Vet Time

This morning TAZ was following me around like a lost puppy.  He wanted attention, which is not his norm.  If you haven’t fed him he will do that but he just had breakfast.  So I knew something was wrong.  He kept scratching his ears.  It took me a while but I found it.  Apparently his good buddy BLU took a chunk out of his ear.  It was covered up with fur.  It was infected and as soon as I touched it puss started pouring out.  So I figured what the heck, I peeled back the scab and debrided it the best I could.  I put on some antibiotic ointment and a band aid.  Yeah, that band aid came off as soon as he was on the floor.  He started scratching again.

At this point I was running late for getting out the door, so I had to stop and tell him we would take care of it tonight.  I woke my guy and told him the news, he was surprised. 

Those two get along like brothers but they fight like husband and wife!  When TAZ gets ticked off he starts the fight and then the fur flies. 

I got to work with plenty of time to spare.  I called and got one of our favorite vets to look at him tonight.  It won’t be until 7 so there goes my evening.  Not to mention my money.  They move so damn slow and charge so damn much, I wonder if I would have been better off to drop him off before I went to work.  It would have cost more but I could have picked him up and paid the bill without having to give up my evening.  Hind sight, always 20/20.  Let’s just hope they don’t charge me too much.

I am hoping they pump him full of antibiotics and give him something for his itching.  I don’t want to try to give him pills, because it’s not fun.  Plus I have two others I have to keep track of with medication.

Facebook flooded my in box with canned responses last night and now they need a bill from each place that I am trying to claim.  So I put a request in today to get bills.  Thus far I have two of them and have sent them on for review.  Just waiting on 3 others.  I so want to be done with FB.  Just let me get the pages, close them down and then all should be well or so I hope.

Last night leaving the office there was a lot of unexplained traffic.  It took me 30 minutes to get home, when normally it takes 15.  Then I had to visit the grocery store and it was raining.  Long story short it was a full hour before I was home. I hope the commute tonight is easier. 

So when I went to the store last week for our food day at work, I discovered Chocolate Cream of Wheat.  This is something I made as a kid.  Plain cream of wheat and Bosco.  Well they use Dutch cocoa and it is just as good.  I have had it the past few mornings.  Ready to go buy more.  I also found my favorite Oatmeal – Cinnamon & Spice.  It is awesome and only one store in our area stocks it.

Meatloaf was for supper last night with some loaded Instant Mashed Potatoes.  Damn was good but I was stuffed from lunch.  So we are having left overs tonight, there is plenty.  I should have an appetite tonight.

I’ve got a little bit of work to tend to and then it is pretty much goof off time.  Perhaps I will get more work.  I don’t mind goofing off and taking it easy but it kind of makes for a long day.  I don’t want to be overly swamped or crazy busy but helping a person here and there would be okay.  Yesterday night at almost closing time I walked a lady through how to setup her e-mail on her phone.  She knows nothing about phones and I know nothing about Android except that it’s an Operating System.  Things went surprisingly easy and within 10 minutes she was up and running. 

Sorry for being all over the place with this post.  I am kind of frazzled with the thought of having to take one of the children to the vet.  I am worried about him but a little more concerned for my money.  My next paycheck is spoken for, so what little I have now I have to make last.  When that happens, there always seems to be something cropping up to take money away from you.

We have plans to vote this week.  Our state has early voting and my partner is going to be an election judge this year.  It will earn him some extra money and that’s why he is doing it.  So I will be all alone on election day.  That will be an excuse to eat out.  It’s supposed to be an easy day of work but he will be gone from 6am until who knows when at night.  He has been trying for this for a couple years and finally his number came up.  Last night I got a sample ballot by mail.  It’s fairly short and if you read the whole thing from top to bottom it will take a max of 10 minutes.  Already know who I am voting for so I should be a quick 5 minutes.  Interested to see who wins the Presidential Race this year.  Not sure about you but my phone has been ringing off the hook with political advertisements, surveys and nonsense. 

My name is Jeremy Ryan and I approved this message.  Yeah, let the election be over with already and bring on the Thanksgiving Day food! Talk with you peeps later.