Is this thing still on?

So the past couple weeks have been quite eventful.

~Saturday the 21st: while having a wii party at my brother’s house (strobe light and all!) we got a call from my grandmother. my grandfather died that evening.
~Sunday the 22nd: my entire family drove up to North Carolina to spend time with my grandmother and see my grandfather before he was cremated.
~Monday the 23rd: as I was walking down our hardwood stairs I slipped and fell on my back then slid down to the bottom. I was in so much pain that I couldn’t move. We almost made a trip to the emergency room, but after a few minutes I was able to get up. So I’m still feeling that. A chiropractor visit is in my near future.
~Tuesday the 24th: 4 years ago on this day I lost my dad. Ironically the office where Brad had is eye doctor appointment this day was next door to the funeral home my Dad was at.
~Thursday the 26th: I will begin my new job at Starbucks exactly one month earlier from when I first began 4 years ago.

So, Darlah was groomed yesterday. After bringing her home I was walking down the path to our apartment door and suddenly I felt the worst stinging and burning sensation on my leg. Immediately I kicked up my leg and swatted whatever it was that was causing my pain. This odd looking, brown, grasshopper looking bug fluttered to the ground and I stepped on it immediately. The burning and stinging continued for quite some time, followed by some swelling.

I have never been stung by a bee or hornet of any kind, so I didn’t know what to compare the encounter with. After doing some research I found that this particular creature is called a wheel bug and is very common in the southeast. I also read that they have been said to have a sting 10x worse than a bee or hornet.

I knew I had a high tolerance for pain, but maybe more than I thought?

The evil little bugger

So I took Willow to the vet today thinking she might have some sort of infection causing her to not use the litterbox and a pill a day would fix everything. Well, that’s not quite how things worked out. First, she has tapeworms and ringworms. Second, her teeth are very unhealthy and she needs to have some extracted. Third, she has something wrong with her ear, probably a result of previous earmites that weren’t treated properly. Lastly, she needs an ultrasound due to cysts on her kidneys. If she does in fact have as many cysts as the doctor thought she felt, she will have to go on treatment for kidney failure to help prolong her life.

This is what I’ve learned: I will never get an animal from a pound or shelter again. This cat along with a previous dog have had major health issues resulting from inbreeding and lack of proper care.

I don’t know what to do. Do I pay the possible thousand or more dollars to keep her alive? Or do I end her life? I’ve never had to deal with possibly putting an animal to sleep. It’s extremely hard. Especially because she’s only about 4 years old and such a sweetie.

I’m really aching for a big dog. Especially now that we have a HUGE, fenced backyard. We took a trip to the pound today to see what kind of pups they had. Suprisingly they only had a few pups and they were all shepherd mixes. After doing some research and thinking, we (mainly I) have decided on a boxer. My mom grew up with one and it was a great dog that she still speaks of fondly. And from what I read about the breed they are a really great, low-mantience, family dog. So now in order for us to be able to have one, our incontinent persian must go. I’m really attached to her, but it just isn’t right to have an incontinent animal that must stay in the house. We think she may have a medical problem. She might start using the litterbox when we get her on some meds, but there’s just no telling for sure.

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“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

mr. lewis puts into words, my thoughts, so well. i think i need to read mere christianity again soon.

so i had a dream the other night that we had a baby boy. but when we brought him home he was a cat. i was very upset and didnt know what we were going to tell the family.

so i threw him away, because now he turned into onions and i didnt want an onion baby.

i hope this isn’t a premonition….

one year ago today, i wed my knight in shining armor. i can hardly believe it. the year has been so full of events that it has felt like 5 years,yet it’s gone by in a flash.

and happy 23rd birthday to my brad!

we don’t like to make a big thing of this day. we have a couple little traditions, but since our birthdays and anniversary are so close by we save up for those.

brad said he wanted to make this (our 1st valentine’s day as a married couple) memorable.
so this was in our bedroom when i got home

my husband is special.