Working on some new shirts. The 4th generation of character shirts. They should be up by the middle of August. Zeke and Scott are getting a shirt for the first time ever. I’m really happy with the design theme I’ve chosen.
More later.
It’s been a hell of a week.
Kaylee went in for surgery last Thursday, to get spayed. She had to stay overnight, which was rough because I’ve never left her anywhere before. I was worried she wouldn’t know what was going on. She did great though, and the surgery went fine. I was able to pick her up on Friday afternoon, and she slept a lot for the next couple of days.
On Sunday I called the vet to ask a couple of questions about some abnormal behavior I was noticing with Kaylee, and they told me she needed to be seen right away. So I brought her in to the vet’s office (it was a Sunday, so it was emergency hours, first come first served). I ended up waiting for two and a half hours. Since it was a Sunday and the vet was open on emergency hours only, all of the cases coming in were the problems that couldn’t wait until Monday; the really serious problems. It was tough to watch. I saw a lot of people come in with their pets, and leave in tears.
Kaylee was fine, just some soreness and post-surgery stress.
Sunday night Britanny went in for her first overnight shift at the hospital she works at. On Monday morning, when she got off work, we were supposed to head up to Cape Cod to visit my parents for a couple of days. Instead she came over that morning visibly upset after receiving a message from her parents that one of her two pups had been rushed to the vet after being unable to get out of bed that morning. It didn’t look good.
Britanny decided not to make the trip to Cape Cod, because she wanted to be around in case something happened. The pup was given fluids, and things seemed to be looking up, but around midday the vet called to say she had taken a turn for the worse. She was suffering serious liver failure, and she was in a lot of pain and discomfort. The very difficult decision had to be made to put her to sleep.
It’s cruelly ironic that the day before I sat in an animal hospital and watched a dozen people lose their pets, and the very next day it was happening to my girlfriend.
I had the privilege of taking care of Britanny’s puppies last summer, and I grew very attached to them both. They were wonderful friends, and I was crushed to hear that we were going to lose one. But what I’m feeling is nowhere near the heartbreak that Britanny is feeling, who has enjoyed this puppy’s company for the past ten years.
Rest in peace, we’ll always remember you.
Both puppies together:
Happy Fourth of July, you monkeys.
[01:46] Tim: ok, i think i figured out my dimensions in quark…
[01:46] Tim: *fingers crossed*
[01:47] Sohmer: I can’t think of the name Quark without thinking of DS9
[01:47] Tim: nerd
[01:47] Sohmer: Little bit.
[01:47] Sohmer: Was a great show.
[01:47] Sohmer: And ASSHOLE, you realize that the BSG guy came from DS9, right? 
[01:47] Sohmer: HA!
[01:47] Sohmer: Score one for the nerdfolks.
[01:48] Tim: did I care about that particular piece of nerdtrivia? NO
[01:48] Sohmer: You hurt my nerd feelings.
[01:49] Tim: everyone knows nerds dont have feelings
[01:49] Sohmer: You make a point
[01:49] Sohmer: This download is almost done! Only 10 more minutes!
[01:52] Tim: good lord, what is wrong with your internet? your pipes clogged or something?
[01:52] Sohmer: It’s not on my end! I was downloading Porn before incredibly quickly!
[01:52] Sohmer: I just thought this was the speed their free serers were at
[01:55] Tim: im so immensely popular my word is the gospel, and the flock has all gone to download simultaneously
[01:55] Tim: =P
[01:56] Sohmer: Hehehe, prolly. 5 minutes left! I just wanna fly ship and blow shite up!
[01:56] Tim: the game sucks btw
[01:56] Sohmer: I will stab you with a spoon
[01:56] Tim: the easier with which to eat my gooey insides and gain my strength
[01:57] Sohmer: Do me a favor and use that line for a strip one day 
[01:58] Tim: yeah ill see if i can work it in
[01:58] Tim: damn, i got drunk at dinner 6 hours ago, and my burps STILL smell like seagram’s =P
[01:58] Sohmer: Hehehe
[01:58] Sohmer: You have dinner alone?
[01:58] Tim: i never drink alone
[01:59] Tim: and i never drink (that much) and drive =P
[01:59] Tim: took britanny out to an irish place nearby
[01:59] Tim: the customs of my heritage dictate that i don’t leave sober
[02:00] Sohmer: Heh.
[02:00] Sohmer: Any plans for tomorrow?
[02:00] Tim: Yep, work and don’t go outside
[02:01] Sohmer: Simple, yet elegant. I like it
[02:01] Tim: and if i finish work early enough, i get to take a stab at assembling this bowflex
[02:01] Tim: and if I get THAT done, my new troubador gets some lovin’
[02:01] Tim: but not up too late, because I get to spend wednesday morning at the DMV!
[02:02] Sohmer: Troubador?
[02:02] Sohmer: Wassat?
[02:02] Tim: *sigh*
[02:02] Tim: I know they’re an underplayed class
[02:02] Sohmer: Is it a type of monkey?
[02:02] Tim: but come on man
[02:02] Sohmer: OHHHHH
[02:02] Sohmer: EQ2
[02:02] Sohmer: hehehe
[02:03] Tim: I’m the 426th on (server removed to protect my secret identity) to hit L13 
[02:03] Sohmer: I had a Swashie for a bit, he was fun to play
[02:03] Tim: I love him
[02:03] Tim: Originally I had planned to defect my wood elf to freeport… but qeynos is growing on me
[02:03] Sohmer: Yeah, I tried playing Evil, but I always prefer Qeynos
[02:05] Sohmer: This game’s installed, going to give it a go!
[02:06] Tim: nobody on this end of the internet tubes cares.
[02:06] Sohmer: You care. I know you do behind that gruff exterior.
[02:06] Tim: shh, you’re making me blush
