Today's the day!!!

I'm actually way more excited about getting stitches out and collar off than Biggie is. He does not seem excited at all actually. Oh well. It's 8 am now and the appointment is at 12:15. I have one pre-appointment errand up that way. And there is a problem with a bridge between here and there so I think we'll leave here probably about 10:30 ish.

I can't tell if The Smalls is sick or not. He sneezes but like once every 4 hours or so. He eats. He uses the litter box. I still don't know who pooped on the treadmill yesterday but no poop there today. The big thing is kind of a personality change. All of a sudden he quit biting me and, instead of pawing my face and eating my nose at night, he tries once and I move him down next to me and there is no pushback. Last night he slept nestled in my armpit almost all night. Right now he's in my lap, quietly. Not trying to get out. He's not been a lap cat before.

Once Biggie gets the all clear, I'll be able to get them both engaged in some high energy activity - Stickie, laser. And we'll see then.

I made great sewing progress yesterday. And I figured out the knitting but then figured out a way to do the same with crochet which is far more interesting to me. I think I may have Yarn ADD. Oh well. I don't think it's fatal.

I have kept a half eye on the World Series. I'm not a Nationals fan but I am absolutely an Anyone But Houston fan so... Go Nats! I do like a 7 game Series. Anything less feels like we got cheated. Also the Seattle Soccer team made it to the MLS final round last night and, if Toronto wins their match tonight, they will play the game for all the marbles right here across the street. So Go Toronto!

I'm not wild about having the fleece blanket always covering my couch but when I drape it over the arm which is visually more appealing, I don't get the kitty snuggle action like I do when it's down for the nap...

More vets who have never met a cat

No Stitches No More!

I killed as much time as I could and still got there 40 minutes early. They didn't care one bit. I probably could have just dropped in on Monday and they would have taken the stitches out.

The usually mute Biggie bitched the entire time he was in the car and in the vets. He was clearly not enjoying the adventure.

I barely had time to shoot an Instagram photo before they came to get him. And they didn't even have him long. The woman (vet?) who took him and brought him back told me to keep the collar on for two more days. And keep him quiet.

Ok, I said. NFW, I thought.

They emailed the follow up info and there's a section that is pretty hilarious.

(Almond Joy is Biggie's real name.)

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Discharge Instructions:
Activity:
• Almond Joy can resume normal activity in 1 week. Until that time please continue to limit running, jumping and playing.
Incision care:
• The incision has healed and the sutures were removed.
• Almond Joy may want to lick the incision for the next 2-3 days. If this is the case, please use the E-collar to prevent her from licking or chewing at the area.
• No bathing for another 7 days.

Thank you for bringing Almond Joy to see us. He is a very sweet cat and was a pleasure to work with.

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No bathing for another 7 days?????? No bathing????? What about appearances on Jeopardy and taking up the cello? I mean if we are going to start listing things that are never going to happen ever anyway.

So, yeah, we got home and The Smalls was so excited. It was adorable. Once everyone was on the couch, I pulled the pillow collar off and let him lick around. He licked all over everywhere EXCEPT his scar. And he and The Smalls licked each other.

So I put his real collar on him and declared it good. And this is the current state of us.



I feel like we have been broken for two weeks and now we're fixed. And it feels pretty excellent,

gracegiver did a very cool 1 Sec a Day video and posted it today. I gave that up after a month last time and now I'm sorry I have not done 1 Sec a Day of Cats! So I redownloaded the app and Friday we will begin November's edition. Better late than never.

Now I am going to move my butt from this couch to the sewing room and get to work.

And the tree is back in play!!

We had some Stickie and then some laser and then I got tired and finally remembered the wire toy that msconduct and Tasha gave the boys. I put it away after the surgery.

Guess who did not forget how much fun it is????







Houston is not losing.

BUT! Toronto won so their game so they will play the Sounders here, across the street, for all the marbles - the MLS Cup - on November 10. There is much excitement in the Sounders twitter feed for sure.