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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

otherstuff
04:09 PM - 03/17/2010
The topic: One of the insurance adjusters
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was here Monday morning. The injury adjuster. Took my statement and talked about treatment. Gave him the info from the chiro and the cost (which we’ve already paid, we got a 10% savings).

He’ll be calling again in a couple of weeks to check on my progress. He talked a little about pain and suffering. I asked about the mileage to the doctor’s office. Normally, it wouldn’t even come up, but I remembered that our insurance went up the year my mom was in SNF. Visiting her every day put miles on the car that wouldn’t have been there otherwise and it pushed our mileage to just over the limit for the bottom rate. So, I wondered about this. And with gas being so expensive, the cost is going to add up.

He said they don’t cover that. But it could be added into “pain and suffering”. Or, he said, “another way to look at it is payment for inconvenience”. Yeah, buddy, you got that right.

I don’t like leaving the house. And now, I have to leave at least three times a week for five weeks, two times a week for four weeks and once a week for four weeks. A lot more than the once a month I had to leave before.

Feh.

I just want to lay on the sofa and sleep. My lower back hurts today. My left shoulder has ice on it right now. The doc said it’s residual pain.

I want to go walking again in the morning. I hate not being able to do something active. I asked today at the doc’s if it would be okay to ride the stationery bike. I was told it shouldn’t be a problem, but if it starts to hurt, to stop.

My head just gets so heavy.

And I miss my little car. I miss her a lot.

I haz a sad.

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otherstuff
08:25 AM - 03/17/2010
The topic: Ponderance
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So, we’ve had some reallly nice days this week. In fact, we never shut the house up last night. Slept with all the doors and windows open. The heat came on this morning and Brian got up and turned it off.

Right now, it’s 54° outside. It’s about ten degrees warmer in the house.

Now, here’s my ponderance. If it was 54° outside right now and I knew it wasn’t going to get over the mid-sixties today, I’d be freezing. The house would be shut up and the heater would be running.

But I know today is going to be warm. Probably up into the 80s. So, I’m okay with socks, sweatpants and a long sleeved tee. I’m comfortable.

So, why is that? Why does the knowledge that it’s going to warm up a bit today keep me warmer right now than knowing it wouldn’t warm up much? Even though the outside temperature at this point is the same either way?

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

catstuff
07:46 AM - 03/16/2010
The topic: KittyMeezer
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He came out of hiding yesterday and hung out on the driveway where I could get a better look at him.

He has a wound on his chest. A wound? Or a popped abscess? I’m not sure, but whatever it is, it hit him hard. He was fine last week when I put the A/D out (remember, I put it out for Gilly because he wasn’t looking too good?) and the next day, Gilly was hurt and Kitty had gone invisible. So, whatever happened, happened that night.

I took him out A/D late yesterday afternoon, put it on the driveway and watched him eat. When he was done, I picked it up. I brought it out to him a couple more times. Then when it got dark outside, I pulled up all the food, wet and dry alike. I went out a few times with the flashlight and he was always on the driveway, never went into hiding.

This morning, he seems to be feeling better. He’s holding his head up and it didn’t seem to be bobbling as much and his eyes look brighter. He’s lost weight the past week, that’s obvious.

I’ll keep a watch on him and hopefully, the improvement will continue.

And I’ll pray for Gilligan.

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Monday, March 15, 2010

catstuff
09:33 AM - 03/15/2010
The topic: So, last night
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I keep looking out the little side window and shining the flashlight on the food. I can’t help myself. I have to see if any critter has been here to eat.

The second time I opened the window, I heard something hit the gate. Hmmm.

I unlocked the door and went outside to see what it might be. I shined the flashlight under the vehicles. I shined it next to the dumpster. Then I shined it out into the street.

Frakkin’ raccoon. It ran into the yard in one of the houses across the street. It wasn’t even late, before daylight savings, it would have only been about six thirty. No wonder Meeze was going into hiding early. And now I’m 85% sure that’s what got Gilly.

On a more pleasant note, Kitty came out for breakfast this morning. Earliest he’s been out since the middle of last week. It was nice to see him and nice to see him eating.

I guess we’ll start pulling up the food again at night. Like we did before when the raccoons started crapping in the fountain. Nasty, that was so nasty.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

catstuff
11:28 AM - 03/14/2010
The topic: Thoughts on the outfronts
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I haven’t seen Gilligan since Wednesday.

I was able to get a better look at him that day. And it looked like something had munched his face. Or had tried to. That’s the only way I can describe it. This went beyond a simple URI. And it came on too quickly for me to think “cancer”. I think back to Pepper and what happened with her. Just too quick.

The last time I saw him, it was out front of our house. I went outside to bring food and Sagwa slipped out the door. He ran over to where Gilly was crouched, Gilly ran (walked) off and Sagwa realized he wasn’t where he thought he should be, ran back to the front door and cried to get in. (He’s done this one more time, since, I don’t like this. We’ll have to be really careful until he gets over it.)

Then there’s KittyMeeze. He’s sticking around, but he’s not feeling well. He came for breakfast yesterday morning, ate half a can of Friskies. I watched him walk. He’s limping. Didn’t eat anything else the rest of the day. He didn’t come for dinner. He spent the day on the bank. And right at sunset, he went invisible. Crawled under the juniper or the Bird of Paradise. And as far as I can tell he didn’t come out all night.

He finally came out about an hour ago. Came down for water. I hadn’t put soft food out, as soon as I saw him I got some fixed, added water and heated it up, but by the time I was outside with it, he was back on the bank. And then, he went invisible again.

I wonder if he’s up there alone or if Gilly is with him under the bushes. I don’t dare go search because that will for sure scare any cat under there away. I don’t want to do that. KittyMeeze has always been very protective of a friend cat who was injured or ill. All the times Kitty went missing and we’d eventually see him down at the corner house, because that’s where Gilligan stayed.

I wonder what happened to Gilly. I thought at first maybe it was a dog. Assholes around here let their dogs run at night. I don’t think it was a coyote, a coyote wouldn’t let the cat walk away. Dogs just maim and kill. Coyotes want food. Then I started thinking maybe it was a raccoon. I’ve posted before of the raccoons that come to eat and drink at night. Maybe it was a raccoon. They can be mean sons of bitches. I think they ate Little Bit’s first litter.

I’ll never know for sure.

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