Month: September 2008

Crankypantsing, Photography

It’s Baaaack

Shelly

Duke is publishing regular updates of outage numbers. I checked at 11am, and there were about 6700 customers in Monroe County who still didn’t have power. When I checked again about half an hour later, the number had gone to 6900. Yes. It went up. Restoring power? Ur doin it rong!

That did not bode well, so I came home at noon, because I had a bunch of things to do before it got too dark. Like, haul laundry over to the next building (which, by the way, was kind of a gross experience, as their laundry room has black mold and stinks to high heavens), clean the bad food out of the fridge and freezer, and then go pick up Miss Kitty to take for her subQ treatment. So, lots of business for me.

I managed to schlep my clothes next door, came home, and was standing in the kitchen, trying to decide which tasty, salt-filled, non-perishable snack “food” would do for lunch, when the electricity came back on. Huzzah! I still haven’t cleaned out the fridge and freezer, but I’ll have light to do that by later, so I’m not in a hurry. And, I can actually cook something that resembles real food, so I don’t have to eat Cheetos for lunch. Oatmeal is sounding really good.

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Bee and Flower

Crankypantsing

Thanks, Ike

Shelly

The remnants of Hurricane Ike blew through Bloomington on Sunday. Heavy winds knocked out power in my area around 3pm. According to Duke, it will likely be off until Thursday or even Saturday.

We are not amused.

The only high points, if you can call them that, are A) it’s not cold out and B) I can take showers at the house where I’m cat sitting. Also, the other half of my apartment complex has electricity (as do all the homes around us–grrr!), so I can still do laundry.

Photography

Mirrored

Shelly

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I stood inside, with my back to the patio door, holding a cheap magnifying mirror to reflect the outdoor scene behind me. Since my hands were kind of full (camera in one and mirror in the other), I set everything to auto and hoped that something interesting would happen. I like the way it turned out.

Pets, Photography

Two Days Post-op

Shelly

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I took this yesterday. The incision is a little red, which had me concerned, but it’s not hot or swollen, and the redness is fading. They had to loosen the skin underneath, to get enough slack to close the incision, and I think that’s probably what’s causing the redness. The vet gave her antibiotics, so there shouldn’t be any problem with infection.

Other than the redness, she looks good! I’m amazed at the fact that there’s no swelling. The contours of her butt actually match on both sides now.

Pets, Photography

Status Report (Illustrated Edition)

Shelly

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Harriet is home. She’s doing great! She’s alert, happy, and has a good appetite. That first photo is of her hoovering the kitchen floor for stray crumbs.

The surgery site is going to ooze blood for awhile. I was prepared for that (it’s a bad location for that sort of tumor on a lean dog). They’re sending the mass out to be identified, but the vet is pretty sure it’s a spindle cell tumor. If he’s right, he thinks it’s going to be benign, but will come back in the same location and grow more quickly than the last one. We’ll cross that bridge if and when we come to it. Right now, I’m just glad to have my dog back in one piece!

Oh, and the incision itself? It’s a smiley face. My dog has a happy butt!