It was a really nice day outside, too bad I spent most of it inside. I didn’t really get going until around 3p. Visited the pet food store for the first time in a while. Their shelves are still just as bare as they were when I was going weekly. I managed to pickup a few things, some of which are new just to see how Gator will like them. One can I got was Chicken & Spinach. Seeing that made me hungry for pizza and if the contents of the can were as tasty as the label looked I would have eaten it all myself. Small 1/3 oz. can $1.49 which is pretty pricy even if it’s Purina.
I grabbed up what little mail I had, since I made a run earlier in the week I didn’t expect much to be in the box. I got a letter from my old insurance agent who is just dying to get my business back. He left the company I am with and went to work someplace else. I guess he thinks that one of the companies he writes for can get me a policy at or near the same price I am paying. No one to date has been able to match coverage and beat the price I am paying. I look at that stuff all the time. I am loyal but if someone else can beat the price then I am happy to switch. I put his letter straight into the shredder. I got a card from a lady I used to work with, I was late in getting a holiday note to her since I got COVID. I mailed it back in March and she is just not getting back to me. Turns out she had some health issues as well but all is fine now. She lost a cat that was 24 years old. Damn that is super old for a cat, I’d like to know her secret for keeping a cat alive that long.
Speaking of cats, Gator seems to be doing okay. I skipped her prednisone last night and I am going to skip it tonight but she will go back on it on Sunday. I am going to try a different dosing schedule to see if that helps improve her hydration. Pred. by nature causes you to be thirsty and to pee a lot. It could be contributing to her dehydration. The vet told me that I could ween her off of it if I wanted but it would take a month and I would need to taper to every other day. You can’t just stop taking it when you have been on it long term or you will get sick and go through withdrawals, which isn’t fun. I’ve had that experience with a couple medications I just wanted to stop taking. My goal here is to help improve or at least maintain Gator. If getting off the drug helps great, if not well then perhaps a different dosing schedule. She went on it for diarrhea which she doesn’t have today. It also helped to shrink the inflammation in her gut, which helped her to absorb nutrients from the food she was eating and to not want food/gravy every 15 to 20 minutes.
I grabbed some BBQ for supper. It was horrible, worst meal I have had where I stopped at. They are known for good food but tonight it just wasn’t there. I went with my old standby which is Turkey. It wasn’t chopped just sliced like it was being served for Thanksgiving and there was fat and rind just awful. I should have got my new fav which is pork and brisket. I didn’t honestly know what I wanted or where I wanted to go. I thought of several places but wound up staying closer to home.
I’m a little depressed and a little tired from the week. Just wanted a day to veg and that is essentially what I’ve done. I am doing laundry now. Dishes later tonight and then vacuuming tomorrow. I am supposed to go look at new vehicles tomorrow and make a decision if I want to keep what I have or trade it for a new model. It’s a tough call to make but it will depend mostly on what I find that my vehicle is worth and what is on the lot. I’m looking for a sign and my gut is telling me to take a gamble and keep what I have. I’m close to paying it off, the miles are low and it’s been really good to me. It would be great to get rid of a car payment each month that would free up a nice chunk of change that I could bank for repairs, a down payment and I could also help chip away at some of the mortgage. My fear is that I will buy something new, some crisis will occur and I will be in a financial pinch. Then again I went into the loan I have now not knowing how in the world I would manage to make the monthly payments, I knew I had the money but it was cutting corners to figure out a new normal. Lower payments would be nice even if it’s a new commitment. If I am going to buy I’d like to do it close or on my birthday, which means I’d have to unfreeze my credit and then apply for a loan. I’ve never done a loan in advance of buying a car, I’ve always taken care of financing at the dealer but I’ve learned that is not smart as they take advantage of you and also get a commission on the loan. By getting your own loan in advance you will get a better interest rate and that can mean a lower payment.
Well I need to scram. Gator is expecting me back upstairs, even though she is out cold I don’t want to disappoint her. One whole day left! Hope your having a great weekend.
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