Meow Meow Meow Meow

The cats are fine. Beta's kind of grouchy. Gizmo's been sick-I've been calling her "Wheezie Cat" for about a week. (Last Friday she jumped into bed with Cayne and I and I noticed her eye looked oozy and swollen. The vet saw her on Monday and we're treating her for the same herpes infection that Beta had not long ago. I think we're going to keep the lysine up permanently as a preventive measure.) The vet looked at me when I brought her in, looked at the cat and said "You know what this is and how to treat it...why did you bring her in-you could have just called us for the medication." That was nice to hear. The techs obviously think I'm clueful as well, since they offered to give me an extra bottle of Clavamox, unmixed, in case we needed it again. (I declined. I'd rather let them mix it, plus they're right around the corner if we do need it-I wouldn't restart it without calling them first. I also don't know the dosing formula to do it safely, though I'm sure they could have given that to me.) Gizmo weighs about 8 lbs (3.8 kilos)-she's much smaller than Beta was at the same age. I'm guessing Widget is about 10 lbs or 4.5 kilos, which is closer to where Beta was, but still over a pound smaller. Beta is a little more than 17 lbs (8 kilos) now. Widget needs to go in and get some blood work, and then we'll make arrangements for them to be fixed.

( Some pictures of the monsters, including one of Oblivion. Beware the cuteness. )

Odds and Ends

The FDA is considering approval of an entirely at home HIV test. They won't approve over the counter sales of Emergency Contraception but they'll consider this? I think it's important for people to know their HIV status, and I think it's great that there's an effort to make that accessible. But there's a lot of stress and emotion involved in getting an HIV test, and a lot of misinformation available, and I think it's really a good idea to talk to someone when considering an HIV test, or getting HIV test results, and a good idea to make sure that correct information is available, proper resources, and referrals, and so on. Thoughts/opinions/tomatoes from other people?

Today is Men Make Dinner Day. My response...huh? Let's perpetuate sterotypes that men don't cook...right? Most of the men I know who are partnered with people who are not-men (and that has to be said only because in households where all the partners are men, obviously men do the cooking) share in the cooking responsibilities. I do most of the cooking in our house, because I'm home to do it, and because Cayne says I'm a better cook than he is. I like doing the cooking too, though I'm not always inspired to cook when it's just me.

One of the worst penis enlargement stories I've ever read.

Cayne is working the next two Saturdays. I should probably be glad that it's taken this long for it to happen, and that it's expected to only be two Saturdays, and not Saturday and Sunday or more weekends than that. This game cycle is ending soon-within about a month. Then I'll ask Cayne about posting some of theamusing things he came home and told me during production. Still, I'm really with ea_spouse on the system here. If the cycle for everyone is perpetually in cruch, then something isn't right with either the timeline or workload or both.

There's not much else going on. Starting to make the holiday card list, and think about winter holidays. I think one of the things I'll miss is the smell of the air just before it snows...that cold, crisp smell, and the pink sky.