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Home Again, Home Again

istar.jpgIstar is home from the vet and doing very well. He seems to like his medicine, which is completely opposite of Hobbit’s experience. It took three of us to get Da Hob to take hers; one person to hold her, one person to hold her mouth in place, and one person to squirt the medicine. Little Guy, on the other hand, has to be removed from the medicine bottle, lest he drink it all at once; a much better problem to have. :elf:

There’s a bit too much jumping around from him, and Hobbit’s not taking his return as well as I’d liked, but I’m pretty sure she missed him while he was gone, as she cried a bit at bedtime when he wasn’t here. Now that he’s less likely to attack her a hundred times a day, I think they’ll be fine once he gets the smell of the vet off of him.

I’m still waiting to hear from Ben as to whether he’s going to make it down today or not, and I guess I’ll just keep picking up as if he is :flake:

A-OK

istar1.jpgIstar’s vet visit went extremely well. There had been some concern because one of his, um, male parts had not descended and they were afraid he would need a more extensive surgery to be neutered. Now, his surgery (December 28) should go smoothly with minimal cutting or pain. He finished his vaccinations and even handled the nosedrops like a champ. (Un)fortunately, he’s been knocked out by the medicine and he has slept most of the last two days. Hobbit must be having sympathy side-effects; she’s slept the last two days, too.

My parents are in Dollywood for their annual Christmas trip. I thought they were due back today, but Scott informed me that they aren’t coming back until Wednesday. Wednesday! You’d think they would notify the child responsible for taking care of their cats of their return date, but you’d be wrong.

I miss Heroes. I don’t want to wait for it to come back. I think I miss it even more than SG-1, though it could be due to the fact that once SG-1 comes back, it’s over–for good. ANTM is finished, Heroes is on winter break, SG-1 has been on Winter Break forever now, TAR finishes tonight…I think I’ll start taping all of the CSI eps on Spike just so I’ll have something to watch.

Those Three Little Words

Oh, what a lovely day this is! No.School.Today! I took yesterday off because of an eye appointment (no worries, vision is stabilized) and today is a snow day. That means I am in the midst of a four-day-weekend. Whoo!

Istar goes to the vet tomorrow for his booster shots and to schedule his surgeries and I’ll be so relieved once he’s healed and hopefully a little more calm.

stargate02.jpg SGA was disappointing this week. It was, um, nonsensical at best and I hope the rest of the season shapes up to be better. From the spoilers that have been out there, it’s going to get better, so I’m not really worried about it.

Torchwood continues to be a big pile of WTF. I don’t even know why I keep watching. Boredom, I suppose. I totally didn’t realize that Gwen had been the maid-chick on the Doctor Who episode “The Unquiet Dead”. Hmmph. Guess I was too taken with the Doctor to notice the first time around 🙂

The super-sexy Sam is still in it on Top Chef, so I’m still watching it with a smile. More than anything else, I’m watching old CSI eps on Spike everyday. I really did love that show. I think I’ll give it another chance.

Well, I suppose I’m off to wait for the heating repair guys to call or show up. Since I bought the house, the auxiliary heat has been busted, so as the temperature dropped to -10 degrees last night, the regular heat couldn’t keep up and it’s currently a freezing 65 degrees in here. :cold:

[Edit: Man, did I get shafted! The sequencer was bad. Sequencers cost around $15.00. I was charged $59.00+ $76.00 labor. 😡 There goes Christmas.]

Hmmm

Hobbit and Istar are sitting very close to me right now, and they’re not fighting each other. In fact, they look as if they are each in a dreamlike state. I think they’ve been mesmerized by the music of Lorena McKennitt. Why are we listening to this particular music? Finding music to use in vids is just painful for me these days, and obviously, I’m grasping at straws. I’m not going to delete this cd, however, as it seems to be a powerful weapon against kitty aggression. Hee!