as a cat with expectations of being fed. The Professor’s cat and I have come to an understanding – I allow him to feed, groom, and worship her and she’ll tolerate my presence at those times when the above three services are not required. The Professor is abed at the moment, and the Warrior Princess…
Or at least, that’s what I thought. I did all the bills, checked, and I have plenty leftover from May’s budget to splurge on “EXTRAS” here at DD. The catch … I notice that I’ll be premium user number “69”. Don’t know why that should stick in my craw. But it isn’t as auspicious a…
I met a woman in vet school who has become a good friend. She was the member of our class that kept me from being the oldest person in our class (I was 41 when we graduated, she was 42). During the stress of exams (in other words, all the time) we used to half-joke…
I’m off-center today. I seem to have come down with a temporary case of ADD, and can’t settle in on any one project on my desk for longer than half an hour. I received totally undeserved praise on one job that is now a full month overdue … the guy who assigned it to me…
Ah, what’s wrong with my legs? I’m on a medication that keeps my blood from clotting as quickly as normal people’s blood does. Four years ago, as a fourth year veterinary student, I was kicked by a thoroughbred in my front right thigh. Because I bleed easily, the kick caused a lot of damage, and…
Dear Diary is not a democracy. It is a free site run by two guys who have decided for whatever reasons to host a place where people can write journals. What they have essentially done is created a home in cyberspace and invited us to come inside and make a room for ourselves. If you…
Sunday night at Man-who-uses-forty-foot-ladders-to-hang-birdhouses’ was great. Tex and he are rather cute together – it was clear they didn’t want to act too obviously like a “couple”, but they were definitely together. I hope it works out for them. Long distance romances can be hard. The Professor drove us home from Man-who-uses-forty-foot-ladders-to-hang-birdhouses’ – I’d had…
I went outside to inspect the results of a week’s worth of storms on the balcony. The cactus that the guys in my vet school class had given me when I was in the hospital is rotting from the base. I don’t know if it is storm related or if it was starting to happen…
I think I’m pulling out of whatever attitude I’ve been copping for the last week. Someday I’ll get it through my head that it’s OK to simply be confrontational about something, and get it talked out. Like with the dishes. Do I tell the professor I’m getting pissed off? Noooooo, I just wash the dishes…
There’s an old wive’s tale that a salamander can pass through fire unharmed. In real life, many salamanders can shed their tail to escape danger, essentially giving up a less critical part of themselves to save everything that is important. Salamanders go through a metamorphic life cycle, changing from one aspect to another as they…