It's not the heat, though I dislike the heat. It's not the wasps, though I break out into a cold sweat whenever I see one. It's not the allergies, though I suffer with not-so-quiet dignity. No, what I hate most about summer is the personal tragedies that seem to plague me ( Read more... )

After three days and roughly eight hours of play time, a group of guildies and I conquered the Deadmines heroic on World of Warcraft. My first Cataclysm heroic. Yay!

We were a group of tanking paladin (me), a disc priest (healer) and three shadow priests for dps, most of us just barely geared for heroics. Yeah, the punchline to our little joke was ( Read more... )

Called the emergency pet clinic as soon as I got home at three-thirty to check up on Jinx as my mother said they hadn't heard anything all day. The vet employee I spoke to told me that he was in surgery right that moment, and that the vet would call "soon" with an update. Well, they called at quarter-to-five or so and gave my mother the update: ( Read more... )

Thank you for the well wishes, guys. <3 ( Read more... )

The cats are going to give me gray hairs before I'm ready for them. Jinx disapeared for nearly twenty-four hours (which never happens as he's always in and out for bites of kitty kibble) and showed up last night on the back porch, laid out on the mat. He stumbled in, unable to put any weight on his left back leg. It took him an hour, but he made ( Read more... )

Hot water heater died sometime today. It lives under the stairs to the main level of the house. The only way to get to it is to go through the access panel in my bathroom. So. It's almost 4am. I'm still up, despite having to work today; the only person who can cover my shift has to "go to church" in the morning (my shift is an afternoon shift) ( Read more... )

Most provocative subject line ever ( Read more... )

Cats don't spontaneously spring a leak and spend a twenty-four hour period slowly feeding the carpet stinky water from a very large - 30 gallon? - tank, eventually spilling over to the floorboards beneath and creating inexpliable, strange markings across your basement ceiling, making you wonder, "Huh, is that water damage I see above my bed? Can't ( Read more... )

Stress levels are returning to more normal levels. Missed seeing my aunt and grandmother by about fifteen minutes. They were scheduled for the 3pm ferry - and had reservations, so were guarenteed a spot - but apparently couldn't wait the additional half n' hour that they'd planned to. Whatever. Mieke's staying with us until tomorrow afternoon ( Read more... )

Darwin, sweetest, fuzziest, asshole-y-est cat of my house has yet another infected wound. This one is on his neck, about an inch to two inches below his ear. I noticed the dark, sticky patch of fur when I picked him up. Then I noticed the smell. Upon investigating, I found an oozing, disgusting wound that's starting to pull apart to expose ( Read more... )