All the animals showed up in the living room at once tonight, a very rare occasion (4 cats and 2 dogs). Three were sleeping on the couch together. It’s also rare to have Galahad (the big grey cat) so close to the dogs. Only Percy tends to sleep with the dogs.

I realized it’s been awhile since I posted photos of the Percy Cat. Here he is, along with his freakishly long tail.

Dustin

So I asked my BF about the cats and the door, indeed one of them can turn the doorknob with its paws. I guess it wasn’t the ghost after all.

I went out and bought a crock pot today. A good and bad purchase. You see today I also attempted to put on some of my winter clothes and my jeans were a little bit tight. Actually very tight. I had made the decision that after this weekend and the cooking of the grape jelly meatballs that I would go back to being a vegetarian for a bit, but with the purchase of the crock pot and the book that came with it, well I don’t know. There are some yummy chicken recipes in it! I may just have to stay away from red meat I think, I eat it a bit too much and it’s probably my main problem.

If I could find time to get to the gym that would help too, but I don’t see myself getting there ANYtime soon with my school schedule and this paper deadline in a month.

I’m afraid that’s all I have to say for today.

Dustin

So the cats kinda ran out of dry food in the middle of the night. There was some left in the bowl, but they are picky and I guess it was stale. This morning one of the cats was banging on the bedroom door, as they usually do when they need food. Suddenly I literally heard and saw the doorknob turning back and forth quickly, as if the door was locked and someone was trying to get in. I don’t think the cat is smart enough to figure out how to do that, the only alternative is the ghost. Maybe he was like “hey the cat is annoying me, get up and feed them!”

I had to get up early today anyways to take Nikko to the vet. I swear the vet is more popular than my doctors and I spend more time waiting for the vet than the doctor! Anyways Nikko has this thing on his snout. It looks like a cyst and it wasn’t going away. The vet looked at it and even had to stick a needle in to get some cells to study. Poor Nikko hated that. It may be a benign tumor that young dogs tend to get, the vet wasn’t 110% sure because the sample he got was so poor. Right now I have to watch it over the next week, if it doesn’t go down or gets worse he’s going to have it cut off. My poor baby

Having to get up early has left me dead today, especially given I stayed up too late watching “Designing Women” last night. It took me two hours just to watch “Days of Our Lives” because my mind kept wandering. I’m still doing “Passions” as I write this. Once these soaps are done I may have to take a nap. I think school wise today is just going to be a total wash at this point.

If I’m not going to do school work I might as well do something productive. Therefore I may spend the rest of the day cleaning house. After being gone two weeks it REALLY needs a good cleaning.

Dustin

I’m busy working on the dissertation and find myself at a loss for words today. Actually I had some things to talk about, I’ll just save them for the weekend I’m going to share two photos I took of the animals last night.

First up is Percy, who is getting bigger and eyeing the fish in the tank. The second was Nikko around 2am last night. I was watching some haunted show on Discovery which scared the crap out of me, he was playing dead on the couch.

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Quickly snapped this last night when all three were on the couch together. I was working on the PC, which is why my laptop is to the side.

And before I get questions, here are the answers. The comforter was originally put on the couch so I could cover up in the cold winter while watching TV or movies. The dogs have unfortunately taken it over, and is smells like them. Yes I wash it, but within two days it smells like them. It does absorb their stinky smell so they smell less, so I can’t complain. The towel draped over the back of the couch was to put over a heating pad for when I get migraines. Unfortunately Nikko chewed up the heating pad. That reminds me, I need to buy a new one.

Dustin

A mish mosh post, not dedicated to just one topic

My dead phone came back to life this morning. I don’t know why it didn’t work last night. We’ll see how long it lives. I’m eligible for an upgrade in September, hopefully it will hold out till then.

Percy is back to himself. Last night he started walking around a lot, jumping on the couch and chairs. He also got his appetite back. This morning he was running all over the house with the doggies, so he’s going to be fine. The breathing issues he was having are gone as well. Yeah! Alas I had to leave him, I went back to Va today for about a week. I wish I could have taken him, I will miss him and I’m he’ll miss the dogs.

So like I just said, I drove to Va today. They gave me a Hyundai Senata for my rental car. I have no intention to buy a Hyundai, but it was a nice car and I got to experience a lot of new options. It had a moonroof/sunroof, so I tested that out. I don’t get the fuss over them now. I didn’t see any difference with the glass closed. When I opened it while driving on the highway, it made my ears pop, I didn’t like that. Plus I couldn’t hear the radio. It is probably nice when driving in the burbs and stuff. The dogs honestly didn’t give two shits about the sun roof. If I go for a used car and it has one, great. Otherwise I’m not going out of my way for a car with one.

The car also had leather seats, reinforcing my desire to avoid a car with these. For starters, it smelled like my grandma’s car she had when I was little, not the greatest thing in the world. Also twenty minutes into my three to three and a half out drive, my butt and back got moist. Unless you’re describing a Duncan Hines cake, moist is never a good adjective.

The one feature the the car had that I liked was a V6 engine. I’ve never driven one, it was a much quieter and smoother ride. Unfortunately the Camry is the only car on my current list with this option. The Camry is also the most expensive.

Ten minutes from getting home, Nikko decided to puke in the car! Fortunately it all ended up on the floor mat. Phew! The little brat gobbled up the cat food this morning, I normally don’t feed them before car trips.

My friends are trying to convince me to go to New Orleans for a weekend. I am really tempted. I like NO, I have fun there. I would like to see how it looks now, as well as support the economy there by doing the tourist thing. However the one problem, aside from taking me away from school (and the soaps page for a few days), is that my friends are taking their hubbies! I’ll be the only one there on my own, not much fun for me. I asked if they could make their husbands go away at night and they said most definitely! I liked that answer I’m looking into hotels and tickets and stuff this weekend. I’m also hoping Mary will want to go with so I’m not the only guy without a girl lol.

I guess that’s about it. I’m about to settle in to watch some TV. Tonight on BBCAmerica they are showing this show Hex, it’s about a witch or something. It looks gooooooood.

Dustin

Percy is slowly getting back to his old self. He hasn’t felt like eating, the the vet said he did eat a little yesterday though. This morning he had a little blood encrusted on his nose. We think he’s clogged up with dried blood in his nose, he breathes through his mouth a lot. We think this may be making him not want to eat either. I’ve been trying to clean it off as gently as possible. Peroxide on a Qtip seems to slowly be dissolving it. It’s probably something that’s just going to have to work it’s way out on it’s own at this point.

He’s been sleeping a lot, which while normal for an adult cat, is unlike him and unusual for a kitten. Like I said, he still doesn’t feel 100%. He does get up and stretch, and he just came out of his little corner where he’s safe from the curious dogs. The dogs have been sitting by the doggie doors pouting all day because the kitty is behind it and not out playing with them. He’s sitting on my lap now watching Princess, who is on the floor basically pouting because some other creature is on me. She’s so jealous.

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Oy! I went to pick up Percy tonight, yet again someone asked me “So how did this happen again?” Everyone at the vet now knows I basically let my cat get smooshed. In my head I’m thinking “Oh Please don’t call the SPCA on me, they’ll take the animals away on the basis of the litter pan if they come on the wrong day.”

They were all nice and super sweet. The vet happens to be down the street from me, literally. They all know me and my doggies there, I don’t know how the receptionists keep everyone straight. I have never brought any of the cats in though, they usually have a different vet (since the boyfriend had the cats before he had me).

Percy is home, he’s tired. He’s been passed back and forth all night long, we haven’t left him alone. He’s probably thinking to himself “God damn put me down and let me sleep on a pillow or something please.” I’ve set him a bed up by the side of the bed for tonight.

My boyfriend finally fixed the doggy doors to keep bad boy Nikko out from areas he shouldn’t be (ie the cat food and cat pans). They’ve been made a bit higher so he can’t jump them now. Funny story, as my BF was fixing them the bottle of Elmer’s glue exploded on his shirt, so he took it off and just moved along working with the power tools. I took photos He told me to stop cause I would post them on the net or send them to my friends :).

Maybe one night when I’ve had a drink or two I’ll post them. I should probably also be out of town when I do it haha!

Dustin