busy flippin' weekend
July 02, 2012

Saturday: up early & speedy coffee, because the B had an 8:00 am vet appointment. And oh, what a vet appointment--between the sore on his leg I took him in for, and the chronic ear infection, it ended up costing me $270.20--and I brought home enough meds to keep an army in good health. And the administration regimen ended up being so complex, I had to go into Excel and build a spreadsheet so we can keep track of what, how much, and when. Sheesh. He has 2 antibiotic pills every 8 hours, and 2 antihistamine pills every 12 hours, which all have to be rolled in cheese or liver sausage so he'll take them. He has bactericide/fungicide ear lotion once a day, and medicated earwash twice a week. Plus nasty-smelling muck to put on his bandage so he doesn't chew it off. And he's got TWO follow-up visits on the schedule, to make sure he gets healed up. Whew.

I could have gone back to bed once we got home...but no, had to heed the call of duty and get the errands run. First of which was washing the Taurus. Well, that didn't go well. Personally, I've had my cars suffer too much damage over the years to take them to a carwash with those great, floppy...whatever you call-ems. The ones that slap your car around. I only use touchless nowadays. But Spouse likes to take it to the Car Spa, because they hand dry it.

Well, now that he's had the rear-view mirror ripped off the passenger side, he isn't quite so thrilled with them! They pretty much just sniffed at him when he complained, too, which really pissed me off. At least the manager was "kind enough" to duct tape the damn thing back on the car...

After that, we stopped at the bank to replenish the cash that the vet's office had hoovered out of my wallet, then did our grocery & supply shopping at Sam's & Wally's before heading straight back home.

After we put away groceries and freezer-packed the meat, I got busy with the laundry and Spouse got busy online, researching the repair and replacement of outside mirrors for a 2002 Ford Taurus. Which turned out to look fairly simple and affordable (reserving judgement till he is all done); a pair of black replacement units was $75 and free shipping from 1A Auto, and the video tutorials looked pretty straightforward. Since our car is silver with black trim, the black pods should look fine. the ones on there now are silver and black--all black isn't a big deal. He's still pissed, but having studied on it and ordered the parts, he's in a better place.

We cooked out burgers on the grill Saturday night, with tossed salad and corn-on-the-cob. I have been rediscovering the joys of burgers, sans cheese lately. As much as I love cheeseburgers, really--EVERY burger doesn't need cheese. Pretty tasty without, actually!

As we were cleaning up the kitchen, my mom called and left me a voice mail, so I decided to put off a swim and call her first.

Yeah, I didn't get into the pool until almost nine. I DID get into the pool, though. :)

Things she had to gab about: funeral is officially OFF, although we may still get a visit from Cousin and her husband. Dad is being hateful and saying she was horrible in the hosptial. Talked her down on that one, because really, she did wonderfully while doped out of her mind on morhine.

Then, when I finally managed to get off the phone, I went out and took a somewhat briefer dip than I had orignally intended, which ensured that I slept like a sack of cement. Content cement.