Archive for January, 2008
Knightly Update
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | 5 Comments
In case you haven’t heard, our dog, Knight, is in bad shape. We’re still not sure what’s wrong with him, but he’s been to the vet three times this month and his condition is deteriorating. It all started with, what the vet call, “drunk leg syndrome.” I called it “fishtailing.” Basically, whenever he went around corners (like around the couch or whatever) his hind legs would swing out wide. We watched him for a few days, and then he started showing genuine weakness in his hind legs (wouldn’t hop up and put his front paws on my chest). We took him to the vet, they checked some things and then the next day did some x-rays. The doctor couldn’t find anything, but said his symptoms were symbolic of pressure on his spine.
Well, now, two weeks later, his condition has severely degraded. The steroids he was given for the swelling in his spine have resulted in something far worse. The vet still doesn’t know what’s wrong, but he suspects a number of things. At the very least, there a good chance he has a couple of harsh infections, so Knight is now on a couple of different antibiotics. He still hasn’t ruled out lymphoma, which is really scary. As for his physical condition, he can barely stand and often can’t even do that. Tonight he couldn’t do any more than lay flat on his side and occasionally shuffle a couple feet around on the floor. He’s been panting and moaning a lot tonight, which is upsetting Ia, unfortunately. She’s been barking at him apparently.
Anyway, we’re really concerned about him now and we’re really hoping for the best. We’re hoping that the antibiotics will kick something out of him in the next day or so and then he’ll be standing and running around the house again. Cross your fingers and hope for the best. He’s a good dog, and doesn’t deserve this discomfort.
I know this entry is a bit splotchy, but right now I’m distracted, concerned, tired and my eyes are all googly. I really need to go back and complain about my glasses again.
POTD2 #010
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
POTD2 #010
Originally uploaded by Kacey3.
a class of fashionable cuffs.
POTD2 #009
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | 2 Comments
POTD2 #009
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two more books
POTD2 #008
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | 1 Comment
POTD2 #008
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I really hope that he gets better soon.
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POTD2 #007
Monday, January 28th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
POTD2 #007
Originally uploaded by Kacey3.
cold, stone floor.
POTD2 #006
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
POTD2 #006
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Living Rom in Motion
POTD2 #005
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
POTD2 #005
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close-up
POTD2 #004
Friday, January 25th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | No Comments
POTD2 #004
Originally uploaded by Kacey3.
He wouldn’t sit still, so I just slowed it down even more
There’s no Ice in my Drink…
Friday, January 25th, 2008 | LiveJournal Archives | 1 Comment
…in which I speak on work, monday off, Juno, and Cloverfield
Today was supposed to be an ice day today. Not that any of us really expected it to happen, it was a nice dream nevertheless. In addition, as I sat down at my desk at work, it all of a sudden occurred to me that I had forgotten to shave the lower half of my face this morning. I shaved everything above the beard, but not my neck below the beard. I’m thinking that these are somehow indicators as to how this day is going to go. I’ve not got a lot of pressing items to take care of today. I have only one computer to roll out today because its too wet and cold to install the other two (they are actually destined for another building). I’m going to be trying to learn a new piece of software today so that we can convert our inventory over to a dual platform format rather than only being able to open it up on a Windows machine (which would be really handy, since I am the one to deal with our inventory more than anyone else, and I use a mac exclusively).
The past week has been pretty nice, actually. Monday was MLK day and while we had the day off of work (a rare event nowadays), our daycare was still open, so we packed Ansel up and sent him away for the day. Then Heather and I had a day all to ourselves, the first real day like that since before Ansel was born. We made some time for ourselves in the house, then went to Studio Movie Grill to see Juno, and finished up with a bit of shopping afterwards. It may have not been the perfect first day alone, but it was pretty good, and very much appreciated. Had today been icy, we’d have been tempted to do the same again, but alas, here we are at work again.
Juno was awesome, and the soundtrack, though not in my typical field of preferred musical genre, has really infected me and I’m having a hard time not just listening to it constantly. I don’t want to make myself sick of it, but I’m learning the lyrics to songs for the first time in a long time, and that’s kind of fun. Ever since Ansel came along, I’ve regretted not knowing the lyrics to any songs because I like to try to sing to him. Since I don’t know any songs, I have to make them up, and while I know he’s not a serious critic, I’d still like to sing good for him. Most of my songs are 2-4 lines repeated over and over again. It usually make him happy though, and that’s all that matters, I guess. Oh, back to the topic of Juno, it was fiercely independent (with that stilted pacing, spaced dialog, and dramedy crossed genres), it was seriously entertaining and witty. We thoroughly enjoyed it and I’m so glad we chose that movie to see on our day off. It was the highlight of the day.
On Wednesday, four of us decided to go see Cloverfield. It was getting great reviews and my blogs were overflowing with praise for it, so I got Craig, Derek, and Matt together and we headed out to the Rave to check it out. Yeah. all that praise is some kind of sick joke just to get more people to go see it, because the best thing about the movie was Matt’s popcorn, and he didn’t even share it. The movie was slow and boring, the characters were incapable of investment, the monster was really only a side note, and the camerawork (while yes, it was purposeful and conceptual) just got old after a while. The first twenty minutes (that being the first QUARTER) of the film was entirely focused on some surprise farewell party and some relationship drama floating around the party. The entire time I was trying to figure out why I would even care. Then after nearly a third of the movie had passed, “the event” finally happens and it turns into the monster movie we had anticipated, but by then I couldn’t dredge up any energy to care. I already hated most of the characters and just waited for them to get eaten. The one character that I found entertaining died fairly early on (at least she died in a fun way, her head blew clean off), and the rest of the characters took the rest of the movie to kick off. The “cameraman” was by and far the most annoying character in the movie (“hey, hey rob, did you see that? what was that? rob, hey rob, rob, rob, hey, hey, hey rob, what was that? what? what’s going on? rob? hey rob…”), and unfortunately he was ALWAYS there. ALWAYS behind the camera, and ALWAYS talking. It was like having the worlds most annoying theater-goer sitting right next to you, talking and poking you the whole time. Ugh. How is this movie doing so well?
