A positive Stella update!

I crashed early last night, and vet called just before 10 p.m. He told Samurai that Stella is "doing much better." Her chemical parameters are balancing out, there is nothing wrong with her kidneys, and

( Cut for TMI )

I'm supposed to call him in the afternoon.

Now off to print out an invoice, look at Friday's assignment so I can start thinking about it, send a link to starseeking , and then descend into the  dark dungeon of doom basement to finish preparations for tomorrow's heating upgrade.

I have choir practice tonight for Choir Sunday May 25, but I may skip it if I'm too worn out after today's exertions.

Heigh ho, heigh ho, off to the dungeon I go. But first ....

I agreed to take part in a meme in which the LJ friend is assigned a letter of the alphabet by another LJ friend, with these instructions: Comment and I will give you a letter. Then post in your journal 10 things you love starting with that letter. And then give out some letters of your own.


Well, ayeamspartacus is a cunning gladiator. He assigned me the letter V! Not a lot of words begin with V. Before I forget that I accepted this challenge, I'd better do it!

Ten things I love that begin with V:

1. Vacations

2. valor

3. validations (you can tell I'm just going through the dictionary, right? :P)

4. variety stores (not many of the old-fashioned five-and-dime kind left these days. There's a terrific one in Chatham on Cape Cod.)

5. Vermeer, Johannes  See:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer

6. veracity

7. Victoria, British Columbia

8. Victorians (the architecture)

9. violets (wild ones start to bloom en masse in  our backyard just about this time of year)

10. vodka (but not just any vodka -- it must be Stolyichnaya, served neat and very, very cold -- a couple of hours in the freezer will do it! I haven't had any in years, though.)

Ah, nuts! :P

We interrupt the cleaning marathon to observe that Ar_wahan's basement floor is littered with an interesting combination of spilled packing peanuts and empty acorn and hickory nut shells.

(And yes, there is dried-up mouse doo-doo in a drawer.)

The World of Petroleum Products meets the Wild Kingdom.

I'm skipping choir practice tonight. The choir director's OK with that.

Lost a little time around noon today because I realized I was about to run out of grain. The farm supply store is right up the street from the vet's, so I visited with Stella for a bit. The vet was out, but a very nice assistant told me I should call him at 5 p.m. However, I also heard her schedule an appointment at that time. Hmm.

Time to feed Jesse the Voracious One, and maybe sneak that call in a bit early.

ETA: The assistant said the vet wanted to check something first, but she may go home tonight or tomorrow! He'll call me in half an hour.

Quotes of the Day

Spouse, upon returning home and hearing jazz music coming from the basement (one of his CDs on my machine), and then coming downstairs: "Wow!"

Samurai, upon returning home and poking her head downstairs at my request: "Wow! We have a floor??"

It is conquered.

Today the basement.... tomorrow the world!

And I am SO glad I am not going to choir practice (7-9 p.m.) tonight! I just took my last hot shower before the new heating system (includes hot water) is installed tomorrow. Given our last oil fill-up was $800, I am not sad to see the circa 1965 boiler go.

Now I'm off to concoct dinner (vegetarian chili and rice), and CRASH.

I have a Small Group (UU) meeting tomorrow, a TON of paid work due by end of day, and Stella to probably pick up and bring home after the meeting. So that means I need to remember to take my laptop with me in the morning, so I can get started while waiting and waiting in the waiting room of the veterinary hospital, since Dr. Katz will want to talk with me before releasing Stella. And he is always running late.

*thud*

Oh wait, that's right -- can't do *thud* yet. Dinner first. :P