rollercoaster weekend.
Dec. 10th, 2006 07:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
2eclipsethis weekend has contained a lot of good and bad things...mostly bad.
mostly the kind of things that disrupt the plans you were really looking forward to and fill you with worry.
but there were some actual good things as well.
this is what i was SUPPOSED to do this weekend.
friday night: go to st. cloud with ross and play all kinds of games with jon and tessa, shawn and thistle, tim, mary and adam cerling. crash overnight.
saturday: games in the morning with the gang and then drive to montevideo for dinner with ross's grandparents/parents (i'm not sure when they started speaking to one another again). go back home.
sunday: church, then xmas shopping with susan.
friday night i came home with a lot of tense energy. this is usual for me on fridays. i want to go out to play or just relax, but i tend to be sensitive and cranky from working all week. ross is the same way and worse, he had a headache. i came home and packed and ross and i set out to st. cloud. ross immediately got on the phone. phones in cars are an issue for me.
i think it is HORRIBLY rude and inconsiderate to be on the phone when there are other people in the car who A) deserve your attention and B) can't get away from your conversation because they are trapped in a car with you. it makes me want to claw everybody's eyes out to be trapped in a car with people on the phone - especially because people tend to talk so loudly on cell phones since they can't hear themselves. grr.
but i knew it was friday. and i didn't want to fight all the way up to st. cloud and arrive with tear-streaks instead of an attitude appropriate for play. so i calmed my temper and put on my headphones and started listening to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
escapepod. this immediately put me in a better mood. i closed my eyes and shut ross out.
next thing i know, he's off the phone and asking me what i want to eat. we wound up eating at the green mill. i talked to ross about how i felt (talked, not argued) - he was helping a friend who really needed him, one of the acceptable reasons for being on the phone in the car- and i had a couple beers. immediately i felt better. ross, however, still had a headache and felt worse.
we decided it would be better to go home. we picked up a couple movies and watched corpse bride before turning in.
the next morning, however, luther had puked during the night. i gave him some water and that made him puke again. he has been losing weight for the past couple months, so i was worried about him not holding down water. i waited a while and gave him only a little water, which he was able to hold down. i gave him a little bit of tuna, which he also held down....but then he didn't want anymore....which for luther is a really bad sign.
i took him to the vet. turns out he was anemic - 21% when he should be at 25. the vet took some blood for tests - we get results back tuesday -and felt his internal organs - which felt normal. the thing that scares me is that he has lost about 1/4 of his body weight - down to 11.8 lbs from 16. she gave me some perscription food to try to get him to eat and she wants to see him again tomorrow evening. in the meantime, we had to wait 12 hours before he was allowed to eat at all. we called and canceled with the truitts and grandparents - which i felt bad about. and ross calmed me down from my minor meltdown. somewhere during this time, we also got the news that our friendplanetjake's brother needs a liver transplant. more bad news. he and his family are in our prayers.
i got the xmas wreaths and lights up outside and heather keiweg came over and played arkham horror with us and that was awesome. we whupped shub nigguroth. it was satisfying. it also kept us up very late. luther ate very well TWICE before bedtime. this was easing of my worries.
which meant i slept too late this morning and missed church (bad BAD christian!) luther ate a good amount today. i feed him small amounts at a time. but he is still not eating tuna or regular food. only the canned stuff the vet provided. and he is not yet eating as much as a cat his size should. he's eaten about 2/3 of a large can today.
i have made significant progress on the first of the ipod monsters, but not gone out shopping - in part because i have to feed the cat a lot, and in part because my relatives are being coy about what they want.
here's hoping for better news for everyone.
mostly the kind of things that disrupt the plans you were really looking forward to and fill you with worry.
but there were some actual good things as well.
this is what i was SUPPOSED to do this weekend.
friday night: go to st. cloud with ross and play all kinds of games with jon and tessa, shawn and thistle, tim, mary and adam cerling. crash overnight.
saturday: games in the morning with the gang and then drive to montevideo for dinner with ross's grandparents/parents (i'm not sure when they started speaking to one another again). go back home.
sunday: church, then xmas shopping with susan.
friday night i came home with a lot of tense energy. this is usual for me on fridays. i want to go out to play or just relax, but i tend to be sensitive and cranky from working all week. ross is the same way and worse, he had a headache. i came home and packed and ross and i set out to st. cloud. ross immediately got on the phone. phones in cars are an issue for me.
i think it is HORRIBLY rude and inconsiderate to be on the phone when there are other people in the car who A) deserve your attention and B) can't get away from your conversation because they are trapped in a car with you. it makes me want to claw everybody's eyes out to be trapped in a car with people on the phone - especially because people tend to talk so loudly on cell phones since they can't hear themselves. grr.
but i knew it was friday. and i didn't want to fight all the way up to st. cloud and arrive with tear-streaks instead of an attitude appropriate for play. so i calmed my temper and put on my headphones and started listening to
escapepod. this immediately put me in a better mood. i closed my eyes and shut ross out.next thing i know, he's off the phone and asking me what i want to eat. we wound up eating at the green mill. i talked to ross about how i felt (talked, not argued) - he was helping a friend who really needed him, one of the acceptable reasons for being on the phone in the car- and i had a couple beers. immediately i felt better. ross, however, still had a headache and felt worse.
we decided it would be better to go home. we picked up a couple movies and watched corpse bride before turning in.
the next morning, however, luther had puked during the night. i gave him some water and that made him puke again. he has been losing weight for the past couple months, so i was worried about him not holding down water. i waited a while and gave him only a little water, which he was able to hold down. i gave him a little bit of tuna, which he also held down....but then he didn't want anymore....which for luther is a really bad sign.
i took him to the vet. turns out he was anemic - 21% when he should be at 25. the vet took some blood for tests - we get results back tuesday -and felt his internal organs - which felt normal. the thing that scares me is that he has lost about 1/4 of his body weight - down to 11.8 lbs from 16. she gave me some perscription food to try to get him to eat and she wants to see him again tomorrow evening. in the meantime, we had to wait 12 hours before he was allowed to eat at all. we called and canceled with the truitts and grandparents - which i felt bad about. and ross calmed me down from my minor meltdown. somewhere during this time, we also got the news that our friend
planetjake's brother needs a liver transplant. more bad news. he and his family are in our prayers. i got the xmas wreaths and lights up outside and heather keiweg came over and played arkham horror with us and that was awesome. we whupped shub nigguroth. it was satisfying. it also kept us up very late. luther ate very well TWICE before bedtime. this was easing of my worries.
which meant i slept too late this morning and missed church (bad BAD christian!) luther ate a good amount today. i feed him small amounts at a time. but he is still not eating tuna or regular food. only the canned stuff the vet provided. and he is not yet eating as much as a cat his size should. he's eaten about 2/3 of a large can today.
i have made significant progress on the first of the ipod monsters, but not gone out shopping - in part because i have to feed the cat a lot, and in part because my relatives are being coy about what they want.
here's hoping for better news for everyone.
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foiled plans and worries
Date: 2006-12-11 01:40 am (UTC)Keep me posted.
Love....
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-11 05:35 am (UTC)~a
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-11 03:52 pm (UTC)don't stress out too much. everyone has ups and downs. and remember, its not the fall that matters, but how you pick yourself back up. :)
*hugs*
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Date: 2006-12-11 04:32 pm (UTC)looking forward to seeing you soon!
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Date: 2006-12-11 05:00 pm (UTC)we have to get together! :)
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Date: 2006-12-11 09:41 pm (UTC)btw. i finally got the CORRECT phone number for you plugged into my phone. i've tried calling your old number a few times before realizing it was the wrong one simultaneously with being able to fix it.:)
all better!