments · ping it

Home from our Big Gay LA Adventure…

But now I am tired. But I promise details soon!

tagged: gay tired home

daniel · late afternoon · say it · ping it

For as much housework as I accomplished today I think that is a personal best.

tagged: day off chores home housework

daniel · lunch time · say it · ping it

I totally left work early today. No I didn’t sneak out, but I did leave early. A lot early. Normal people can enjoy doing that. Apparently I can’t. I knew I used to feel guilt if I left early, even if I was actually sick but I thought I might have changed. I haven’t. So when I got home and tried to take a nap (people are always talking about great naps) I of course couldn’t sleep. I have that guilty pit in my stomach. It’s really ridiculous. I should NOT feel bad. I never miss work! I have never called in sick! Ever! I am late probably more than I should be, but I stay late too… I could go on and on trying to justify this. I could. It’s the chatter in my head right now. I think I am going to let the logical side win and try to enjoy the afternoon. It’s a beautiful day. It’s so nice to be home. It’s so quiet right now. I love that, when the house is silent and the only noise is that of birds singing outside.

Now see what I did up there in that last paragraph? I went from raving-OCD-guilt-work issues right to a Mary Poppins-bird-singing thing. I love how crazy I am . Nutty as a loon, I tell you! [imagine cuckoo clock sounds now]

tagged: work day sick home early nap guilt

daniel · early afternoon · say it · ping it

I am home alone on a Friday.

I am home alone doing laundry on a Friday.

I am home alone doing laundry and blogging on a Friday.

It didn’t have to be like this tho. I was totally invited. I just didn’t go. See what happens?

tagged: blogging laundry home friday

daniel · late at night · 2 comments · ping it

I always hate going back to work after a few days off. This time, after having been feverish and medicated for most days, is a bit harder. First of all, I feel like I have been gone for a month. Secondly, I keep questioning if I am ‘well’ enough. See how the mind works? If I am still sick I can stay home.

I am not sick enough to stay home. *sigh*

tagged: work sick time home reality

daniel · at some point · 3 comments · ping it

Or, just look at the picture. I feel crazy for allowing this holiday into my home this year… But it looks prettier than last year. We are going to add 10 more oversized balls. I like balls.

UPDATE: More in Flickr.

tagged: holiday home crazy tree balls looks picture christmas '07

daniel · late evening · 8 comments · ping it

Hello? *looks around* Well, looks about the same here inside the ol’ blog. Shel didn’t throw any wild parties, or if he did he sure cleans up well… Oh wait, that picture is crooked. Hrm…

Anyhoo, it is great to be in my own house posting on my blog the normal way. Feels good, yanno? We actually got home around one-ish. There was quite a bit of housework to drudge through. Lemmee tell you all. 2 cats home alone for a week plus open windows? Dusting and vacuuming galore! They were well taken care of, but it looked like those cats threw a party up in here!! I think we are caught up though. More that caught up. I think we did the chores we missed out on this past week too! Phew! Now it’s off to the store. The cupboards are bare and I am getting bitchy from starvation.

I am sooo behind on my internetting.

tagged: shel chores vacation home guest blogger travel

daniel · mid-afternoon · 5 comments · ping it