things go better
A
week
of
ups
downs
Broadway looking south Hipstamatic iPhoneograph John S lens Kodot XGrizzled film no flash
going in two directions at once
sideways
there was the cleaning lady
she works for the building
comes round
every morning to spot clean
the real work
is
done at night
after we leave
Hilda
is her name
she's been cleaning for us
as long as I've worked here
going on 12 years
she calls me
Carol
I have told her
many times
my
name
is
Daryl
Monday
she came to me
to tell me
about
something
that wasn't where it should be
Carol
she said
I cant find
the
whateveritwasshewaslookingforIforget
I said
my name
is
not
Carol
to be honest
I usually ignore
her inability to remember my name
because
occasionally
I suffer the same problem
but
Monday morning
well
she giggled
seriously
she
giggled
Oh I know I call you Carol does it bother you?
Well
yes it does
No giggling now
BIG eyes
OH I'm sorry Ca .. Daryl
Now
of course
I feel
a little bad
not bad enough to say
okay you can call me Carol
Nope
I just smile and leave the pantry
Then there is Rose
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My sweet baby
has
chronic kidney disease
related anemia
and
now
a form of pink eye
brought on by stress
really
stress
no kidding
do you think
a little barely over 6 lb cat
who has had
one thing
after
the other
happen to her
over the last going on 3 years
is
stressed?
She lost Gus
she had a week long in-hospital thyroid treatment
she had ringworm
she had dental surgery
she's had several bouts of pancreatitis
the most recent
pushed her over the cusp
into
full blown chronic kidney disease
into
full blown chronic kidney disease
for the pink eye
we added
2X a day eye salve
to her
daily
50ml subQ hydration
which
she
detests
stress?
ya think?
how about the stress
it adds to our lives
to Toonman and me
we never fight
sure
occasionally
I get in a snit
over something
but
we
don't
fight
we don't
well
come by any evening
when we do her hydration
measure
the tension
in the room
OMG
insane
Toonman holds her on his lap
petting her
calming her
while
I
jab a needle
into her upper back
she flinches
I jump
every
night
Toonman tells me
every
night
how I am doing it
wrong
it makes me crazy
its not as if I am enjoying this
well
the other night
I said
stop
telling me how wrong
I do it
stop
making me feel
worse
do it yourself
and
he did
in one simple motion
and
she never flinched
GAH
then what happened?
He
apologized
to
me
to me
he
apologized
I am the bitch
I am the raging loon
and
he apologized to me
I love that man
after a brief chat with the vet last nite
Rose is on
X A N A X
yup
a quarter of a 0.25MG dose
because
seriously
everything
we do to help her
stresses her out
so we need to
unstress
her
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Phew
that was
some
long blather
I should have said
go get a coke
after all things go better
with coke
oh one last thing!
dont forget
this weekend
its time
to set the clocks
ahead
one hour
on
Saturday night
why am I reminding you now?
'cause I feel like it
oh one last thing!
dont forget
this weekend
its time
to set the clocks
ahead
one hour
on
Saturday night
why am I reminding you now?
'cause I feel like it